Tradition says now’s the time to look for a little baby scooting along draped in a banner declaring it to be 2025, and the Leader-Journal was able to find one for our readers. Avery Leigh Svatek, the ...

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. The city qualified for the grant awarded by the Texas Division of ...

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. Young hoopers from 8 to 13 years old are encouraged to attend the free event starting at 8:30 a.m. Saturday Jan ...

El Campo main streets are being targeted with a beauti-fication effort aimed at busi-nesses. Stores along those main business corridors can get up to $500 or 50% of the project cost to do things like ...

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 ...

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. Week 16’s slate of games were heavy on the college side, which pro ...

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 ...

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. “I vividly ...

The Wharton County Youth Fair opens on March 28 and runs until April 5, but preparations are underway and deadlines are fast approaching. All pageant forms for 2025 Junior Miss, Princess, Little Miss ...

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. “The Moser family, like the Hartmans and ...

With the turn of the calendar to a new year comes the swearing in of newly elected or re-elected Wharton County of-ficials who officially begin their term on Jan. 1. The proceedings begin today at 4 p ...