Seven Wharton County families received Christmas trees with decorations, a complete holiday meal and gifts in Wharton this year thanks to a health care company.

An anticipated two-week stretch of chill weather isn’t forecast to create any lasting harm at this point, but emergency management officials urge the public to remain watchful in the days to come.

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 ...