VIN etching program set for Thursday
      A free program offered next week by the Sheriff's Combined Auto Theft Task Force can help El Campo residents protect themselves from car thieves. And it will only take a few minutes. County sheriff's deputies and task force officials will be in El Campo from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Nobody Hurt
      No one was seriously injured in this one-car rollover which took place in rain and gusty winds on CR 309 at 3:57 p.m. Thursday. The 27-year-old driver was treated and released at the scene. A cold front that day brought up to 2 inches of rain to Wharton County, with hail and minor road flooding re...
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Police Blotter
      City Arrests Alcohol, drugs Brad Eliot Bannert, 30, of 212 Candy was arrested at 2:36 a.m. Friday, March 7 on charges of driving while intoxicated - second offense and no insurance, after being stopped for speeding. He was transferred to Wharton County Jail the same day.
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COURT REPORTS
      Prison and probationary terms were meted out in Wharton County's 329th District Court during February court hearings. Those pleading guilty and accepting punishment included: • David Flores, 31, of 9445 FM 102 in Glen Flora for driving while intoxicated. He was placed on five years probat...
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