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LISD ready to buy fitness center gear By BRENDA SOMMER bsommer@leader-news.com Louise school trustees may be ready to cut a check for a whole fitness center's worth of workout equipment, a cost estimated to be well into five figures. In the district's old elementary gymnasium, trustees are creating a major fitness center in unused space once housing locker rooms, storage cl... More ... CDC gets tax bill redone Getting their property tax bills straightened out will be on the minds of City Development Corp. of El Campo directors at their next meeting. At the board's last meeting on Dec. 3, directors tabled action on paying their property taxes after it was discovered they'd been billed twice for some of ... More ...
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held recently to honor Hollywood, Texas, a new gift shop at 207 E. Jackson, on the occasion of its membership in the El Campo Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture. More ... City voices protest of water project By SHANNON CRABTREE scrabtree@leader-news.com El Campo City Council unanimously accepted a resolution Tuesday night protesting the Lower Colorado River Authority's plan to pipe and sell water to San Antonio. The anti-SAWS or San Antonio Water Service project resolution joins one Wharton County Commissioners Court approved last year. More ...
"I was absolutely not expecting the limo. I was expecting a police car." - Tammy Smith By SHANNON CRABTREE scrabtree@leader-news.com El Campo and Wharton jailbirds rode to lockup in style Thursday when patrol cars gave way to stretch limousines. But these special transportation vehicles weren't for just anybody soon to be behind bars - it was a one way ride to the Muscular Dystrophy Association's lock up fund-raiser event. More ... Use caution when solicited by charities Requests for donations are plentiful during the holiday seaon and would be givers should beware. Tips on giving inlcude: • Be proactive in your giving. Smart givers generally don't give reactively in a knee-jerk reaction. They don't respond to the first organization that appeals for help. More ...
Edward Matejka, standing, watches his fellow farmer Russell Mazac as he tries out a racing simulator at the Monsanto traveling exhibit that was at the El Campo Civic Center for three days this week. The tented exhibit showed off the latest in agricultural seed technology to between 250 and 300 far... More ... Committees to develop TTC path "They will have a huge say in shaping the Trans-Texas Corridor." - Ted Houghton, Texas Transportation Commission AUSTIN - Advisory committees are being developed to provide public input on where the Trans-Texas Corridor should be located and what it should look like. More ... Revamped Spring Expo returns this March "We'll have home and garden, and also recreation." - Leonard Sternadel By SHANNON CRABTREE scrabtree@leader-news.com The city of El Campo's Spring Expo is coming back - and it's expected to be bigger and better than ever. More ... Equipment purchases cheaper than expected The more than $117,000 in equipment purchases El Campo City Council authorized Tuesday were below the amount budgeted this summer. In all the city paid about $7,470 less than they thought they would for four pieces of equipment - a Ford F-750 dump truck, two three-quarter ton pickups and mini-ex... More ...
By SHANNON CRABTREE scrabtree@leader-news.com With a 24-item resolution and a hearty thank you, El Campo City Council officially bid adieu to Councilman Kyle Smith Tuesday night. More ... Amputee 'all grins' as he tries skydiving By BARRY HALVORSON news@leader-news.com When most people jump out of a perfectly good airplane to indulge in the sport of skydiving, they are trying to prove something to themselves. When making his first tandem free-fall last month, local resident Richard Lockley was trying to prove something to others. More ...
In this photo taken Wednesday, Gregorio Gusman shows off just some of the hundreds of tomatoes coming off some volunteer plants he let run wild after they sprouted in September and showed no signs of ill health. More ...
"You're basically discussing the average of extremes." - Gene Hafele meteorologist By BARRY HALVORSON news@leader-news.com The here-again, gone-again weather pattern of recent weeks is just a sample of what Wharton County residents can Wharton County expect for the rest of the winter. More ... |
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