Seven Wharton County families received Christmas trees with decorations, a complete holiday meal and gifts in Wharton this year thanks to a health care company.

The Wharton County Leader-Journal, published the first edition of the newly merged Wharton Journal-Spectator and the El Campo Leader-News on March 2 of last year. The merger afforded the newspaper ...

An anticipated two-week stretch of chill weather isn’t forecast to create any lasting harm at this point, but emergency management officials urge the public to remain watchful in the days to come.

With the holiday season drawing to a close and the calendar turned over to a new year, the next milestone ahead is the return of children to school to begin ...

Authors Kristin Hannah, John Grisham, James Patterson and Danielle Steele are among the top books checked out from the Wharton County Library in 2024.

A deputy investigating a vehicle off the road near Hungerford Sunday found a suspected drunk driver behind the wheel.

Wharton County residents had reason to hope for peace and prosperity as the calendar turned to 2025, the weather was largely ...

In a purchase effective Jan. 1, Moser Com-munity Media, LLC has acquired the Fort Bend Herald, Alvin Sun, Alvin Advertiser, and Whar-ton County Journal-Leader.

Tradition says now’s the time to look for a little baby scooting along draped in a banner declaring it to be 2025, and the ...

The Wharton County Youth Fair opens on March 28 and runs until April 5, but preparations are underway and deadlines are fast ...

Korean War veteran, professional photographer and El Campo native, Grady Allen died Saturday at age 93. Allen was born July 31, 1931 and grew up just eight miles southeast of town off the dirt road ...

Jimmy Carter, America’s longest-lived President, who died Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia, had a complicated legacy that had an impact on rural Texas counties such as Whar-ton.