Awareness key during bad weather
By SHANNON CRABTREE scrabtree@leader-news.com
      Wharton County warning systems help ensure residents have a chance to respond to emergencies ranging from a severe thunderstorm to the effects of a major accident. But the best advice anyone can give is to just pay attention.
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Challenge Issued
      The Texas Department of Public Safety Office in Pierce recently raised $500 to donate to the Wharton County Police Officers Memorial Fund matching the $500 donation given by the Texas State Troopers association. DPS is now challenging the Wharton Police Department, Wharton County Sheriff's Office ...
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Police Blotter
      City Arrests Alcohol, drugs Albert Mendez Jr., 35, of 507 E. Norris was arrested at 11:56 p.m. Thursday, Feb.
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COURT REPORTS
      Allegations of car theft as well as accusations of drunken driving will have several people facing felony trials following February deliberations of the Wharton County Grand Jury. All of those indicted by the grand jury remain innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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