Gary Radley was counting his blessings Friday morning. He and his family were in a two-story wooden house off FM 1162 at 4:20 that morning when a tornadic wind gust struck a large metal barn behind the home, leveling it. "I knew it wasn't good - from the sound, you knew it was a tornado," Radle... More...
There has been enough interest expressed in a meeting between the City of El Campo and Kansas City Southern Railroad that Wharton County Commissioners have posted a special meeting allowing them to attend the information session. More...
The plans, possibilities and costs of El Campo Civic Center renovations will be presented to City Council during its upcoming Tuesday session. Last month Council toured the Civic Center, examining each room as well as the lobby to discuss potential changes to the building although no cost estim... More...
El Campo's local sales tax receipts during the first four months of 2008 are slightly more than half the state average increase over 2007. While the economy across much of the nation is struggling, the same can't be said for Texas, according to Texas Comptroller Susan Combs. More...
Taking the first steps toward organizing an animal control/animal adoption program, Wharton County's Stray Pet Outreach Team - SPOT - started organizing last week at the Wharton County Annex Building. More...
Last week revealed that leading Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama at a fundraiser on April 6 in San Francisco let his private audience of mostly important and selfimportant Democratic donors know what he thinks about little people in little towns. More...
The Ricebirds and Hornets claimed several spots on the El Campo Leader- News and Wharton Journal-Spectator All-Wharton-County boys basketball teams. Earning top honors this year is El Campo senior Travis Pflughaupt. A dominant post player for the Ricebirds, Pflughaupt was an obvious choice... More...
A marrow-stem cell donor registry drive will take place Saturday, May 3 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Commercial State Bank's Gold Room in El Campo. This is a follow-up drive to the Dwight Holub blood drive held April 5 and is a marrow/stem cell donor registry drive, not a blood drive. More...
bulletinboard@leader-news.com DON'T MISS: Czech Catholic Family Council Meeting The Family Council of the Czech Catholic Nursing Home in Hillje meets Saturday, April 19 at 10 a.m. at the First Christian Church on West Street in El Campo. More...
An experiment to create more marketable calves seems to have worked for the Farmers Co-op of El Campo. Bunge Halla, of FCEC livestock sales and marketing division, said the co-op started a program six months ago to make better-matched, calmer, more self-reliant batches of calves to send to marke... More...
LaVerne "Granny" Bain, 70, of Louise, died Thursday, April 17, 2008 at her home. She was born July 24, 1937 in Jackson County to William Clyde and Bertha Nell Emerson Budd. She was a retired teacher's aide, child care provider and a member of First Baptist Church of Louise. More...
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