El Campo News

On Friday, May 17, seven buses of Wounded Warriors arrived at Bush Intercontinental Airport.

Elvia and Nicolas Blanco, of El Campo, cleaned the site where 19 immigrants died 10 years ago Tuesday.

Louise Bancshares Inc. has filed with regulators to purchase a 90 percent interest in a Sugar Land mortgage company through its Louise-based subsidiary, First State Bank.

In an effort to draw out growth and deal with higher regulatory costs, Commercial State Bank of El Campo has agreed to merge with City State Bank of Palacios, executives told me recently.

NewFirst National Bank, which has operated in El Campo for more than a century, is making a deeper push into Houston, executives told me in a recent visit to the HBJ offices.