Wharton County residents had reason to hope for peace and prosperity as the calendar turned to 2025, the weather was largely ...

In a purchase effective Jan. 1, Moser Com-munity Media, LLC has acquired the Fort Bend Herald, Alvin Sun, Alvin Advertiser, and Whar-ton County Journal-Leader.

Korean War veteran, professional photographer and El Campo native, Grady Allen died Saturday at age 93. Allen was born July 31, 1931 and grew up just eight miles southeast of town off the dirt road ...

Jimmy Carter, America’s longest-lived President, who died Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia, had a complicated legacy that had an impact on rural Texas counties such as Whar-ton.

A $1 million federal grant will pay 90% of El Campo’s cost to ensure utilities will con-tinue to operate even during a blackout.

With the turn of the calendar to a new year comes the swearing in of newly elected or re-elected Wharton County of-ficials ...

Bill Smart and Beautify El Campo Extension Service are picking up the fight to make El Campo shine. Those interested in doing ...

As you’ve read on our front page, the Wharton County Leader-Journal has been sold to another newspaper group. Hartman Newspapers sold the Leader-Journal, East Bernard Express and two other community ...

The El Campo Elks Lodge will host their annual Hoop Shoot for area youth coming in 2025.

As the clock winds down on foot-ball season, so too does the time for you to earn your share of glory in our weekly football contest.

Maybe the lesson this Christmas season is that even if turnabout is fair play, at some point, enough is enough. Start with the specious lawsuits brought against President-elect Don-ald Trump, to the ...

The El Campo High School CNA class celebrated a new milestone in 2024, as for the first time in the six-year history of the ...