In communities as old as Wharton County, family legacies grow from the misty past slowly becoming history – the Petersen family of Danevang is one of those stories.

Residents interested in helping keep their neighborhoods safe are being asked to step forward, get a little training and be willing to pay more attention to what’s happening around them.

A cool breeze and sunshine along the banks of the Colorado River Saturday morning set the stage for the Ponies and Petals polo match hosted at AF Polo Fields and put on by the Wharton County Junior College Foundation.

Seven decades ago, they donned caps and gowns to march across the stage collecting diplomas and to always remember El Campo High and its classmates, similar to the request this year’s graduates heard.

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A driver asleep at the wheel and two drug possession cases by Wharton County Sheriff’s deputies marked just part of the Memorial Day weekend crackdown aimed at keeping revelers safe.

Wharton County’s state house representative joined the chorus of elected officials that voted to impeach Texas’ highest law enforcer, with both carrying Wharton County in their respective elections.

After the better part of a decade, representatives of TriArc Real Estate, the City of El Campo, the City Development Cooperation as well as other groups met to break ground for the Creekside Ranch Apartment development Wednesday.

A lot of water in El Campo is going somewhere, and the City of El Campo hopes an upcoming four-year study will tell them where.

Shop and prepare now for the hurricane season that starts tomorrow, officials say, adding advance planning may help tremendously should a major storm threaten.

Among the headstones and inside an air-conditioned hall, El Campo residents gathered Monday to honor the nation’s military fallen on the day designated to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

To the tune of “Pomp and Circumstance,” nearly 300 El Campo High School seniors crossed the stage and collected their diplomas Thursday night.

All are invited to attend one or both of the Memorial Day observances in El Campo Monday, honoring the fallen who gave their lives in service, often on the fields of battle.

They’re first responders, but don’t carry a gun, don’t fight fires or work with the wounded. Instead the city’s public works crews make sure the streets are drivable and the water flows no matter what the conditions.

A 30-plus year law enforcement veteran who has spent a lifetime calling El Campo home received council’s enthusiastic support Monday as the city’s next police chief.

Louise parents, family and friends gathered to honor another round of Louise High School graduates out into the world as they collected their diplomas Friday.

With just one day to graduation, El Campo ISD’s 29 honor graduates are a single summer from starting their college careers and the El Campo High School Principal Paul Fleener introduced the two top scorers at El Campo’s most recent school board meeting.

Walking among the tombstones Sunday evening the teens paused at intervals and bowed down, not to pray, but to place a flag.

A new market rate apartment project on the West Loop may not have received city council’s blessing Tuesday, but the construction challenges have stopped.