News Staff The El Campo FFA Agricultural Issues team brought home national gold after winning at the FFA National meet Friday. Team members presented a 15-minute portfolio on the plastic contamination in cotton bales and how agricultural producers are handling it to the assembled judges in Indianapolis and were announced as champions. Teams consist of three to … Read more
It’s Halloween season and yet a Grinch has already struck into El Campo. Police would like to know who drove off with almost $1,000 in Christmas trees from Walmart on West Loop early last week. Two 7.5 -foot-tall synthetic trees were stolen requiring possibly two grinches? Authorities don’t know and welcome any help in capturing … Read more
The Wharton City Council approved a development agreement that will help bring a 220-home subdivision to the city last meeting. An approximately 55-acre piece of land on the corner of Milam and Alabama. According to Brian Jarrard and his partner Jim Maddox of Wharton 55 LLC — the homes would range in size from 1,400-2,200 … Read more
The 2022 Best Of Wharton County results are out of the bag. The 40-page magazine includes winners in all categories as well as spotlight stories on several winning businesses throughout the county from East Bernard to Louise and in between. These are the businesses Wharton County residents say were top knotch with more than 20,000 … Read more
A missing Victoria kayaker was found dead Wednesday afternoon by Matagorda County game wardens, two days after the Coast Guard called off their search for him. 37 year old Bradley Stafford was found about 3 p.m. washed ashore at Sand Point according to Petty Officer 1st Class Corinne Zilnicki, a Coast Guard spokesperson. Sand Point … Read more
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is currently seeking applicants for collegiate student internships across Texas. Student trainee positions include soil conservationists, soil scientist, rangeland management specialists and engineers. The USDA NRCS works in close partnership with farmers, ranchers, forest managers, non-governmental organizations, local and state governments, and other federal agencies to create and … Read more
Victoria’s school district is looking for community members interested in joining its zoning review task force, which will give community input on the process of determining which students go to which schools. School district officials, including Superintendent Quintin Shepherd, say they don’t anticipate significant changes to the district’s attendance zoning. Task force members must attend … Read more
While the El Campo Ricebirds will have another game following their joust with the Stafford Spartans this Friday on the road, due to records, this game will be for the district championship. Stafford has had one setback in district — a two-point loss on the road to Navasota last Friday night. They’ll be looking for … Read more
El Campo City Council set the stage for more irrigation wells inside the municipal limits Monday, even if it means sacrificing revenue. Council unanimously voted to have staff draft an ordinance lowering lot requirements for irrigation wells from 25 to 15 acres, even if those lots would later be divided. The decision came after a … Read more
El Campo Community Events has provided an annual Community Wide Thanksgiving Dinner through adversity as difficult as a nationwide pandemic, and they plan to do it again this year their 24th year of service to the residents of El Campo. Although the recent COVID-19 pandemic changed the way things were done at the annual event, … Read more