The Wharton County Leader-Journal, published the first edition of the newly merged Wharton Journal-Spectator and the El Campo Leader-News on March 2 of last year. The merger afforded the newspaper ...

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

The Wharton County Youth Fair opens on March 28 and runs until April 5, but preparations are underway and deadlines are fast ...

More Information The Texas House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Texas State Legislature. Alongside the Texas ...

When Trey Wharton decided to run for Texas State Representative District 12, he knew that goals and priorities would be front and center of many conversations moving forward. So in September, he took ...

Possible thunderstorms could bring isolated tornadoes into Saturday night in Tennessee, Texas, Louisiana, and Georgia, ...

The highway's guardrail still hung suspended in the air across the gaping 40-foot-wide (12-meter) hole, which opened up when ...

A tornado struck near El Campo in Wharton County, causing damage to three farms, but no injuries were reported.

Storms across both the Western and Southern United States threaten to disrupt flights as millions of holiday travelers ...

The first tornado was reported in Wharton County. The sheriff's office posted about it Thursday afternoon. They said there were sightings at Loop 183 and County Road 428, FM 960 and FM 961 and in the ...

Video has been posted on social media showing two tornadoes that struck western Texas on Thursday. The footage posted on X, ...