Outdated dash cams and body cams will soon be upgraded at the Wharton County Sheriff’s Office following commissioners recent approval of an estimated $200,000 dollar purchase from Coban Technologies. Last month Sheriff Shannon Srubar made a request to replace cameras that are no longer repairable. He got nod to explore a $33,000 dollar grant to … Read more
The Spectator reports that local county and city officials, area businessmen, and interested residents will head to Austin next Tuesday the 28th for Wharton County Day at the Capital. This event provides local residents the opportunity to meet, greet, and connect with state legislators so we can better understand the important issues facing Wharton County. … Read more
The “Bond … James Bond” concert is happening next Tuesday at the Horton Foote Theatre in the Duson-Hansen Fine Arts Building on the Wharton campus. It’s the Wharton County Junior College band’s first concert of the spring and there are two shows scheduled., a 3pm matinee and again at 7pm.The concert is open to the … Read more
17-year-old Bay City High School student, athlete and scholar Taryn Harris lost her battle with a rare form of cancer this past weekend after months of chemotherapy and radiation treatment reports the Tribune. Bay City ISD held a graduation ceremony for Harris on Monday, Feb. 20 at the Bay City High School theatre where students … Read more
Country artists Bri Bagwell and Roger Creager will be at the Matagorda County Fairgrounds in Bay City on Saturday. It’s part of the 9th Annual Music Concert sponsored by the Matagorda County Fair and Livestock Association. Bagwell is the Texas Female Artist of the Decade with eight number one tunes in Texas. Creager is a … Read more
The Victoria City Council is set to vote on supporting a new affordable housing project at tonight’s meeting, according to the Victoria Advocate. The project is a 68-unit affordable senior community on John Stockbauer Drive incuding almost 45 hundred acres of land. The development of the project, called The Victorian, is expected to cost $14.7 … Read more
One man is back behind bars after violating his bond conditions, according to Rosenberg Police. Authorities say traffic units received information that Miguel Espinoza, who was currently out on bond for four counts of intoxication manslaughter out of Galveston County, was possibly violating his bond condition by operating vehicles without an interlock device installed. Officials … Read more
After a Fort Bend grand jury indicted a woman on February 6, she was arrested by Sheriff’s deputies for the alleged theft of $30,000 to $150,000 in COVID-19 relief and Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster funds — according to news release from the office of District Attorney Brian Middleton. 32 year old Robin Laschae Williams … Read more
Beginning soon, Meals on Wheels South Texas will bring the area’s first-ever AmeriCorps Seniors Project to the Crossroads area and surrounding communities. The new program serves Aransas, Calhoun, DeWitt, Jackson, Lavaca, Goliad, Refugio and Victoria counties. The project, called Senior Support Services, will have senior-age volunteers visit clients in their homes and help with basic … Read more
More than 100 Wharton County Sheriff’s deputies, El Campo and Wharton police officers, state troopers, county wide EMS workers and volunteer fire departments crews gathered at the Wharton County Youth Fair grounds recently to prepare for a worst case senario — a mass shooting event, reports Leader News. Responders took classroom training before facing active … Read more