A split vote Monday night marked El Campo City Council’s approval of its first natural gas drilling permit in 28 years. The 3-2-1 vote came after a failed attempt to delay and a urgent warning from City Attorney Ronny Collins that failure to approve the permit request was “bordering on violating state law.” The permit … Read more
Wharton County residents who received a 23rd District Court jury summons card for Tuesday, Jan. 17th can disregard the notice. The case before District Judge Ben Hardin has been canceled. Residents who have received any other jury summons or jury duty notices are still expected follow instructions unless otherwise told by the assorted courts.
A burn ban was put in effect for Matagorda County as multiple fire calls were received and continued being received throughout the weekend. The Commissioners Court decided to uphold the ban until further notice during Monday’s meeting as there is no substantial rain expected any time soon.
Before the capital murder trial of Robert Allen Satterfield could get under way Monday morning in Judge Randy Clapp’s District Court, several pretrial items needed to be cleared up, including the dismissal of a juror. The first order of business was a request by juror No. 7 to be dismissed. He is an independent farmer … Read more
Wharton Junior High School joined four other area junior high schools to compete in the 2022 Winter UIL A+ Competition last month. Participating were junior high schools from Louise, Ganado, Cuero, Calvin Nelms, and Wharton. On the first three days students took the written exams on campus. The students who participated in the speaking events … Read more
A drunken driver lost control of his vehicle and landed in jail last Friday. Wharton County Sheriff’s deputies found 24-year-old William Rudolph Genzer in his vehicle near the intersection of FM 3012 and CR 115 in Wharton around 1:40 a.m. “During the course of the investigation, it was determined …Genzer … was intoxicated,” Genzer was … Read more
The Fort Bend ISD board of trustees recently took over a series of intruder detection audits for campuses across the district, which were presented in closed session in a December board of trustees meeting. According to available documentation from that meeting, three of the four schools audited passed the audit with no recommendations, while one … Read more
The capital murder trial of 41 year old Robert Allen Satterfield got under way Monday morning 4 ½ years after an Angleton family was last seen or heard from on June 10th, 2018. The burned skeletal remains of Ray Shawn “Baby Ray” Hudson Jr.,4; his mother Maya Victoria Rivera, 24; and his father, Ray Shawn … Read more
A foundation is set to demolish the Luther Hotel on January 16th in Palahcios. The hotel’s owner died without a will, so the Ed Rachal Foundation purchased the property. The foundation told the city council about their intentions to demolish the historic landmark. However, Margaret Doughty leads a group of protesters who think the world … Read more
Rueben Owens played running back for the West team and El Campo head coach Chad Worrell coached linebackers in the All-American Bowl on Saturday at the Alamodome. Owens carried seven times for 26 yards and had three returns for 49 yards, including a 25-yard kickoff return, in the West’s 55-17 loss to the East. Owens … Read more