Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Submit an Event Friday and Saturday, August 14 and August 15 Regional acts sets sights on Orange County One of the hottest spots for live music in Orange County is turning up the heat this coming weekend. High Tides, located at 3109 Texas Ave. in Bridge City, opened earlier this year and has quickly become a popular destination for residents of Orange County and across Southeast Texas. Not only is it known for its waterfront view and delicious menu, but also for its variety of live music. This Friday and Saturday will have...
TRUMP’S VERY FIRST DAY BACK On his first full day back in the White House, President Trump vowed to do what no president had ever done before. “We’re going to do things that people will be shocked at,” he declared. Of all the thousands of words that Trump uttered during his fact-challenged, talkathon-style opening days as the nation’s 47th president, those may have been the truest. Not so much because of the ideological swings that come with a party change in the White Hou...
County Judge John Gothia praised the county's road and bridge crews plus courthouse staff who worked during the record-setting snow storm and cold. "We worked our way through another major event," he said Tuesday during a meeting of the Orange County Commissioners Court. "Everybody pulled together and kept things rolling." The snow storm left five to nine inches of snow across the county on the early morning of January 21. That snowfall broke the 1960 snow which held second...
As the mercury creeps up into a more comfortable range outside as well as on the water, don’t let that fool you into feeling too secure at this time of the year. January and February on the Texas gulf coast can be down right brutal with all the rank weather we receive at this time of the year. Bone chilling winds coupled with humid overcast days can make even the toughest fisherman wish for a warm spot in the truck and hot cup of coffee. When late winter fronts pass through a...
There was lots of applause Monday night when BCHS Coach Jimmy Hallman won Citizen of the Year and Miss B's Take Out won Business of the Year. Plus, there was a hardy round when Lenzi Belcher was presented as Ambassador of the Year. None of that compared to the standing O and wet eyes when Beverly Perry was surprised with the "Key to the City" by Mayor David Rutledge. Even the mayor cried. Longtime chamber ambassador and civic servant to the community, Perry was honored by...
The 1960s paper mill that closed a year ago is on the way to be reopened under new ownership and the City of Orange is giving a$400,000 economic development grant to help. The Orange City Council and separate City Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors were scheduled to vote on the grant Tuesday evening. The grant is to USG Paper on Texas Highway 87 North. The plant opened in 1967 as Owens-Illinois and went through other ownerships before Internation Paper...
People shopped Orange County in November, sending an increase of sales taxes to the local entities. The Texas Comptrollers Office sent the individual payments in January that cover the month that includes holiday shopping. Orange County saw a jump of 52 percent in sales tax income for November 2024 compared to November 2023. The county has a sales tax of 0.5 percent, or a half penny per dollar. The county took in $881,390 for November sales, up from $579,210 last year. Bridge...
Filmmakers of Southeast Texas and surrounding areas will gather at 7 p.m. this Friday at the Logon Café in Beaumont for the annual 48 Hr. Film Race. This free event is open to all and challenges teams of local movie makers to write, shoot, edit and deliver a short film based upon randomly assigned genres, all in just one weekend. The race kicks off at 7p.m on January 31. Entries to the race will be shown and winners announced next month at Boomtown Film & Music Festival,...
Session is starting to heat up in Austin – the budget has been filed, committees have been appointed in the Senate, and our first hearings are scheduled. We hit the ground running this year and are prepared to accomplish as much as we can in the short time we have. Here are five things happening around your state: 1. Senate committee assignments for 89th Session released Last week, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick announced committee assignments for the 89th Legislative Session. I a...
