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  • Orange County no candidate for ‘Purple’ haze

    Dave Rogers - For the Record|Updated Nov 5, 2016

    No trend watcher would be foolish enough to predict Orange County changing from red to blue in next Tuesday’s presidential election. But a woman can dream, can’t she? Deborah Mitchell, Orange County Democratic Party chair, has been enjoying recent speculation that Hillary Clinton could become the first Democratic presidential candidate since Jimmy Carter in 1976 to win Texas’ electoral votes, now numbered at 38. “If Texas doesn’t turn blue, I think it’ll turn purple,” sh...

  • Patriotic BC pair become poster boys

    Dave Rogers - For the Record|Updated Oct 20, 2016

    Army National Guard recruiter Sgt. Salmin Roebuck help Bridge City senior Alex Garrison get ready for a photo shoot at Bridge City High School. RECORD PHOTO: Dave Roger They’re in the Army now. And they’re on the Student Council. They’re in the National Honor Society and the Spanish Club. On the football team and the basketball team. And in the middle of all the things high school students do, Bridge City High School students Ben Moore and Alex Garrison enlisted in the Texas...

  • Peveto, LCM Bears sweep 22-4A cross-country

    Dave Rogers - For the Record|Updated Oct 20, 2016

    They ended Bridge City’s Decade of Domination. Little Cypress-Mauriceville teammates stuck close to super sophomore Eli Peveto Tuesday morning at Claiborne West Park and together, the Bears won the District 22-4A cross country title. Bridge City had won nine straight district titles, though not all came in the same district as LC-M. With Ruben Valencia’s sixth-place finish their best, Bridge City’s boys placed third this time. Silsbee was second to LC-M in the hot and humid...