Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Michelle Prouse has been involved with coaching cheerleaders at Bridge City High School for 25 years. Her girls have gone to many competitions through the years and a plethora of girls have participated in Cheer Hawaii each year. There was one area of competition that many other school sports participate in, but cheer was ignored. University Interscholastic League (UIL) held its first cheerleading competition just six short years ago. Prouse and her assistant Valrie Gilbeaux...
Orangefield Independent School District may or may not be the first in the county to do it but it sure won't be the last. School board members voted 6-0 Monday night to approve a resolution requesting the state designate all public school district personnel as "essential frontline workers" and be given appropriate priority for receiving the COVID-19 vaccine as it becomes available. "We mailed it today to Austin," Shaun McAlpin, Orangefield's schools superintendent, said...
Jury trials are on the docket again in Orange County. They restarted at the first of the year locally after a nine-month halt because of the coronavirus pandemic. Still, judges are taking plenty of precautions. The county's jury selection, which began its every other Monday schedule with more than 100 citizens this week, is taking place in the ballroom of the Orange County Convention & Expo Center, to allow plenty of social-distancing room. "We've been having everything but ju...
Randy Branch, pastor of the Wesley United Methodist Church of Orange, wants to become West Orange's first new mayor since 1995. Johnny Asevedo, pastor of non-denominational Destiny Church, is running for Pinehurst City Council with plans to sell the town as a go-to location. Branch, a member of the West Orange city council the past three years, will face Jim Whittington, a former Louisiana Justice of the Peace, in the Saturday, May 1 election. There could be others in the...
When Beth Wheeler saw pictures on Instagram of "house floats" in New Orleans, La., she realized it would be a great COVID friendly alternative in Orange, in place of the cancelled parades. It is also an opportunity to showcase some of the beautiful homes in the historic district. Her husband, Kenneth Wheeler, presented the idea at a committee meeting for the Old Orange Historical District and became the organizer for the event. They are constantly updating a map as homes join...
I’M WORKING BETWEEN DISTRACTIONS A BRIEF SUMMARY It’s never a good time to be admitted to the hospital, but now is really a bad time. Beds are not available at will and the ER walls are lined up with people lying on stretchers. After about 16 hours I got lucky and in the middle of the night I made it to a room. I swear the hospital style bed, those that the head and legs go up and down and in the middle leaves your rear sitting in a hole, was the very worst bed I have eve...
Council woman to hold town hall meeting Council woman Terrie Turner Salter invites residents of District 3 to join her for a town hall meeting, February 4th, at 6 pm to 7 pm, at Orange Church of God Embassy of Grace located at 1911 16th Street in Orange, Texas. The meeting is part of an ongoing effort to bring my constituents together to guide the future advancement of District 3. I will be there to provide an update on my vision for future excellence and progress for the...
Bridge City Middle School is proud to recognize the following Bridge City MS Band students for earning a seat in the ATSSB All-Region Band. These students began working on audition music back in August, recorded their audition in November and received results over the Thanksgiving Break. They competed against several hundred ms band students from our Region. Despite Covid, these students worked diligently before, after and during school to learn very difficult music that, at...
Cycle 3 Semester 1 6th Camden Adams, Kiley Andrews, Audrey Bailey, Jaelyn Bandeau, Kanaan Bell, Sheyenne Bendy Andraya Biagas, Karsen Bock, Rylan Bolyard, Carson Bounds, Asher Boyd, Bryce Breeden, Rylan Brown, Michael Cappadonna, Carson Clark, Carter Coleman, Kaitlynn Compain Uresti, Mackenzie Cook, Mackenzie Curl, Debani Davila Carson Doucet, Madeleine Doyle, Caden Evans, Hadley Fults, Carter Gassen, Kade Gassen, Charley Gauthier, Margaret Gilleland, Allison Gutierrez, Brynklee Harvey, Charles Hayes, Avery Hernandez, Eric Hu...
Cardinals of Character for the 3rd Marking period at BCE are: Pre-k- Ava Jordan, Ayden Yasin, Jasmine Cisneros, Sally Smith and Ayden Guest. Kindergarten- Chandler Sanchez, Tucker Tally, Marixa Collazo, Bella Fredeck, John LaFleur, Oliver Obernuefemann, Korbyn Johnson, Aleah Bergman, Brynlee Martin, Kenzli Duncan 1st Grade- Logan Boynton, Pailyn Bollich, Carston Hamilton, Scarlett Peddy, Liam Jones, David Douglas, Jaycee Duplissey, Hayleigh Clopton, Matthew Lopez, Mia Rovira,...
A Walk on the Natural Side Hello everyone I hope your week is going wonderful and many blessings come your way. This week I would love to discuss Lemons and the Power they hold. Lemons have been around for ages and are such a versatile fruit. The world uses them in a vast amount of different ways. A more traditional way of using them would be medicinally to help aid the body on a daily basis. Lemons have an array of benefits for the human body. As common as these little...
Local waterfowl hunters finish off their main season this weekend and for many it will be welcome sight. Ducks and geese locally been beyond sparse and just down right non existent in many areas. A few hunters are still grinding away at some smaller concentrations of birds and having a few good hunts but those are few and far between. The biggest majority of the birds still hanging around locally are mostly green winged and blue winged teal without h a few gadwall thrown in...
The Orangefield Varsity boys golf team competed in their first tournament of the year last week. The tournament was hosted by Hardin-Jefferson at Idylwild golf course, in Sour Lake. Orangefield Sophomore, Xander Parks took first place, shooting a 77 with the team finishing in the top 5, 1st place PNG (333), 2nd Place Westbrook (360), Hardin-Jefferson (370), Orangefield (388), and Bridge City (391). On Monday the team will be traveling to Rayburn Country to compete in the...
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers may be happy to get into Super Bowl LV Feb. 7, but they may not be overjoyed to be the first out of the last 108 Super Bowl teams to be playing in Raymond James Stadium-their home field-because they reached the ultimate encounter by winning all three NFL playoff games on the road. But the team appreciates the move the front office made last winter to obtain 43-year-old Tom Brady as their quarterback for the 2020 season. After all, this will be Brady's...
The Bear golf team opened the season at the Jasper Bulldog Invitational held at Rayburn Country in Jasper. Led by a sizzling -2/70 by Senior Jack Burke, the Bears took 2nd place with a 329 in the team division behind the Kelly Bulldogs (315). Burke's under par round landed him 1st place overall in the tourney followed by Patrick Miller (74) of Kelly. It was the fourth straight year Burke claimed the individual title in the tournament. Scores for the Bears: Burke – 70, Wyatt W...
Charlotte Slaughter, 74, of Orange, passed away on January 18, 2021, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m., Friday, January 22, 2021 at the Bridge City United Pentecostal Church Family Life Center, 2056 W Roundbunch Rd Orange, Texas 77630. Officiating will be Pastor Murray Ray of Bridge City United Pentecostal Church. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be from 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., January 22, 2021 a...
On January 25, 1839 the Lone Star flag was adopted by the Third Congress of the Republic of Texas as the national flag since Texas was an independent nation at that time. When Texas joined the United States as the 28th state six years later, the national flag became the state flag. Here are five things happening around your state: 1. Senate Redistricting Committee to begin hearings The Senate Committee on Redistricting will begin the important work of meeting to hear testimony from around the state regarding the redrawing of...
Larry Lyle Garrison, age 75, of Orange, Texas, passed from this life on Thursday, January 21, 2021, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. The family will be having a private Memorial Service at a later date to honor Larry’s life. Arrangements were entrusted to Dorman Funeral Home. Larry was born on Sunday, January 6, 1946, in Beaumont, Texas to parents, Tiny Lee (Hampshire) and Lyle Garrison. Larry was a longtime resident of Orange, Texas where he was known and l...
Gloria Ann Breaux, 94, of Orange passed away peacefully Sunday, January 24 at Focused Care of Orange, Tx. Funeral services will be held Friday, January 29, 2021, at 11:00 a.m., at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange. Officiating will be Father Sinclair Oubre. Burial will follow at St. Mary Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be held on Friday, January 29, 2021, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange. Born November 7, 1926...
Last week, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick announced committee assignments for the 87th Legislative Session. I am honored to once again chair the Senate Transportation Committee and look forward to working with my fellow members on transportation legislation. The Lt. Governor also appointed me as the Vice Chair of the Senate Business and Commerce committee and a member of the Senate committees on Criminal Justice, Finance, Local Government (formerly known as Intergovernmental Relations), and the Select Committee on Redistricting....
The early morning call from Jay was a little unexpected as I had not heard from him in over a year. “News travels slowly up here, but Lisa just told us about your Mom. Our neighbor recently died from Covid-19 so I guess there isn’t any place to hide from it.” His condolences were appreciated as was his invitation. “I caught my first double digit fish of the year last Thursday and I think you ought to take a little break and come fish with me next week.” I do not consider it to...
Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School Senior Jack Burke was honored for the third year in a row with an invitation to play in the Aggie Cup Invitational hosted by A&M Consolidated in College Station. The two-day event hosts some of the best high school teams and individuals in the state. Austin-Westlake, Austin-Lake Travis, Dallas-Highland Park, Georgetown, Vandagrift, and Houston Memorial where part of the tourney again this year. The field included nearly twenty D-1...
Brenda Gale Bergeron Brimer left this world to be with the Lord on January 22, 2021, at the age of 72. She was born in Orange on August 17, 1948 to Joe and Myra Bergeron. Brenda was a native of Orange where she attended school in the Cove. She lived in Orangefield for most of her life and worked for many years in Orange. Brenda was also a self-taught seamstress and made beautiful handmade dresses including her daughter’s high school prom dress. In later years she was happy t...
