News Staff Robert Allen Satterfield’s days are numbered. It took five hours for a Wharton County jury to find him guilty of capital murder, and just 45 minutes to sentence him to death. Satterfield killed 28-year-old Ray Shawn Hudson Sr., 24-year-old Maya Rivera, and their 4-year-old son, Ray Shawn Hudson Jr. on June 10th of 2018. He … Read more
A 3-year-old boy has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound according to the Wharton Police Department. According to police, the boy’s mother say that the child gained access to the gun after going inside her nightstand and then accidentally shot himself. Doctors and nurses performed life-saving measures, along with Wharton EMS, but the child was … Read more
Edna Offensive lineman Pablo Almeda and running back slash defensive end Dreydan Ashford are continuing their football career at division III schools. Ashford signed a letter of intent to Trinity University located in San Antonio. Almeda is suiting up for Sul Ross State University in Alpine. The two former teammates will most likely face each … Read more
The El Campo Volunteer Fire Department is at half strength and they are accepting applications for recruits. According to President Kenneth Soch and reported by the Leader-News , the last two to three years the VFD numbers have been down. Currently with 32 on the staff, some more active than most, they have room for … Read more
Louise senior Maizee Strelec built a boat and floated into the winner’ circle at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo. She contructed the boat, complete with trailer, by hand as both an F-F-A project and a useful boat. Strelec designed it to be a shallow water bay boat, also known as a flats boat. … Read more
A Wharton County jury in the 329th District Court handed down a guilty verdict Wednesday against Robert Allen Satterfield for the June 2018 killing of Ray Shawn “Baby Ray” Hudson Jr. The jury took about five hours to come back with a “guilty as charged verdict”. Ray Shawn “Baby Ray” Hudson Jr., would have celebrated … Read more
A computer transition impeded the Wharton County Central Appraisal District, preventing accurate tax bills to be sent to some property owners — which might have been a shock for new homeowners or residents who made a mid-year property purchase in 2022 says Leader News. A lot of the homesteads and over 65 exemptions weren’t put … Read more
Last week the Jackson County Hospital District officially said so long to their therapy dog Ollie, who passed away in November from an aggressive form of lymphoma at only three years old. A post on the Jackson County Hospital District Facebook page said it all — RIP to our sweet Ollie, Your legacy lives on. … Read more
El Campo volunteer fireman Clint Rothbauer was selected as the department’s 2022 Firefighter Of The Year. Rothbauer goes way back — he signed up with the El Campo Fire and EMS Explorer post when he was just 14 years old. The six-year ECVFD veteran says the award is nice but feels he needs to work … Read more
The Ganado School Board, and new Superintendent Dr. Brian McCraw, are improving a few things across the campus. Like new batting cages and covers for the baseball bleachers, more access to college for students, renovating the old gym, and new scoreboards for the newer gym. The project of building covers over the baseball bleachers is … Read more