Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Barbara Rena Daigle, 79, of Bridge City, passed away on February 6, 2021in Port Arthur. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, February 18, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at Highland Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in San Antonio, Texas, on September 5, 1941, she was the daughter of Reno Huth and Blandina (Bensch) Huth. Barbara wa...
Due to the Winter Storm that hit Orange County, South East Texas and other surrounding counties in Texas this week the decision was made not to publish this week's County Record and Penny Record Newspapers. The lack of electricity, internet and safety of our employees, as well as the press in Lufkin would not have safe driving to deliver the papers until at least Friday. This would not be fair to our family of advertisers to only have a partial week. We appreciate our readers and advertisers and will be back next week on the...
Bridge City ISD Due to inclement weather & possible hazardous road conditions, Bridge City ISD schools will be closed Monday, February 15th, 2021. Bridge City ISD buses will run on a two hour delayed schedule on Tuesday, February 16th. All campuses will begin classes at 10am on Tuesday. Any updates made as the weather develops will be posted on bridgecityisd.net and on social media. West-Orange Cove CISD Out of an abundance of caution, in preparation for the inclement weather...
Public Health must reschedule the February 17th COVID vaccination clinic to February 21st due to the winter weather event. Those people scheduled for the second shot are still within their time period. Please report to the Orange County Expo, 11475 Fm 1442 Orange Tx 77630, at the same time you were scheduled for. This clinic is rescheduled due to the changing weather conditions....
I knew before Jay even answered the phone that he and Laura were either freezing their behinds off in their trailer on Toledo Bend or had optedto ride the record freeze out with their son in Leesville. That question was answered when he announced, “It is cold in Hornbeck,” without even saying hello. Their waterfront trailer actually sits on a huge piece of land on the Louisiana side of the lake, but he enjoys claiming Hornbeck as his adopted home town. Hornbeck makes Deweyvill...
You ever wonder what a 64 pack of Crayola crayons, 31 flavors of ice cream at Baskin Robbins, or bags of assorted candy have in common? The answer is they offer something for everyone because we all don’t have the same taste. If everyone did things exactly like everyone else then life would be ridiculously boring and mundane. It’s choices and options that give each individual the opportunity to succeed and sometimes those options and choices are a little different than wha...
I’ve been writing this column for more than a half century, and today (Monday) is the first time in my career that I’m doing it with several inches of snow on the ground, icicles hanging from the window awnings and the temperature up to 24 degrees at noon with a wind chill of 10 degrees, where the actual temperature was supposed to be Tuesday morning. I can just imagine the Global Warming crowd is hightailing back to their closets until this cold wave is over. Ironically, maj...
Entergy Texas has started periodic power outages for its customers across southeast Texas. The company is taking this action as directed by our reliability coordinator, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, as a last resort and in order to prevent a more extensive, prolonged power outage that could severely affect the reliability of the power grid. https://www.entergy.com/view-outages/ Crews have taken proactive steps to prepare and protect our assets from the extreme cold as well as placed additional power...
At approximately 4am, the Rainbow Bridge and the Veterans Memorial Bridge were deemed unsafe for travel due to ice accumulation. Many roads and bridges in our area have been closed due to ice. Motorists are urged to stay off the roads. Sergeant Stephanie Davis Texas Department of Public Safety...
Montana DiLeo and Neely Wozniak played as medalist in the Vidor Pirate Varsity Girl's Invitational at Brentwood Country Club. The rain and cold limited the tournament to nine holes as conditions worsened throughout the morning. Dileo fired a 32 to take 1st place while Wozniak finished with a solid 36 to take 3rd place. The Lady Bears will be back in team play next Friday and Saturday at the Regional Preview in Huntsville....
Montana DiLeo and Neely Wozniak played as medalist in the Vidor Pirate Varsity Girl's Invitational at Brentwood Country Club. The rain and cold limited the tournament to nine holes as conditions worsened throughout the morning. Dileo fired a 32 to take 1st place while Wozniak finished with a solid 36 to take 3rd place. The Lady Bears will be back in team play next Friday and Saturday at the Regional Preview in Huntsville. Photo (L-R) Montana DiLeo and Neely...
In the week leading up to the Super Bowl, The National Junior Honor Society and Student Council members of Orangefield Junior High sponsored a non-perishable food drive, The Souper Bowl, to help fill up the shelves at the Bridge City/Orangefield Ministerial Alliance. They asked their fellow students to bring enough items to block their classroom door to earn a day of class outside of the traditional classroom setting....
Out of an abundance of caution, in preparation for the inclement weather forecasted for our area next week, West Orange-Cove CISD will shift to remote/virtual learning for Monday and Tuesday, February 15th and 16th. Please stay tuned to District call-outs, district FB, Twitter, and local media for further updates. No staff will be reporting to the District. If students experience power outages or technical difficulties during this time, please communicate to your teacher upon...
Pinehurst Police Chief Fred R. Hanauer III announced that he would be retiring from the Pinehurst Police Department. Hanauer has been with Pinehurst since 2003 when he accepted an investigator position. Hanauer was appointed as interim chief in October of 2008 and was later appointed as chief of police in April of 2009. After a brief time off Hanauer will be accepting a position as a special investigator with the State of Texas and will continue helping others but in a civilian capacity. Hanauer stated, “This is one of the t...
Due to inclement weather & possible hazardous road conditions, Bridge City ISD schools will be closed Monday, February 15th, 2021. Bridge City ISD buses will run on a two hour delayed schedule on Tuesday, February 16th. All campuses will begin classes at 10am on Tuesday. Any updates made as the weather develops will be posted on bridgecityisd.net and on social media....
Little Cypress-Mauriceville schools will all go virtual on Monday and Tuesday, February 15 and 16. According to LCM Superintendent Stacey Brister, “We would rather be safe than sorry, considering the possibility of buses, students and staff having to travel on icy roads to get to school.” District offices will also be closed due to the severe weather expected to produce icy conditions. Please look for additional notifications from the LCM District for any updates that may occur. The information will be sent through Sch...
Representatives of West Orange-Cove CISD were awarded the Citizen's Meritorious Service Award for their assistance in transporting inmates for the Orange County Sheriff's Office during Hurricane Laura. Pictured here receiving an award from Sheriff Mooney are Superintendent, Dr. Rickie Harris, WOCCISD Director of Transportation, Manuel Vera, and Higinio Gonzales....
