El Campo Police Officers Jennifer Mican and Bill Holt review notes at 810 Hayden around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday as they helped Lt. Terry Stanphill (not pictured) gather information. The Hayden Street home was the scene of a domestic dispute which turned to tragedy when 26-year-old Kallen Matthew Bubela sh... More...
An El Campo man is dead and his estranged wife in critical condition at a Houston trauma center following an early morning shooting on Hayden Street. Alisa Renee Pavon Bubela, 25, of 1206 Business reportedly suffered a gunshot wound to the face shortly before 1 a.m. Tuesday during a disturbance a... More...
The Wharton County Sheriff's Office once again asked commissioners court for more staff, higher pay and more vehicles as it presented its requests for the upcoming budget year on Friday. Lt. Danny Marek said the sheriff's office asked for six new patrol units, two additional deputies and more jai... More...
Brand loyalty apparently trumps nationalism with local beer drinkers. Anheuser-Busch, the St. Louis-based maker of Budweiser since before the Civil War, on Sunday accepted a $52 billion buyout offer from Belgium's InBev, maker of brands such as Stella Artois and Beck's. More...
Two new deputies have been added to patrol duties at the Wharton County Sheriff's Office, bringing the patrol staff up to a full complement of 14. Rudolfo "Rudy" Castillo, a seasoned officer most recently with the Matagorda County Sheriff's Office, and Hungerford native Dustin Chudalla both began... More...
President Bush took the common sense and correct action Monday when he issued an executive order lifting his father's ban on oil and gas drilling in most offshore federal waters. More...
One All-Star softball team is going to state. El Campo's Senior All-Stars claimed the Section IV title Sunday at Victoria with a double-header sweep over Ganado. The win sends El Campo to Seguin to fight for the Texas East State crown this weekend. More...
South Texas Summer Musical Encores' 2008 summer season opens this tomorrow through the weekend with Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida - a contemporary musical based on Giuseppe Verdi's classic opera of the love between Radames, an Egyptian soldier, and Aida, an enslaved princess. More...
11th Hour plays Thursday at Michael's Sports Bar in Bay City. Leavin Sundown plays Friday night and Lonely Road plays Saturday night. The Level One Band plays at 7 p.m. Friday for the Rosenberg Hot Summer Nights Concert Series at the Third Street Park. More...
THURSDAY, JULY 17 Cholesterol Screening at ECMH El Campo Memorial Hospital's lab offers various blood screenings Thursday, July 17. Call 979-578-5185 for an appointment; space is limited. Do not eat or drink for 12 hours before screening. Register in the front Lobby of ECMH, pay your fees at the... More...
Charles W. Lamkin, 87, of El Campo, died Monday, July 14, 2008. He was born Sept. 27, 1920 to Charles William and Paulina Blumrick Lamkin in Taiton, TX. Visitation is today, Wednesday, July 16 at 12 noon at Triska Funeral Home with the family receiving friends from 6-8 p.m. Graveside services are Th... More...
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