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August 2, 2008
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Fleeing The Scene
Burglary call leads to gun safe on road, three in wreck
By BRENDA SOMMER bsommer@leader-news.com
Suspects in a rural home burglary ended up in a Houston hospital after a raucous series of events Wednesday night culminated in vehicle rollover. According to Lt. More...
Tax numbers still need crunching
City, county still need facts to figure next year's tax rates
By BRENDA SOMMER bsommer@leader-news.com

While property values have now been certified, most of Wharton County's 20 taxing entities will have to wait to figure out their own tax rates. More...

Water planning ideas flow during recent LCRA session
By BARRY HALVORSON news@leader-news.com

Instructed to think "outside the box" for developing water resources for the next 50 to 100 years, two of the 10 groups participating in the Lower Colorado River Authority water planning session went further Thursday night. Among the recommendations offered was "interplanetary importation" of wat... More...

 Breaking News
•Tropical storm approaching coast, residents urged to prepare
Posted Monday, Aug. 4, 12:45 pm
Tropical Storm Edouard could be a hurricane by the time it makes landfall on the Texas Coast Tuesday morning. Currently posting maximum sustained winds of 45 mph with gusts as high was 55 mph, the storm is tracking toward Galveston at this time with landfall projected around 10 a.m. Tuesday. But t... More...
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 Inside Stories
•Closure change means rental revenues down
The El Campo Civic Center remained open Friday since the building's renovation plans were temporarily scrapped. So for the next 90 days, local civic organizations like the El Campo Lions and Rotary clubs will continue meeting there once a week, although other bookings are liable to be slim. More...
•Packed-up museum now must change course
•LISD officially calls for fall board election
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 Law & Order
•Injured toddler still in critical condition
The 5-year-old boy struck by a pickup Saturday is clinging to life in a Houston hospital. The child was still in critical condition at Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital as of yesterday morning, according to Ann Brimberry, the hospital's director of public relations. More...
•Second teen charged in burglary spree
•Police Blotter
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 Viewpoint
•Going home again leads to reverie, embarassment
The weekend after July 4, we packed golf and Sunday-go-to-meeting duds, saddled up the PT Cruiser and headed north toward home. Destination: memory. More...
•Political Cartoon
•LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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 Sports
•Fall kickoff coming for EC, Louise teams
Volleyball teams, LHS football start practice Monday
The fall sports season takes a major step toward its start next week. Three teams will begin practice while another is only a week away. El Campo's volleyball teams and Louise's football and volleyball teams all start practice Monday. El Campo's football teams are close to reporting and working o... More...
•El Campo sends 16 to state rodeo finals
•Almost Got It
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 Lifestyle
•Benefit raising funds for child's medical needs
Daiten Hubenak has never known how it feels to be truly healthy. To take the same deep lungs-full of air most of us do every couple of seconds is unfamiliar to him. He suffers from cystic fibrosis, or CF most call it. Donna Hubenak gave birth to Daiten Aug. 25, 2005. She and husband Daiten soon k... More...
•Behind The Scenes
•Ready To Rake & Roll
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 Bulletin Board
•BULLETIN BOARD
DON'T MISS: Disney's 'High School Musical' Performance South Texas Summer Musical Encores concludes its 2008 summer season with Disney's "High School Musical" this weekend, Aug. 2 - Aug. 3 at the El Campo High School auditorium, 600 W. Norris. General admission is $15; seniors age 65 and older, ... More...
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 Farming & Outdoors
•Dolly fails to ease drought for Texas
While Hurricane Dolly trashed the Lower Rio Grande Valley cotton crop, it failed to alleviate drought conditions in most of Texas. After ruining 91,000 acres of the Valley's cotton, Dolly brought from 1- 8 inches of rain into the Coastal Bend, 6 - 8 inches in the South, and more than 3 inches in p... More...
•Full Story
•TPWD sets dove, teal seasons
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 Obituaries
•Pauline Meek
Pauline Mary Ziober Meek, 87, died Monday, July 28, 2008. She was born March 5, 1921 in Rogers to Joseph and Mary Shenkir Ziober. She spent her childhood in Lane City and resided in the Victoria area for 57 years. Mrs. Meek was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother and sister. More...
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