Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Michelle Dollar and Brandi Hinson recently taught their 5-year-old kindergarten students about the many helpers in our community. Students dressed up as their favorite helper to show their appreciation....
One person was injured Wednesday night while attempting to search a house on fire at 1013 Western Ave. Officers of the Orange Police Department were first to respond to a house on fire and reported there was a person injured on the scene. The City of Orange Fire Department responded to the call around 7:40 p.m. The first fire units to arrive found a police officer with a person that was having difficulty breathing. The person was passing by and noticed the home burning. He tol...
Rickey Land will be honored for outstanding service as the 2009 Ambassador of the Year for the Bridge City Chamber of Commerce, at this year’s chamber banquet Feb. 20 at Bridge City High School. Start time is 6 p.m. The chamber will celebrate its 50th anniversary. Tickets are $20 and commemorative, available at the chamber offices on Roundbunch Road. A lifelong resident of Bridge City, Rickey was born to Harrison and June Land in 1946. He played Little League baseball and g...
Carson Logan Clark celebrated his first birthday party at his Mama and Papa Arnold’s house with a “Lil’ Quarterback” party. Special guests included his grandparents, great-grandparents, uncle Matthew, friends and family. Carson is the son of Michael and Brandi Clark of Bridge City. His big sister is Karlee Belle Clark. Grandparents are: Haley and Linda Arnold of Bridge City; Tracey Delome of Orangefield and Kathy Adaway of Zavalla. Great-grandparents are: Bill and Mary St...
Arlie and Karen Lapeyroleire are delighted to announce the engagement of their daughter, Angela Marie Lapeyrolie to Clifford Curtis Koltz. Curtis is the son of Clifford Marilynn Koltz of St. Charles, Ill. Angela is a graduate of Bridge City High School in 2000. She graduated from Lamar Univ. in Beaumont where she earned a BBA in accounting. Angela in employed by Helix ESG (corporate office) in Houston. Curtis is a 1998 graduate of Butler Univ. in Indianapolis, Ind., earning a...
Former owner of Yocum’s Photography, Ken Thayer, 58, passed away this morning while in the hospital in Little Rock, Ark. Thayer owned and operated Yocum’s Photography, first on Dupont Drive in the Cove and then for many years in it’s location next to Rose Thayer Academy of Dance on 16th Street. For the past nine years Ken has been employed as a Crime Scene Investigator for the Orange Police Department. Police Chief Sam Kittrell said in a release, “Ken was a valuable memb...
It is being planned as a banquet like no other in the 50 years since the Bridge City Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1959. For this year’s banquet the chamber selected the largest facility in town, appropriately Bridge City High School. The location is symbolic. Steve Worster is the 2009 50th Anniversary Citizen of the Year. His iconic No. 30 Cardinal football jersey, long retired, Is displayed in a foyer of the gymnasium. Worster, 60, will be honored during the Bridge C...
