Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Photo by Tommy Mann Jr. Orange County-based music group The Fanatics return to the local scene following an all-too-lengthy hiatus as the band performs this Friday night, Jan. 27, at The Logon Café in Beaumont. The show is open at to all ages and admission is charged at the door. The Record The month of January is already on the way out, but there is no shortage of music and entertainment on tap this week and into February. Be sure to follow Local Music Guide on Facebook for...
Bernice Lucille Fairchild LeVrier, 95, of Beaumont, died January 23, 2017, at Pelican Bay Assisted Living, Beaumont. A gathering of Mrs. LeVrier’s family and friends will begin at 10:00 a.m. with her funeral service to follow at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 28, 2017, at Broussard’s, 1605 North Major Drive, Beaumont. Her interment will follow at Pine Ridge Cemetery, Sour Lake....
For The Record- Staff Report After 34 years of dedicated service, Linn Cardner will be retiring from the United Way of Orange County. Linn Cardner is a graduate of The University of Texas with a BBA degree. She received numerous honors while at the University including being the first women president of the College of Business Student Council and being chosen an Outstanding Student a junior, an honor usually reserved for a Senior. She moved to Orange with her late husband, Dr....
The City of Orange is excited to announce the Back 2 Back WOS State Championship Parade and Celebration! This event will be held at the Riverfront Boardwalk and Pavilion on Saturday, January 28, from 4 P.M. – 8 P.M. The parade will begin at 5 P.M. in downtown Orange. Registration forms will be available at the Orange Convention and Visitors Bureau, located at 803 W. Green Avenue. You may also call the Orange Convention and Visitors Bureau for an application at 409.883.1011 or 409.883.1010. Immediately following the parade, M...
On Monday, 12/23/2017 at 12:23 P.M. Officer J. Trussell of the Pinehurst Police Department responded to Sussex Manor Apartments located at 3000 Macarthur Drive in Pinehurst in reference to a death investigation. Officers located a white male deceased within the apartment. Initial reports to the Pinehurst Police Department indicated that the victim may have suffered from stab wounds following a break-in but the investigation proved that to not be the case. In addition to Pinehurst officers, officers with the West Orange, Orang...
3rd Six Weeks 9th Grade Highest Honors Peyton Beebe, Brayden Berry, Jordan Brown, Shayla Cormier, Peyton Decker, Liam Downs, McClane Downs, Sabrina Droll, Hannah Dupuis, Cheyenne Durio, Madelyn Gerlach, Joseph Gray, Jacob Harvey, Whitley Hoyland, Cooper Lowe, Amber Martinez, Le’Ana Martinez, Caelea McCall-Hardy, Sadie Menard, Sarah Morrison, Jocelynn Myrick, Thai Nguyen, Kate Reyes, Lily Saucedo, Trinity Sims, Chloe Smith, Colton Smith, Linh Tsan, Carlee Vayon, Shelby West 9th Grade Honor Roll Jaysie Banken, Brooklyn B...
Joel Jerome Spell, 60, of Wichita Falls passed away Sunday, December 18, 2016. Joel was born on December 23, 1955 in Orange, Texas to Victor Melvin and Beverly Mae (Kegley) Stark. He proudly served his country in the United States Army, and retired after twenty one years of service. Joel spent nineteen years working at Howmet in Wichita Falls. He was a hard worker, and was always positive in life. Joel enjoyed fishing, and was a die-hard John Wayne fan. He was truly a...
The Celebration of Life for Ms. Brenda Joyce Williams, 60, of Orange, will be Saturday, Jan. 28th at 1:00 p.m. at the Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church. Rites of Christian Burial will follow in Hollywood Cemetery under the direction of Sparrow Funeral Home. Visitation will begin at 11:00 a.m. She died Jan. 15th at her residence. An Orange native, she was a 1976 graduate of West Orange-Stark High School. Survivors include son, Richard Williams, sister, Cynthia Wilson, and...
Joel K. DuBose, 67, of Sour Lake, died Monday, January 23, 2017, at Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas, Beaumont. He was born on August 16, 1949, to Margie Harvey DuBose and Robert Willis DuBose, in Beaumont, and was a United States Navy veteran having served during Vietnam. Joel lived his life his way and enjoyed helping the underdog. He loved spending time with his grandchildren, and they loved donuts with Papa Joe. Survivors include his wife, Valerie DuBose of Columbia, South Carolina; daughters, Kristi Stepan and her...
Born to T.N. & Emily Jane (Waldrep) Morse on November 25, 1923 in Saratoga, Texas, died Sunday, January 22nd, 2017 at his Vidor residence. He was a retired grocer having began his career in Bridge City in 1954. In 1956, he had the opportunity to open Howard's Big Star/Big Red Pantry and remained in the grocery and convenience store business for over 45 years. He was active in the Orange Lion's Club, Orange Jaycees and was an active member of the Bridge City Masonic Lodge No....
For The Record- By Capt Dickie Colburn Even before we reached East Pass it was obvious that Mother Nature would unfortunately make our initial decision of the day as to where to start an easy one.The trout bite had been improving daily when Elvin Nelson scheduled his three day vacation, but we had already lost two of them to the wind. We salvaged the first day dinking around in Black’s and Cow bayou for redfish that the low water had forced out of the bordering marshes.That didn’t scratch Elvin’s itch, but he admitted that...
DID TEXAS TEAMS INFLUENCE SUPER BOWL PARTICIPANTS? For The Record – Joe Kazmar Sunday’s two lop-sided conference championship games produced the participants for Super Bowl LI that will be played Feb. 5 at NRG Stadium in Houston, the home of the Houston Texans. Unfortunately neither of the two Lone Star State’s franchises made it to this year’s extravaganza—although they got to the Final Eight--as the two top-seeded, heavily-favored teams--the Atlanta Falcons and the New England Patriots—will be lighting up the huge scoreb...
For The Record- Capt Chuck Uzzle For all those hunters who have spent the last couple of months waking early, fighting the weather, and staring at the skies in search of ducks it's almost over. In what feels like the blink of an eye the Texas duck season that started back in September with early Teal will end on Sunday leaving waterfowlers wishing for more. The light geese conservation season will allow hunters a chance to keep chasing birds but for the majority of duck...
Joey Hargrave, Annie Hargrave, Becky Romero and Cliff Hargrave are planning a retirement party. The party is to honor Annie for 42 years of working at Market Basket in Bridge City. The celebration party for family and friends is from 2 pm. to 4 p.m. January 29th at Fellowship Baptist Church located at 1965 Miller Drive in Bridge City. For the Record In 1974, when Annie Hargrave began working at Hughes grocery store in Bridge City, the average cost of a loaf of bread was 28 cen...
BRYANT IN SUPER BOWL LI NEAR HOME It’s great that after a long, successful career Bridge City, native Matt Bryant will have a chance to play in a Super Bowl. The game, played in Houston Feb. 5, is just 90 miles from where he was raised and played high school sports. A fact not known by many is that the very first coaches at Bridge City High School were his father, Casey and uncle, Cecil Bryant. Cecil, who attended Lamar, named the team the Cardinals. Both have died in the last few years. Matt’s mother Mary still lives in Bri...
For The Record Orange County will host a pair of town hall meetings Thursday, Jan. 26 to explain and answer citizens’ questions about a proposed hospital district for the county. Both meetings will be held at the Orange County Convention & Expo Center on FM 1442, near Interstate 10. The first is at 2 p.m. A similar meeting will be held at 7 p.m. County Judge Stephen Brint Carlton said the goal was “to talk about the hospital district and also take questions from members of...
For The Record After more than three decades of watching her son push the rock up football’s mountains, Mary Hargrave Bryant was there Sunday when Matt Bryant and his Falcons teammates topped the highest peak and earned their spot in Super Bowl 51. Though he’s one of the oldest players in the NFL at 41, the Bridge City native will be playing in his first Super Bowl on Feb. 5 at Houston’s NRG Stadium. “I’m very, very proud of Matt,” Mary, a former school board member in B...
For The Record It was a bad news-good news 25-minute stretch for Orange County Commissioners Court Tuesday. First, commissioners voted 5-0 to hand over more than 40 percent of the county’s “rainy day fund” to pay the $3.2-million lawsuit award resulting from the 2011 death of a man being held in a county jail observation cell. Then, less than a half hour later, a representative of Jefferson Energy Terminal presented nearly $2.4 million worth of checks to the court. Speak...
Pictured left to right: Fallon Foster, County Extension Agent; Shirley Zimmerman, Lifetime Ambassador/Director; Kim Peveto, Office Manager; James Scales, Health Inspector The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that Kim Peveto, Office Manager of the Texas A & M AgriLife Extension Service for receiving the January Employee of the Month Award. Kim was presented her award, sponsored by Sabine River Ford, by Shirley Zimmerman, Lifetime Ambassador and Director,...
