FROM THE BENCH
Jury service small price to pay to ensure real justice
DISTRICT JUDGE RANDY CLAPP
      Editor's Note: New 329th District Court Judge Randy Clapp has agreed to write a regular column for Wharton County's newspapers. This is his first. Sometimes we take for granted the price of freedom. We often see jury trials on TV and in the movies. Many assume that jury trials are a part...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Johnsons grateful for support
      Editor, the Leader-News: Our family would like to extend our thanks to the community for the concern and support that so many of you have shown following Tommy's accident on Nov. 30. The visits, phone calls, cards, flowers, food and prayers are very much appreciated.
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ASK THE MAYOR
City keeping close eye on TTC/I-69 plans
MAYOR PHILLIP SPENRATH
      Where will the I-69/Trans-Texas Corridor be located and how will it affect Wharton County? The Texas Department of Transportation has recently completed a Tier 1 study to determine Texas' transportation needs for the next 50 years.
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HOME COUNTRY
Accident-prone man wiggles into whole new profession
SLIM RANDLES
      Dewey's a community project. He's our resident accident-prone guy who managed to get his dad's pickup stuck in the county's only mud hole during a six-year drought, release 300 steers from the feedlot onto the interstate, and create about a ton of tossed salad with hot oil dressing on the on ramp...
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