Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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A national report released Tuesday by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) ranks Texas fifth among the states in school breakfast participation. FRAC’s “School Breakfast Scorecard” measures state performance by looking at the number of low-income students eating school breakfast as a share of those who receive school lunch. In Texas, 1.6 million low-income children ate breakfast at school last year, or 62 percent of the number receiving school lunch. “Texas’ strong pe...
Ashley McDowell’s leadoff HR powers LU Ashley McDowell moved into tie for second place on Lamar University’s all-time home run list as she powered the Cardinals to an 11-7 victory over South Dakota in LU’s final game of the Sportco Kick Off Classic hosted by UNLV. McDowell led off the game with a solo home run for her 16th career HR, putting her in a tie with Beverly Corry. Casey Cromwell holds the LU mark with 19 home runs. McDowell finished the day with three RBIs, as did M...
Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls between Feb. 12-14: Traffic accident, FM 105 at Hwy. 62 Warrant service, 400 block Bridal Wreath Warrant service, 800 block Orange Ave. Burglary, 1030 Clairmont Dr. Miscellaneous incidents, 201 8th St. Traffic accident, Bear Path Assist public, Strickland and MacArthur Traffic accident, 3701 N. 16th St. Vehicle in ditch, IH-10 E Traffic accident, 3100 Edgar Brown Public intoxication, 615 Zinnia Robbery, 1610 Park Ave. Damaged property, 5700 Velma...
John Girlinghouse, Sr, 59, of Orange, passed away Feb. 13, in Beaumont. Memorial service will be Thursday, Feb. 18, at First Baptist Church in West Orange, starting at 10:00 A.M. Born in Orange, Sept. 24, 1956, he was the son of M.J. Girlinghouse and Cynthia Girlinghouse. He graduated from Little Cypress- Mauriceville in 1975 and retired from the City of Orange where he was an electrician. He is preceded in death by his mother Cynthia Lavender Girlinghouse; niece Lavender...
Elijah John Thomas Benton-Chandler, two months, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 10, at his home in Orange. Graveside services will be at 1:00 PM, Monday, Feb. 15, at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park, with the Rev. Gerald Ratcliff officiating. Visitation will be from 12:00-12:45 pm, Monday, Feb. 15, at Dorman Funeral Home. He was preceded in death by his twin brothers, Daniel Duane Buxton and Jordan Thomas Buxton; grandfather, Howard Gaston Chandler; grandmother, Dixie Ann Chandler and...
Terri Lynn Krummel, 55, of Groves, died Saturday, Feb. 13. She was born Oct. 5, 1960, in Port Arthur, to Barbra McDonald and Marcos Krummel. Terri’s life was dedicated to her daughter and family. She earned an Associate of Applied Science degree in Court Reporting and worked for many years in the area. Survivors include her daughter, Emilee Grace Doucet of Groves; mother and step-father, Barbra and W. D. McDonald of Groves; sisters, Jamie Albritton and her husband, Mark, of Sa...
John Louis Singleton, 82, of Hartburg, passed away Friday, Feb. 12, at his home, surround by his loving family. Graveside services will at 10:00 AM Tuesday, Feb. 16, at King Cemetery, with Brother James Sellers officiating. Visitation will be Monday, Feb. 15, from 6:00-9:00 PM at Dorman Funeral Home. Singleton was born in Little Cypress, Jan. 15, 1934 to the late John Wesley Singleton and Ethel Killian Cox. He served in the United States Army and retired from the Texas...
Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School’s Prose and Poetry team competed in the Port Neches Groves meet on Saturday, Feb. 13. Individual standings include, from left to right, Jackson Baeza, seventh in Poetry; Dalton Teeler, first in Poetry; Meg Clark, third in Poetry; Connor Alexander, second in Poetry; Tyler Regan, third in Prose; Maggie Pigg, fourth in Prose and Eli Ridout, seventh in Prose. Cory Broom is the team’s coach....
The WOS Home Baseball scrimmage Vs. Memorial, on Tuesday Feb. 16, will be varsity only, starting at 5:00 pm....
Vivian Luong of Orange plants a longleaf pine seedling as part of the Centennial Forest project. For a generation sometimes seen as preoccupied with instant gratification, it was refreshing to spend a day planting for the future, even if that future is a long way off. “I hope my kids can come see my work in the future. I want to set a good example for them,” said Aleks Allen of Buna, and a member of Lamar University’s Honor’s Student Association (HSA) of the Reaud Honor’s...
On Thursday, Feb. 11, Senator Robert Nichols toured the Texas Game Warden Museum located at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens with Elena Wagstaff Kelley, the widow of Game Warden Wesley Wagstaff. During the 85th Legislative Session, Senator Nichols co-authored HB 219 with State Representative James White to name Farm-to-Market Road 1293 in Hardin County as the Game Warden Wesley W. Wagstaff Memorial Highway. That bill was signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott...
Mike was born in Janesville, Wi., March 17, 1945 to Virginia (Rahr) and Carl Kretschman. He contracted polio at the age of four and spent much of his youth in and out of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Mn. Through what was then pioneering surgery, Mike was able to overcome the physical debilitation of polio, graduated from Janesville Senior High School in 1963 and obtained a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Wisconsin in 1967. He went to work as a chemical...
Orangefield Lady Bobcats competed at the Silsbee Iron Powerlifting Meet on Thursday and came home with a 1st place team trophy. Placing 1st in their weight class were: Madison Taylor (555 pounds); Krista Wheeler (565 pounds); Brooke Morphew (720 pounds) and Skylar Hamons (710 pounds). Brooke Morphew was named outstanding girl lifter. Other girls placing were: Britton Edgerly, Kayla Gordon, Julia Droll, Bailey Cady and Kaitlin Gordon. The Boy Bobcat Powerlifting team also...
Two Orangefield High School seniors signed scholarships to play football at the college level. Austin Moore signed with Lamar University, Beaumont. Matthew Watkins signed with Southeastern Oklahoma State University....
The Stark Museum of Art once again welcomes families to make art after dark at Third Thursdays Art Night, Feb. 18, from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Admission is free for all Orange County public, private or home school students, grades pre-K-12, wearing school colors or spirit wear. Admission for Adults (18-64) is $6; Seniors, (65 or over) $5 and children, 3 years and under, are admitted free. Stark Cultural Venues Members will also receive free admission....
Kindergarten students in Mrs. Benson’s classroom wear hats and capes in honor of the 100th day of the school year. Students handcrafted both items. Hats were made in class and decorated with 100 stickers. Capes were made at home and embellished with 100 items. Students at West Orange – Stark Elementary and North Early Learning Center recently celebrated the 100th day of school by dressing for the occasion. North Early Learning Center students dressed as “old”-er individ...
