Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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The flu vaccine protects against more than just influenza ― it also reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke by about one-third, according to studies published by the British Medical Journal Heartlink and the Journal of the American Medical Associationlink. This February during American Heart Month, Texas physicians urge everyone who hasn’t yet received an annual flu shot to get vaccinated. “The flu season is a dangerous time for people with heart disease. When patients with heart disease get the flu, it puts more stress o...
The 2016 winners of the school-level competition held Feb. 21, at West Orange - Stark High School (Left to Right): Tyffani Hinson, first place, Declamation; Jared Dupree, second place, Declamation; Olivia Basinger, first place, Interpretive Reading and Elaziah Nickerson, second place, Interpretive Reading. West Orange-Stark High School students Tyffani Hinson and Olivia Basinger earned first place in Declamation and Interpretive Reading, respectively, at the school-level...
The Orangefield Tennis Team participated in the Hardin Jefferson Invitational Tournament on Friday, Feb. 19. Several teams advanced to quarterfinals this week. Boys “B” Doubles teams, Blayne Milstead and Colby Childers and Ty Hawkins and Griffin Patterson were defeated in the quarters. Also advancing to this level were Mixed Doubles team, Taylor Decker and Jeremy Broussard and Girls “A” Doubles team Abby Green and Ashlyn Turley. Boys “A” Doubles, Slade Granger and Dakota Harrison lost a close match to Silsbee in the semifin...
Virginia Hart Broussard, 79, of Beaumont, died Saturday, Feb. 20. She was born May 15, 1936, to Virginia Thompson Clause and James Hart Clause, in Bunkie, La. She moved to Orange, at three weeks of age. When she finished school, she worked as a secretary at a car dealership and a ladies fashion shop. She met her (future) husband, Dan, when he moved to Orange from Louisiana in 1953. They both loved to dance, but she walked off the dance floor the first time he asked her to...
West Orange-Stark made history Wednesday, Feb. 17 when Jack Dallas one the Offensive Willie Ray Smith award and Steven Tims won the Defensive Willie Ray Smith award. Although eight Mustangs have won this award, two have never won in the same year, for any school. Local sportswriters voted both as their top players for the year. Dallas finished the season with 3113 passing yards and 44 touchdowns. Tims finished finished on the defensive side of the ball with 215 total...
Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls between Feb. 19-21: Disorderly conduct, 201 8th St. Mental subject, 1010 Clairmont Warrant service, 205 Border St. Public intoxication, 103 Amarylis St. Warrant service, 400 16th St. Traffic accident, 1600 Link Ave. Warrant service, 1300 16th St. Warrant service, 16th and Burton Aggravated assault, 1555 16th St. Traffic accident, IH-10 W. Warrant service, 200 S. Farragut Ave. Vehicle in ditch, 1700 Lutcher Dr. Damaged property, 51 Cove Dr. Assist...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting to celebrate the grand opening of Delta Life Fitness-Orange County at their brand new location: 3509 Edgar Brown Dr., Orange, TX 77630. Delta Life Fitness is off to a great start with over 100 new members signing up before opening day. In 2009 Josh Cherry was asked by mothers, who had sons in his son’s Cub Scouts group, to lead them in a workout that was efficient and could be completed in the time their sons were at t...
The following marriage licenses were issued by the office of Brandy Robertson, Orange County Clerk, for the week of Feb. 15-19: Adriain M. VanDevender and Karen A. Gray Joseph E. Figueroa and Megan T. Bickham Ben M. Kovatch and Blair S. Mowatt Kevin W. Hodges and Kimberly A. Sims Michael D. Powell Sr. and Aubrey A. Spicer Jeremy M. Myers and April M. Bailey Joshua A. Bryan and Brittany S. Hurst James C. Stone and Shanelle L. Wilson Max S. Quinn and Delsie L. Baldwin Eric J. Stevens and Ashlee M. Nation Gary L. Beall and...
Pictured are Dr. Chris Riedel and students from St. Mary Catholic School's Pre-K 3 class. Dr. Chris Riedel visited St. Mary Catholic School Pre-K 3 class to teach them about dental hygiene. Students learned how to correctly take care of their teeth from Dr. Riedel who owns Horizon Dental in Orange. Students were able to ask questions and inquire about his work as a dentist....
The Second Annual Carnival des Cajuns is coming to the Carl A. Parker Multipurpose Center, 1800 Lakeshore Dr., Port Arthur, on Saturday, April 16, from 12-10 pm. Tickets are $10 and may be purchased online. There will be crawfish, contests and Cajun music. Headlining these year's entertainment will be Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie. Other acts will be Jamie Begeron & the Kickin' Cajuns and Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys. For more information, visit www.setxac.org, email [email protected] or call...
The Orangefield High School Sophisticats competed this weekend at Champion Contest at Cypress Woods High School. The girls won best in class for every dance they competed in for both officers and team. They received a judges award for all scores being above a 90, showmanship award and division champions. The Sophisticat officers and team both won Grand Champion. The Sophisticats are directed by Jill Morris and Jerri Graffagnino....
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles is expecting another round of showers and thunderstorms on Tuesday. Some of these storms will have the potential to be severe, including tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail. Timing-wise, the threat for the storms will be in the morning in southeast Texas, and the afternoon hours in southwest, south central and central Louisiana. Besides the severe weather threat, it will be a very windy day. A wind advisory will also be in effect for the entire region. Strong southerly winds...
David Rogers' Big Bugs, an exhibition of epic proportions, is scheduled to invade Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center, March 5, 2016. David Rogers' creatures are handcrafted from fallen or found wood, raw branches, sustainably harvested saplings and other natural materials. Their enormous size calls attention to some of nature's smallest and yet most important critters in the web of life...at a delightfully intimidating scale. From March 5 through May 28, Shangri...
