Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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KAZ’S KORNER There was extreme jubilation in Foxborough, MA., Philadelphia, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN. and Jacksonville, Fla. because their respective National Football League franchises are still alive and well for Super Bowl LII on Feb. 4. In fact, those Minnesota Vikings supporters are rubbing their hands together excitedly over the fact they could be the very first team in NFL history to play the Super Bowl in their home stadium. Last weekend’s four Divisional Championship games featured two upsets (Philadelphia bea...
KAZ’S FEARLESS FORECAST NFC MINNESOTA VIKINGS (14-3) over PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (14-3) 5:40 p.m. Sunday in Philadelphia (Fox)—Both teams should feel lucky to even be playing in this championship game. The Eagles were the recipients of a very subpar Atlanta offense and less than mediocre job by Falcons’ quarterback Matt Ryan. Minnesota received a huge gift on the final play of the game with New Orleans leading 24-23 when Saints’ safety Marcus Williams tried to strip the football from Vikings receiver Stefon Diggs instead...
Photo by Tommy Mann Jr. Legendary rock act Styx, featuring James “J.Y.” Young, at left, and Tommy Shaw, will perform at 8:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 19, inside the Grand Event Center of the Golden Nugget Casino in Lake Charles, La., as the group tours in support of its new album, “The Mission.” Tickets are available at all Ticketmaster outlets and www.ticketmaster.com. The show is for ages 21 and older only. Entertainment for the week By Tommy Mann Jr. The Record Mother Nature has been keeping the temperatures a bit on the frigid...
Boys Basketball is hosting Silsbee on Friday, January, 19 at 7:30 and will be honoring all former and current military personnel before the game starts. All fans and students will also be encouraged to wear red, white, and blue as a show of support....
Ray Allen Craven, Sr., 69, of Orange, passed away on January 14, 2018 in Beaumont. Ray was born on February, 21, 1948 in Charleston, SC. He was a veteran of the United States Navy and worked in construction for many years. He is survived by his children, Matthew James Craven, Christie “Pink” Craven, Ray Allen Craven, Jr.; grandchildren, Dylan Craven, Cody Eikenhorst, Michael Craven, Jamie Craven, and Lilly Craven. “I’ll see you soon and I’ll bring you an Old Milwaukee...
Patricia “Pat” Smith Bendy, 77, of Orange, Texas, passed away on January 15, 2018, in Port Arthur, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, January 20, 2018, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City, Texas. Officiating will be Charles Thermon. Burial will follow the service at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Friday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Born in Lufkin, Texas, on October 31, 1940, she was the daughter of Edgar Smith and Evangeline (Bran...
In the midst of catching redfish like we knew what we were doing just prior to this latest front, Doug Patterson posed a question for which I had no answer.“Why do you think the bass are hanging around right in the middle of all of these redfish and competing for the same meal,” he asked.“You’d think that they might feel like they are in danger of being part of that meal as well!” The size of the average bass running the river and bayous is very substantial, but while we also catch and release a few in the eight to ten inch c...
BREAKING NEWS: The Rainbow Bridge and Veterans Memorial Bridge are shut down until further notice due to icing, according to DPS Lt. Chuck Havard....
Dave Rogers For The Record Lamar State College-Orange won’t be the same without Dr. Mike Shahan. With Shahan announcing his plans to retire after nearly 24 years as president in August, it means Jack Smith, president of the fund-raising LSCO Foundation, will no longer be able to go to the college’s official functions and tease Shahan about his favorite football team. “My only complaint about Mike is he’s a damn Sooner. He is a big OU fan. He goes to all the [Oklahoma University] games. “We laugh about it,” said Smith, a Un...
Dave Rogers For The Record How do you know when your dream job isn’t just a dream? For Don Bonnin, that ah-ha moment came when he found himself opening a business out of self defense. “The only reason I have a store is because I needed my house back,” the Orange native said from his San Antonio sports memorabilia store, Gallery of Champions. “Charities were sending people to my house to pick out stuff for auctions. I figured the easier way was to just open up a store where the...
Old Man Winter Howls In Orange County 'Old man winter' has blown in to 2018 in a way that is unexpected for most of us on the Texas coast. On Tuesday, in anticipation of freezing rain, sleet and hazardous road conditions, has forced Orange County government offices and school closures. A near record breaking 17-degree was recorded Wednesday morning in the county. The last time temperatures dropped down that low in January was 1984, 34 years ago, to 11-degrees. Miserable winter storms are usually avoided by residents here but...
Dave Rogers For The News Little more than a month ahead of the start of early voting for the Orange County GOP Primary, the county judge election got a little less crowded Tuesday. Though not necessarily less confusing. Kenneth Luce, former Orange County deputy emergency management coordinator, announced he is no longer running to unseat County Judge Stephen Brint Carlton. Meanwhile, the Republican Party has announced a Feb. 6 Town Hall meeting in Vidor to give opponents in the County Judge and Precinct 4 County Commissioner...
Dave Rogers / For The Record And Inga was her name-o. Winter Storm Inga closed the Rainbow and Memorial Bridges Tuesday and its hard freeze and icy roads have shut down most Orange County schools through Wednesday. As of 9 p.m. Tuesday, Lamar State College Orange was the only county school saying it planned to open for a partial school day Wednesday. Bridge City, Little Cypress-Mauriceville, West Orange-Cove and Orangefield schools canceled all classes for a second straight...
