Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Twenty two local individuals participated in the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) conference, Jan. 10-12, at the Pineywoods Encampment in Woodlake. This program, sponsored by area Rotary Clubs in District 5910, provides high school students with leadership enhancement opportunities, as well as team building activities throughout the weekend. According to Rotary District 5910, RYLA aims to demonstrate Rotary's respect and concern for youth; provide an effective training...
Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls between Jan. 13, and the morning of Jan. 14: Warrant service, , 1555 16th St./Smart Stop Follow-up investigation, 111 Pine Traffic accident, 15th St. and Green Ave. Warrant service, 201 8th St. Assist other agency, 201 8th St. Traffic accident, FM 105 and Hwy. 87 Warrant service, 1400 1st St. Warrant service, 500 Burton Ave. Possession of amphetamine, 3700 16th St./Orange Dry Cleaners...
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN The last few days have brought sad times with the loss of some good people who have left their mark on our community. A dear friend of many years, Roy Stephen Wingate, 89, died Jan. 12. His service will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. A visitation will be held Thursday evening from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Roy was one of the most compassionate people I’ve known. He was a giver who always extended a helping hand to those in need. Roy could have been a very wealthy man but he gave a...
Annie C. Wheeler, 93, of Vidor, died Friday, Jan. 10, at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. A native of Canfield, AR., Annie was a longtime resident of Vidor, and a homemaker. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 17, at Church of The Lord Jesus Christ in Vidor, under the direction of Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. Burial will follow at Del Rose Cemetery in Vidor. Visitation will begin at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 16, at Memorial Funeral Home. Annie was preceded in death by her husband,...
Doyle Egan Orange Doyle Lon Egan, 66, of Orange, Texas passed away Monday, Jan.13, 2014, at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 10 am, Thursday, Jan. 16, at Old First Orange Baptist Church with the Rev. Keith Myers officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Wednesday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Orange on Sept. 21, 1947, Doyle was the son of Eddie E. Egan and Katie Belle (Doyle) Egan. He enjoyed his...
Scott Hale, president and CEO of Bridge City Bank said since 1959, they have remained a local community bank. “We’re a community bank. We’re the last locally owned one. You can’t have a bank without the community. We’re local and we want to keep it that way,” Hale said. Bridge City Bank, consequently, was named as the 2013 Business of the Year at the Bridge City Chamber of Commerce’s 54th Annual Banquet Taste of the Bayou on Monday night. Also competing for the award were David Self Ford and Dupuis Tire and Service Cente...
A Dallas developer is looking at a site in Bridge City for a proposed low-income housing project. Winterberry Developers LLC is making an application for Housing Tax Credits and a HOME Investment Partnership Program with the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. The project, Royal Gardens, is to be located at approximately 2875 FM 408. This new apartment complex will be comprised of about 49 units. Of the total units, 44 of the units will be for low-income tenants and five units will be rented at the fair market...
The Orange County Health and Code Compliance Department is accepting applications for the next phase of the Coastal Impact Assistance Program. The CIAP grant is used to either tie-in onsite sewage facility properties to current wastewater treatment facilities, replace outdated facilities, or repair malfunctioning facilities. The funds will help restore or enhance water quality in the areas of the Adams and Cow Bayous which connect directly with the Neches River and Sabine Lake. The grant award is titled the Orange County...
It was business as usual Monday during the commissioners court meeting while they worked to pay the bills and approve various items on the agenda. Commissioners began by acknowledging area school superintendents and recognizing January 2014 with a proclamation as “School Board Recognition Month.” “We are honored you are giving us this proclamation,” said Pauline Hargrove, Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD superintendent. Filed into the minutes of the court was a direct deposit from the State Comptroller of Public Account...
There will eventually be a railroad quiet zone within the city of Orange. It will only cost more to do so. The Orange City Council held its regular meeting Tuesday morning in the public library auditorium. Jim Wolf, director of public works, reported Union Pacific Railroad is requesting more money to complete the last two crossings than was originally bargained. Ten of the crossings were made into readied for the quiet zones beginning two years ago by way of wayside horns, median barriers or were closed. The remaining two...
A curfew in the city of Pinehurst for those under the age of 17 will remain in effect after the ordinance was re-adopted at the regular meeting of the city council on Tuesday morning. City administrator Joe Parkhurst said the curfew is revisited every three years. The council determined a curfew is in the interest of the health, safety and general welfare of the citizens. The purpose of the ordinance is to: Promote the general welfare and protect the general public through the reduction of juvenile violence and crime within...
At the top of Orange County’s Most Wanted list is 53-year-old, Marlon Winters. He is not only wanted by local law enforcement, but also by federal authorities such as United States Marshals with the Justice Department. If apprehended he faces five counts of aggravated sexual assault and two counts of indecency of a child and bond forfeiture. Winters’ local charges against him began in 1999, after he returned to the U.S. from Germany where he had been in the Army for 20 yea...
Spindletop Center has recently acquired funding and is looking to expand their services in Orange and surrounding areas. Spindletop will receive Medicaid funding for residents who have intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental health issues and substance abuse challenges. Under a statewide 1115 Medicaid Transformation Waiver program, Spindeltop will implement 14 projects valued at $37 million. One in five people will struggle with mental health or substance abuse issues. In addition, about three of every 100 babies...
Just like “catching” better than “fishing”? Now is the time to take advantage of a terrific redfish bite. The lure fishermen are getting it done in the bayous and lake while the bait fishermen are taking advantage of the river and popular spots like Burton’s Ditch and the DuPont Outfall. Both fresh shrimp and mullet work equally well fished on a Carolina rig with a large enough weight to combat the speed of the tide. I saw Scott Bandy at the TPWD scoping meeting in Port Arth...
It happens, but rarely. When it does it is like the strike of lightning. On Friday night, Lady Cardinal basketball player, Bailee Bacon made a shot that stunned their opponent and sent fans into pandemonium. After four quarters of basketball and desperately trailing by three points as the buzzer sounded the end of the game, Bacon hit the net from just past mid court to score. The shot would throw the critical district contest against Hardin-Jefferson into overtime. During the...
UPDATE- Several emergency agencies have responded to the Dupont facility in orange tonight. Jerry Ziller, with the Orange Fire Dept., says officers from Orange PD, OCSO, West Orange PD, and Pinehurst PD, along with Acadian Ambulance, have responded to the plant. An officer with OCSO says he responded to a separate call, and saw a flash of light int he air, and minutes later learned from a dispatcher that there had been an explosion at the facility. There are no known injuries. PREVIOUS REPORT- Orange Police Department...
