Wharton News

The cause for an early Friday morning fatality in Wharton is still unknown, but alcohol may have been a factor, a Wharton Police Department detective said.

Hallie Foote's personal life is hard to separate from her professional one. First, she's performing in a play written by her father, the legendary playwright Horton Foote.

Meet the first-nighters of Broadway's Dividing the Estate . Cane in hand, moving gingerly, Broadway's Oldest Living Playwright - a fragile but hearty Horton Foote , 92 - joined his dozen actors on stage at the ...

When Horton Foote a s a oeDividing the Estatea opened off-Broadway for a short run last season, I ended my glowing review with concern for the playa s future.

A Wharton man driving on County Road 130, about two to three miles outside of Wharton, called deputies to report explicit anti-Obama graffiti on the roadway early Friday, a Wharton County Sheriff's Office ...

Showers of blessing fell across the coast in buckets Monday and Tuesday. Dry, parched, cracked earth came back to life as the moisture fused the gap.

Of all the cruel ways the Internet offers to waste time, lifehacking may be the cruellest.

The Wharton County Commissioners Court Monday accepted bids to demolish and rebuild two bridges condemned earlier this year, a county official said.

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District attorney Josh McCown received 51 percent of the vote to defeat Democrat challenger John Roades.

Closing arguments are under way in Wharton County today in the capital murder trial of a man accused of killing a Texas game warden after a lengthy police chase.

A modest Texan with a hard-headed reporting style, Dan Rather led a prolific career in journalism that spanned more than half a century.

Set in 1987 and first staged in 1989, Horton Foote's Dividing the Estate is so timely it might as well have been written last week.

Law enforcement officers in Wharton County snagged about 40 people suspected of selling drugs during a Tuesday roundup.

Carey Barrett, who lives with his wife Monique and their two children in the Atlanta suburbs, made the decision to become a kidney donor.

Photo Credit: CONTRIBUTED PHTO WORKING/031207/JUSTIN_HURST CONTRIBUTED TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE GAME WARDEN JUSTIN HURST -SHOT AND KILLED FRIDAY, MARCH 16 IN SHOOTOUT AFTER HIGH SPEED CHASE IN LISSIE, NEAR EAST ...

The wait for a kidney transplant can be as long as eight years. Often, family members are willing to donate one of their kidneys, but many times they aren't a match.

Hurst, 34, died in March 2007 in an exchange of gunfire with a man suspected of illegally hunting from the road.

October 17, 2008 - 3:48 p.m. The general election is Nov. 4. To help the public learn more about the candidates, the Advocate is publishing profiles for the candidate in the contested races.

October 16, 2008 - 5:03 p.m. The general election is Nov. 4. To help the public learn more about the candidates, the Advocate is publishing profiles for the candidate in the contested races.