El Campo senior RB and five-star recruit Rueben Owens, the country’s top running back prospect in the Class of 2023, announced his decommitment from Louisville late Wednesday afternoon. Owens has officially reopened his recruitment. Owens, who originally committed to the Louisville Cardinals in late July, is regarded as the No. 1 running back nationally and … Read more
Parents are outraged after an aide who’s supposed to help kids with special needs in the Wharton Independent School District was arrested for hitting students, some of whom are non-verbal. CPS has been investigating this for months, but once the school district found out about what was going, it launched its own investigation and fired … Read more
The man Victoria police had a Thursday night standoff with was arrested last Friday on 21 charges. 37 year old Mark Anthony Garcia Jr. of Victoria, was arrested on suspicion of six counts of aggravated assault against a public servant and on a single count of manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance less than … Read more
Wharton Community Choir will present a Christmas Concert at the Plaza Theatre in downtown Wharton on this Saturday, December 10th, at 7 p.m. and then again on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. The concert will feature the choir, instrumental performers, a dance ensemble and audience sing-a-longs. Free Admission – Santa Claus will visit with the children … Read more
The El Campo Leader-News and El Campo Rotary Club are kicking off their annual food donation drive benefiting seniors as the holidays near. After the program’s success following Winter Storm Uri, organizers decided to continue the effort. “The two groups have distributed around 110 canvas grocery bags, each containing around three plastic bags worth of … Read more
The theme of the Western Rice Belt Consumers’ Conference program on Wednesday, Jan. 18, at the El Campo Civic Center will be “Celebrating 40 Years of Rice Recipe Family Favorites.” The program, sponsored by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Colorado, Jackson, Matagorda, and Wharton counties, will provide education, rice recipe demonstrations and fun. … Read more
A teenager was detained on Sunday in the weekend shooting death of an 18-year-old Victoria woman. The teen, who is 15 and male, was taken into custody at an Austin motel, police say. Authorities had not released the teen’s identity as of Monday evening. The teen was taken to the juvenile justice center in Victoria … Read more
Los Cucos Mexican Café – a longtime restaurant in Wharton – was lost in a fire early Sunday morning. The cause of the fire has not been determined, but Wharton Volunteer Fire Department Chief Anthony Abbott says it looks like the blaze started in the kitchen. According to a statement from the Wharton Police Department, … Read more
A plan for a local marketing company to collaborate with Victoria’s animal services department on a rebranding project was approved by Victoria County commissioners on Monday. Victoria County Animal Services is working with Building Brands Marketing, which has an office in downtown Victoria, to design a new logo for the department. Once Animal Services decides … Read more
Residents of Wharton County can expect to see an increase in train traffic in the coming months following the buyout of Kansas City Southern by Canadian Pacific and the completion of a project to double-track the route through Wharton. The merger of the two railroads will create the Canadian Pacific Kansas City and strengthen the … Read more