Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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For The Record- Staff Report (ORANGE, TX) It's Trash-Off time once again! The 22nd annual Community Trash-Off is scheduled for Saturday, February 25, 2017, from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the City of Orange Boat Ramp, located on Simmons Drive in Orange, Texas. This year's Community Trash-Off is presented by INVISTA and hosted by Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center in collaboration with the City of Orange. Orange County residents are encouraged to take pride in the...
For The Record -For The Record- By Capt Dickie Colburn How can you be absolutely sure it’s the first day of the High School baseball season?You climb out of your truck wearing shorts and a wind breaker only to notice that every other parent or grandparent huddled behind the backstop is wearing an insulated jacket or wrapped in a blanket.Only the women were practical enough to bundle up in sleeping bags! I mention this only because I, too, initially had on shorts Saturday morning, but fortunately also had warmer clothes in t...
Mary Alice (Moore) Cornell, 88, of Orange, Texas, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, surrounded by her loving family, at The Meadows Nursing Home, on Friday, January 27, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, January 31, 2017, at Dorman Funeral Home; Mike Sullivan officiating. Burial at Mary Williams Cemetery will immediately follow. Visitation for family and friends will be held from 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM on Monday, January 30, 2017, at D...
The photo credit: K.P. Expressions Photography: actress: from left to right: Jennifer Foreman, Ruthanne Cassidy, and Shauna Temple. The RED VELVET CAKE WAR" opens this Thursday, February 2, 3, 4, at 7:37 and next week on the 9,10,11, and close the show on the 12th (matinee) at 2:37....
Orange - Stark Middle School Boys & Girls Track 2017 February 23rd @ Mauriceville (Boys) @ West Orange-Stark (Girls) February 27th @ Hardin-Jefferson (Boys) @ Orangefield (Girls) March 6th @West Orange-Stark (Boys) @ Liberty (Girls) March 20th @ Cleveland (Boys) @ Silsbee (Girls) March 27th (District) @ Orangefield (Boys) @ Little Cypress-Mauriceville (Girls) Time Schedule for Meets 4:15pm – Scratch Meeting 4:30pm - Field Events 6:15pm – Running Events Time Schedule for District Meet 3:00pm – Scratch Meeting 3:15pm - Field...
Pictured attached: Top Row (Left to Right): Hannah Murchison, Hillary Bower, Lauren Richter, Bridget Brown, Kember Ess, Leah Jeffrey, Hannah Varnon, Victoria Morgan, Jaquelin Sandino. Bottom Row (Left to Right): Caryss Carpenter, Reesie Ryder, Emma Gaspard Back Row: Coaches (Left to Right): Coach Christi Wiegreffe and Coach Lauren Martin The Bridge City Middle School 7th grade red team defeated Orangefield 29-26 Monday evening to clinch the district title. Bridge City not...
SB 51 FEATURES HIGHEST SCORING TEAM VS. STINGIEST TEAM For The Record- Joe Kazmar I’m hoping that Sunday’s Super Bowl is not as disappointing as the 2017 National Football League playoffs have been so far. Only two games were exciting until the final play and coincidentally they were the only ones of the entire three playoff rounds that were categorized as bona fide upsets. In all of the other games, the team that was favored won and covered the point spreads. Our Dallas Cowboys were favored by four points to beat the Gre...
Mrs. Susan Thompson’s Kindergarten class from St. Mary Catholic School were busy making decorations for Catholic School Week. Under the direction of Mrs. Cindy Claybar, their Art Teacher, the students made beautiful Mardi Gras masks. The masks are being put up in the hall to decorate for Open House and all the activities for the week....
Photo by Tommy Mann Jr. The amazing Scott McGill returns to Orange County this weekend as the guitar hero performs Saturday, Feb. 4, at the newly opened Texas Ave. Tavern location in Bridge City. The Record A new month and another great week of live music on the schedule for venues and restaurants across Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana. Visit www.localmusicguide.net for information on where to find these venues and information on these artists or follow Local Music...
Standing (L-R) Dorian Pruitt, Coach Terry Meyer, Ethan Oceguera, Deegan King, JT Fielder, Mark Jones Kneeling (L-R) Cale Newsom, Gavin Garrett, Trey Lovelace, Kaden Honeycutt 7th grade basketball team defeated Orangefield 41-14 to complete an undefeated district season with a 7-0 record. They are also 12-0 on the year....
This is Catholic School Week and Students in Mrs. Rhonda Harmon’s PreK3 class at St. Mary Catholic School have a new bulletin board. They would like everyone to come see their “God’s Gift of People featuring the PreK3-Class...
Attached photos Students in each photo are listed left to right. “Blending” - Christina Trani, Isaiah Thompson, Stark Museum Art Teacher Amanda Burkhart, Olivia Mercer, and Karol Martinez “Shirt” - Crystal Gonzalez, Jaxson Singer, Jessica Ferguson, and Isaiah Thompson “Painting” - Olivia Mercer, Christina Trani, Karol Martinez, Ja’Veon Rubin, Farhan Rahman, Paloma Leon, Jaxson Singer, and Kye Phillips Last week, students of Marcia Perrine at Little Cypress Intermediate...
Attached photo Students first row from left, are Olivia Keltz, Chloe Garrett, Meredith LeBoeuf, Kallie McNabb and Maggie Burch. Students second row from left, are Michaela Dunmon, Dherin Wright, Cole Puckett, Matt Halliburton and Janelle Rafeedie Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School art students recently participated in the Houston Livestock and Rodeo Art Contest and received several ribbons and a medal for their efforts. According to LCM’s art teacher, Betsy Kaufman, at t...
Aileen Golmon Hoggatt, 94, of Orange, passed away on January 28, 2017, in Cedar Park, TX. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 1, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Bob Boone. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will precede the service, starting at 12:00 p.m. Born in Eddiceton, Mississippi, on February 20, 1922, she was the daughter of John Clarence Golmon and Mary Lela Arnold. Aileen was a...
Steve McCarty, left, and Randy Theriot, former head football coaches at West Orange-Stark and Orangefield, respectively, were inducted into the Southeast Texas Coaches Association Hall of Honor Saturday in Beaumont. For The Record Steve McCarty and Randy Theriot, former head football coaches at West Orange-Stark and Orangefield, respectively, were inducted into the Southeast Texas Coaches Association Hall of Honor Saturday in Beaumont. Cornel Thompson of West Orange-Stark was...
There is a model of PFD that will suit everyone and absolutely no reason not to wear one. For The Record- Capt Chuck Uzzle 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. 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 t...
BEAUMONT– A 47-year-old former Orange County Sheriff’s Detective has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Chad Wayne Hogan, of Orange, Texas, pleaded guilty on Sep. 6, 2016, to money laundering and was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison today by U.S. District Judge Marcia A. Crone. According to information presented in court, from March 2009 to August 2015, Hogan, while emp...
For The News At least 10 members of West Orange-Stark’s state champions are set to accept football scholarships Wednesday. The Mustangs will hold a signing day ceremony Wednesday, Feb. 1 at 8:30 a.m. at the Library lecture room at the high school. Little Cypress-Mauriceville will hold a signing ceremony for two players at 4 p.m. Wednesday. Neither Bridge City nor Orangefield were expecting any Wednesday football signings, according to their coaches. Quarterback Jack Dallas, O...
Cutline: Orangefield graduate D.D. Stephenson stretches before an afternoon run at the new $1.2 million track complex at Orangefield High School. Alternate cutline: An Orangefield pole vaulter prepares for her recent practice attempt at the newly refurbished Orangefield High School track. The district spent $1.2 million for the synthetic rubber track plus all-new field event facilities, like the new pole vault runway and landing mats. For The Record Bring back the Bobcat...
HISTORIC SUPER BOWL TO FEATURE LOCAL STAR At one time Jefferson County had more pro football players than any other area in the U.S. In fact, Beaumont was known as the pro football capital because so many players came from the area. It seems every year a local southeast Texas boy is involved in the Super Bowl. This year, in Super Bowl 51, Orange County is represented by Bridge City kicker Matt Bryant. Before Matt was safety Earl Thomas. The late Shane Dronett, from Bridge City, was also a Super Bowler. Then we’ve had Port Art...
For The Record When called on to kick an extra point or field goal in Sunday’s Super Bowl 51, Bridge City native Matt Bryant will be giving the Atlanta Falcons all he’s got. “My philosophy has been to always do good today so they’ll let you come back tomorrow,” he said. The leading scorer in the NFL this year for the highest-scoring team in the NFL is playing in his first Super Bowl game after 15 seasons in The League. “As a kid, you always watch that game. Then as you get...
For the Record For those awaiting the completion of repairs on the Rainbow Bridge, they will have to wait just a little bit longer. The repairs which began in January 2014 were slated to be completed by January 2017, but to due to inclement weather such as high humidity, wind and rain the new date for completion is March 31, 2017, according to Sarah Dupre, public information officer for the Texas Department of Transportation. The total makeover of the Rainbow Bridge included...
For The Record Keith Wallace has been a fixture in Orange civic circles for two decades or more. His Reliable Dry Cleaners & Laundry recently celebrated its 75th anniversary. But the realities of modern-day economics are forcing Wallace to consider going back to reach the future. “Dry cleaning is not a necessity product; as the dollar in your pocket dwindles away, you see more and more stuff you can do for yourself at home,” he said. So Wallace, who has made drive-through dro...
Tara A. Latil of Orange was one of the 1,471 students named by Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, to the Deans Honor Roll for the fall 2016 semester. The list includes undergraduate students only. To be eligible, students must have enrolled in 12 or more credit hours and have a minimum grade point average of 3.60 for the semester. Full-time on-campus and FHSU Virtual College students are eligible. Fort Hays State is one of six universities in the Kansas Board of...
