Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is delighted to announce that Casey Tally, Office Manager of Dupuis Tire and Service Center, has been named February Employee of the Month. Casey accepted her award, sponsored by Sabine River Ford, from Ambassador Candice Trahan, Multimedia Sales Executive for The Orange Leader, at the chamber’s February Networking Coffee hosted by Neches Federal Credit Union. Casey received gifts and gift certificates from the following businesses: S...
“Things are going to be much different up here this year,” said Cole Burnett while trying to thread a transducer wire through the maze under his console.”The “up here” he was referring to was Toledo Bend. “Based on what’s happened so far, I think we are going to have a super spawn, but we are also going to see more fishing pressure than we have seen in years. I think everyone that owns a bass boat was up here last weekend and I attribute that to the word getting out about all of the new hydrilla.” The little shot of warmer we...
If anyone told me I’d be at a stadium watching a college baseball game in the middle of February, I’d wind my finger around my ear and hand him or her a one-way ticket to Rusk. Well, that’s how I spent last weekend, at the four-team round-robin baseball tournament hosted in Baton Rouge at LSU’s Alex Box Stadium Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Thanks to my grandson Logan Smith, who pitches for the Army Black Knights baseball team, we found out his team was staying at the Embassy Suites. So, we made our reservations to stay th...
A man has been taken into custody after Orange Police say he killed his child today at a home in Orange’s Roselawn addition. They say the child is between the ages of 3 and 4-years-old and would not confirm the cause of death, other than it was a "violent death." The incident happened in the 500 block of Azalea Avenue and was reported at about 11:15 a.m. Scanner activity had the call coming in as a stabbing. This is a developing story. We will update when more confirmed information is received from the aut...
Funeral services for Louise Mayberry will be 1:30 p.m., Saturday, February 23, 2019, at First Church of the Nazarene in Orange. Officiating the service will be Pastor Bill Carr and Pastor Brad McKenzie. We will hold Visitation Friday, February 22, 2019, between 6 and 8 p.m. at Claybar Funeral Home, at 504 N. 5th St., Orange, TX 77630. Serving as pallbearers will be Michael Hanneman, Josh Maberry, Cory Authement, Jordan Maberry, Mike Maberry, Monty Benton Louise Maberry passed...
Dave Rogers For The Record Joe Parkhurst took his first long look at his alma mater’s new artificial-turfed baseball field last week and thought about how far Bridge City’s program has come since 1960. In 1960, Parkhurst pitched the Cardinals to the regional championship, the highest level Class A baseball teams could play. “Actually, the baseball field was right where the football field is now,” he said, looking at the longtime BC football stadium over his left shoulde...
Dave Rogers For The Record Should someone who doesn’t pay school taxes get a vote on raising other people’s school taxes? Some people in West Orange don’t think so and their city council agreed with them Tuesday night. Mayor Roy McDonald suggested the change and council enthusiastically voted in unison on a resolution to seek a change in the Texas Election Code that would prevent voting in school district bond elections by city residents who don’t own property in the school...
OPD Investigating For the Record A two-year-old girl was murdered in Orange Tuesday. The Orange Police Department received a call from a neighbor about the child at 11:12 a.m. Tuesday. They arrived a few minutes later at 520 Azalea to discover a deceased young child at the residence. Investigators were called to the scene. It was determined the girl died by a "violent nature." An autopsy was ordered. Results are pending. Through investigation it was determined the father,...
For the Record The Texas Veterinary Medical Foundation has chosen a local top dog as an inductee into their hall of fame in the hero category. Sascha, a doberman pinscher, is responsible for saving the lives of Glenn and Thelma Sterling when their house was on fire. It all began when the dishwasher short circuited and sent deadly smoke throughout the Bridge city residence. Sascha who slept with her owners attempted to wake them by licking their faces. At first her owners were...
Mayo Leblanc turned 92 on Saturday, February 16. He has received over 125 birthday cards after a social media campaign was launched by his friend Patty Dupuis. Many friends and even strangers sent cards and sentiments, some coming from as far as Germany....
Dave Rogers For The Record The General Land Office of Texas is offering Orange County homeowners up to $50,000 reimbursement for personal costs incurred to repair their home after Tropical Storm Harvey. Joel Ardoin, Orange County’s emergency management coordinator, explained the program after Tuesday’s meeting of Commissioners’ Court. “HAP [Homeowners Assistance Program] is for helping homeowners rehabilitate their homes,” he said. “This Homeowners Reimbursement Program is...
Dave Rogers For The Record Orange plumber Bill Mello, just a couple of weeks after undergoing surgery to remove a brain tumor, filed late last week for another term on the Orange City Council. His race for the At-Large Place 5 in the May 4 city and school district election will be a crowded one. Mello, first elected to city council in 2009, will be opposed by three citizens: retired sheriff’s deputy David C. Bailey; Little Cypress-Mauriceville special education facilitator C...
AUTO INDUSTRY ANXIOUS OVER TARIFFS Uncertainty over tariffs threatens auto industry jobs, sales and increase in average vehicle cost. The industry is anxious over what President Trump might do. Possibly 366,000 jobs could be lost, nearly 100 times what’s at stake in GM’s controversial plant closings. Over 1.3 million fewer vehicle sales and an increase of $2,750 average in cost. The Trump Administration hasn’t revealed what the commerce departments recommendations might be on new tariffs in what is called an Article 232 r...
