Wharton County News

This weekend, Rocks Off escaped a Czech family reunion to do some sightseeing around El Campo , the tiny hamlet just off U.S. 59.

The driver of a pickup truck that crashed Sunday in Wharton County after a high speed chase, killing one passenger and injuring several others, has been identified.

Wharton County on Monday dedicated a new memorial honoring officers killed in the line of duty.

A Hispanic man died and five others were injured after a high speed chase ended with a truck crashing off a bridge into a dry creek bed late Sunday morning on County Road 461 in Wharton County.

A candidate for the Texas governor's race is scheduled to visit Athens Saturday.

Fort Scott Community College's two-man contingent struggled in their first rounds of competition at the College National Finals Rodeo here Sunday and Monday.

If you need to find evidence of drought-like conditions simply drive to El Campo in Wharton County.

Stolen identification papers and good interrogation techniques led local officers to file charges on a Mexican national who had led police on a chase from Kenedy County to Harris County earlier this month.

A Wharton farmer was killed Monday after his tractor rolled into an irrigation canal and landed on top of him, according to a Wharton County Sheriff's Office report.

Brothers Jesy and Rudy Austin of Wharton County Community College in Texas won the first round of team roping at the College National Finals Rodeo.

Many Texas farmers, ranchers and agribusiness professionals are finding creative ways to diversify their operations as a supplement to traditional agriculture.

Many Texas farmers, ranchers and agribusiness professionals are finding creative ways to diversify their operations as a supplement to traditional agriculture.

Caleb Henson, of Boling, won second-place in the Wharton County Soil and Water Conservation District high school essay contest.

Two people were killed and five others hurt in a wreck on Highway 59 in Wharton County.

Two people, including a teenager and an adult, died and five others were injured when a vehicle went off an overpass in Wharton County, KPRC Local 2 reported Monday.

Ryan Cruz Reyes, 20, of Boling was charged with evading arrest during an early Tuesday morning incident that led to the evacuation of a small community.

County officials ordered a mass evacuation of Iago early Tuesday after the driver of a vehicle believed to be involved in a burglary fled from deputies and struck a piece of oil field equipment.

Despite support from five local organizations, Wharton County and Needville school district voters turned down an $18 million bond project for Wharton County Junior College on Saturday.

Boling and Wharton school district residents: Wharton Civic Center, 1924 N. Fulton St., from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., April 27 to May 1, and from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., ... Early voting times and locations for Wharton County residents Boling and Wharton school district residents: Wharton Civic Center, 1924 N. Fulton St., from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., April 27 to May ...

A Wharton man charged with capital murder in the Jan. 15 shooting death of Leo Frank Wisnieski Jr pleaded guilty Thursday.