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July 2, 2008
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To The Rescue
Woman flown from U.S. 59 wreck site
By SHANNON CRABTREE scrabtree@leader-news.com
A Spring woman is expected to recover from injuries sustained Saturday when her small SUV collided with a semi-truck at the crossover in front of Prasek's Hillje Smokehouse on U.S. 59. El Campo emergency responders were summoned to the southbound lanes of U.S. 59 just north of Hillje in the late ... More...
City museum closing today for repairs
By SHANNON CRABTREE scrabtree@leader-news.com

Today's the last chance to visit the El Campo Museum of Natural History before it closes its doors in preparation for a Civic Center revamp. For the next month, museum workers along with volunteers and city staff will be packing up displays and building crates for the larger animal exhibits. More...

Old middle school property could go up for sale quickly
By BRENDA SOMMER bsommer@leader-news.com

Sale of the old El Campo Middle School took one step closer to becoming reality after El Campo ISD officials got final instructions from the school board. More...

 Inside Stories
•Robinson leaves city after almost 27 years
Monday was the last of the dog days for T.L. Robinson, long-time city animal control officer, who retired after almost 27 years on the job. "I haven't got to feel it yet," Robinson said Tuesday. "It just seems like I'm on vacation. More...
•Appling retires to chorus of accolades for years with EMS
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 Law & Order
•DPS out in force over July 4 weekend
Law enforcers want to remind motorists to be safe during this long Independence Day weekend, and will be on the road to make sure that is the case. More...
•Police Blotter
•Hydrant Hit In Wreck
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 Viewpoint
•LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Rail solution proposed Editor, the Leader-News: Concerning the Kansas City Southern Railway bypass through the City of El Campo keeps popping up from time to time. I have a solution to that dilemma. More...
•Political Cartoon
•City budget preparation long, complicated process
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 Sports
•El Campo 14s exit tourney with 1-2 record
The Junior League All-Stars finished their tournament run Sunday with a 1-2 record. El Campo lost a pair of games to Lamar National and defeated Angleton for the All-Stars' only win in the area tournament at Alvin. El Campo's first outing in the 14- year-old bracket was a tight one. More...
•11-12s start softball tourney perfect, 2-0
•Clute escapes 11-year-olds' grasp
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 Lifestyle
•Barbee family celebrates four decades of reporting on El Campo
HISTORY IN PRINT
Forty years ago - in May 1968 - Fred and Eleanor Barbee moved their family from the hot and dusty flatlands of Seminole to the hot and humid coastal prairie of El Campo. More...
•Father Chen recounts his conversion
•Local seminarian becomes ordained priest June 21st
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 Bulletin Board
•BULLETIN BOARD
DON'T MISS: Week Of July 4 Trash Pickup Today, Wednesday, is Thursday residential pickup and Thursday is Friday residential pickup. There will be no residential service Friday due to the 4th of July holiday. More...
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 Obituaries
•Betty Jean Brod
Betty Jean Brod, 75, of Boling, died Friday, June 27, 2008 at her residence following an extended illness. She was born on March 21, 1933 in Winfield, Ala. to Lowell and Montine Trull Howell. Survivors include her husband, John Brod of Boling; children, William Counce Brod of Boling, Dr. John Ro... More...
•Evelyn Gillean
•Kenneth Meek
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