Wharton News Archives

Wilborn Hampton begins his engrossing, multifaceted biography Horton Foote: America's Storyteller in the most fitting way possible.

The Mediterranean Sea is just 30 meters away and 12 floors under. The blue dark mass of water is surrounding the city's waterfront and Corniche walk.

Guide James Plaag of Silver King Adventures said his boats caught and released over 40 tarpon over the weekend, including one weighing just over 195 pounds.

Marsh redfish have been the ticket with higher tides on Stanley Ribbits. Fishing in the river has been good for trout, sand trout and redfish on shad and mullet.

Burt Stanley Koons, 85, of Wharton, Texas died Aug. 30, 2009, in a local hospital following an extended illness.

Guide Kirk Stansel reported limits of redfish around the wiers on soft plastics.

Conversation, story-telling and music-making were the primary forms of home entertainment in early 20th-century America, and as a young boy sitting with his elders and neighbors on porches, in parlors and at supper, Horton Foote listened closely.

Debra Medina, who plans to run for Texas governor, says she considers herself like David taking on Goliath.

The Houston school board plans to vote later today on $121.5 million in school improvements over and above the projects approved in the 2007 bond election.

I have found the easiest way to deal with the long DMV lines is to avoid them. I take the trip down the Southwest Freeway to El Campo visit the DMV office there.

Originally published September 3, 2009 at 6:39 p.m., updated September 3, 2009 at 6:40 p.m. TRIAL LINKS Here are links to some of the key stories in the James Garrett Freeman murder trial: WIDOW TAKES THE STAND: www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2008/oct/29/sl_freeman_trial_102908_24546/?news THE VERDICT: ...

In 1974, shortly after his mother died, Horton Foote returned to his native Wharton, Texas, to visit the house where he grew up.

Originally published September 1, 2009 at midnight, updated September 1, 2009 at 4:20 p.m. Wharton Image Makers, a photography group sponsored by the Plaza Theatre, is holding a 2010 calendar photo contest to benefit the Light Up The Square Fund for the continuing restoration of the historic building.