Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced this evening that State Senator Robert Nichols (R-Jacksonville) will serve on four committees during the 84th Legislative Session. Nichols will serve on the Senate Intergovernmental Relations Committee, Natural Resources and Economic Development Committee and the Finance committee. He will continue to serve as Chair for the Senate Transportation Committee. “I look forward to continuing my work on both the Natural Resources and Economic Development Committee and the Intergovernmental Relations C...
For the second year, Vicky Holland rewards students at Little Cypress Elementary who earn the highest AR reader points for each semester with dinner at a local restaurant. This year the two students for the first semester who earned Dinner with the Teacher were Marissa Vaught from Ms. Holland’s homeroom class and Gabrielle Moore from Mrs. Mott's homeroom class. They chose to have dinner at Casa Ole'. Marissa was the top reader with 51.5 points during the first semester and G...
If it's been a while since you last drank your favorite alcoholic beverage you may be in for a rude awakening when you receive the bill. Alcohol pricing in restaurants and bars over the past couple of years has increased dramatically, with wide variations by segment, according to an in Nation's Restaurant News. Restaurant Sciences LLC, a market research firm that tracks food and beverage consumption across the food service spectrum in North America, tracked millions of transactions at a period roughly between October 2012...
WHEN THINGS GO WRONG From time to time, every newspaper I’ve ever read makes mistakes and we make our share. We sometimes blame the Gremlins, or computer glitches, but most often it’s an employee error. Someone not following the rules. Last week on this page, in a sub-head, we had the Texansplaying the Seahawks in the Super Bowl. Four sets of eyes looked at it. No one caught it. No harm done. We did however make a more costly mistake when we ran the previous week’s K-Dan's/Danny’s Food Center ad. That does cause problem...
Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls between Jan. 27, 28 and the morning of Jan. 29: Warrant service, 1600 IH-10 Traffic accident, Pine and 3rd St. Death, 1600 block Emerald Ln. Damaged property, 3819 Meeks Dr. Traffic accident, 2929 16th St. Assault, 111 Pine Ave. Traffic accident, Hwy. IH-10 Miscellaneous incidents, FM 105 and Knox Assist public, 13th and Park Warrant service, 1717 16th St. Warrant service, Park and 8th Missing person, 6300 block Steeplechase Theft, 30 Circle E...
Harvey Lee Sterling, 69, of Pinehurst passed away Sunday, Jan. 25, at Baptist Hospital in Orange. Harvey was lifelong resident of Orange; born Dec. 19, 1945 in Orange to Naomi (Curl) and Sylvester Claude Sterling. He served his country in the Marine Corp for four and a half years and the Army for two years during the Vietnam War. Harvey was a member of New Life Tabernacle Church in Orange and he worked in construction for many years as a pile driver and welder with...
Each year in its annual Winter Edition, the staff at Dave Campbell’s Texas Football seeks to honor the finest high school football players in Texas at each position, regardless of classification. It is called the All-Texas High School Team. It's one of the most prestigious honors in the Lone Star State. With the 2015 Winter Edition of Dave Campbell’s Texas Football due to hit shelves across Texas on Jan. 28, DCTF is proud to announce Mustang Deionte Thompson, first team def...
Little Cypress Junior High and Mauriceville Middle School eighth graders recently participated in JASON 2015 at Lamar University. Students prepared and presented four different lessons to elementary students in grades 4-6 from across the Golden Triangle. MMS taught a lesson on waves while the three teams from LCJH taught lessons on igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks, and metamorphic rocks. Each team presented twelve times throughout the day. Elementary students rotated through...
Margie Jones, 89, of Winnie died Tuesday, Jan. 27, at The Arboretum Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Winnie. She was born Sept. 26, 1925, in Childress, to Frances Owens and James L. Adams. Mrs. Jones is survived by her sons, James T. Jones and his wife, Donna, of Missouri; Robert “Kit” Jones and his wife, Cindy, of Winnie; daughter, Della F. Moon and her husband, Bradley, of Hankamer; grandchildren, William Abshire and his wife, Dana, of Austin; Jeffery Moon of Anahuac; Valarie Cumberland and her husband, Bo, of Day...
Del Papa Distributing Company will sponsor the world-famous, eight-horse Budweiser Clydesdale hitch at a number of appearances in Port Arthur, between Feb. 10-15. The Clydesdales, which have served as a symbol of quality and tradition for Anheuser-Busch since 1933, are scheduled to lead a number of parades during the upcoming Southeast Texas Mardi Gras and will make their temporary home at the Southeast Texas Mardi Gras Float Den on Proctor Street. The Clydesdales’ s...
The Orange Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) is beginning their annual drive to collect “gently used” books for their scholarship fund. All books, fiction, non-fiction, hardbound and paperback are needed. Also wanted are audio and video tapes, CDs, DVDs, video and board games, and puzzles. These may be delivered to the Mann Insurance Agency, located at 1505 Park Avenue, 15th Street, during regular business hours. If unable to deliver your donations, you may call 886-5739 or 886-2194 to arrange for...
UPDATE - On Jan. 28, at about 8:30 a.m., Michelle Haydel contacted the Orange Police Department by telephone and disclosed her location. Officers arrived at that location and found Haydel to be unharmed and no longer missing. The Orange Police Department would like to thank the Orange Fire Department, and the Orange Co. Sheriff’s Department for their assistance in this event. PREVIOUS REPORT - Thursday, Jan. 28, officers with the Orange Police Department were dispatched to t...
Little Cypress Junior High choir teacher, Stephanie Teague, received notice this week that two of her students had been named “Outstanding Soloists” by the judges for whom they performed at the recent Texas Music Educators Association Solo and Ensemble Contest. Rachel Belcher and Julian Purgahn were selected over the hundreds of other students who performed at this annual competition. Rachel sang “The Lass With the Delicate Air,” written by Michael Arne (1741-1786). Julian...
The National Weather Service is expecting a dry cold front to pass through the region tonight. Later this weekend, rain is forecast late Saturday through Sunday, with an inch of rain. After a cool start to next week, another round of rain is expected Tuesday into Wednesday....
The Orange County Retired Teachers group will meet on Monday, Feb. 9, at 10:30 am, at Wesley United Methodist Church, 401 37th Street, Orange. Guest speaker will be a member of Shangri La Botanical Gardens, giving advice on spring planting and garden maintenance. President Harvey Wilson will conduct the business portion of the meeting, and Shirley Edwards, Nancy Hooker, Mary Broussard, Ann Quarles, Bonnie Chase, Bobbie Wade, Carolyn Williams, Bonnie Ravenscraft, and Frances and Wayne McCamey will provide a light lunch....
With the start of 2015, Southeast Texas Workforce Development Board has welcomed Judge Brint Carlton as one of their new Chief elected Officials (CEO). Judge Stephen Brint Carlton is the new County Judge for Orange County and replaces Judge Carl Thibodeaux, who served as Orange County Judge and workforce CEO from 1996 through 2014. Carlton is a lifelong resident of Orange, graduated from Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School and received his law degree from St. Mary’ U...
