Zoning now locked in annexation plan
By SHANNON CRABTREE scrabtree@leader-news.com
      As El Campo city annexation efforts took a step forward last week, City Council also sealed the zoning fate of each targeted area. Those zoning regulations will affect not only annexed land if Council approves the final ordinance Dec. 11, but exempted agricultural sections as well.
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Wrapping Up
      El Campo city worker Linda Cruz were among those putting up garland and decorating the tree last week at City Hall. The city makes an effort to have the building appear festive for the holidays.
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CDC backs annexation
      The board of the City Development Corp. of El Campo made it official: It supports the city's planned annexation. CDC directors passed a resolution in support of the upcoming annexation during a special called meeting Monday.
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Donor make's Guard's 'family day' possible
      Formations and inspections were part of the orders of the day Saturday for members of El Campo's National Guard post, but the real mission of the weekend drill was family. The Guard, with the help of El Campo's HE B grocery store, were officially celebrating the holiday with family and fellow sol...
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Heat, humidity didn't deter shoppers
By SHANNON CRABTREE scrabtree@leader-news.com
      More than 2,000 shoppers marched through the El Campo Civic Center this weekend hunting unique holiday gifts for family and friends. The event was one of the better turnouts for the annual event, El Campo Chamber of Commerce President Becca Socha said Monday.
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LISD board alters fitness center
Louise ISD is creating the center, at a cost of about $57,000, to accommodate fitness gear it will buy with a $200,000 federal grant.
By BRENDA SOMMER bsommer@leader-news.com
      A delay in accepting an air conditioning bid for a new fitness center led the Louise ISD school board to change the design of the space. LISD trustees walked over to the district's old elementary gymnasium Nov.
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Wharton area home offers light show
By BENJAMIN SHARP news@leader-news.com
      After weeks of back-breaking work and nights spent standing in the cold directing traffic, one would think Jack Mayes had his fill of Christmas last year. The Caney Trails resident's animated holiday light show, offered free to the public seven days a week, was nothing less than a monumental unde...
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