Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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The Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School Honey Bears traveled to Goose Creek Memorial High School this weekend for an HTE Dance Competition. They scored enough points for a Division 1 rating in each of their four routines, which earned them a Sweepstakes Award. Their High Kick Routine won 1st Place Kick in its category. They also won a special award for Choreography. The team includes Juliann Jennings (Captain), Hanna Sadler (Co-Captain), Allison Ball (Lieutenant), Tilor...
The Orangefield Lady Bobcats defeated the Buna Lady Cougars tonight 2-0. Kaylee Ancelot got the win on the mound throwing a complete game shutout giving up just 2 hits with 8 strikeouts and no walks. Top Hitters: Junior Kristin Broussard went 1 for 3 run scored. Kaylee Ancelot went 2 for 3 with an RBI. Kinley McFarlin went 2 for 3 with an RBI. The Lady Bobcats improved to 5-3 on the year and play in the Woodville tournament this weekend beginning on Thursday....
Photo by Tommy Mann Jr. Rising country music star Frankie Ballard returns to the Texas Longhorn Club in Vinton, La., this Saturday night as the opening act for the Eli Young Band. Tickets are $30 each in advance. Entertainment for the week By Tommy Mann Jr. The Record A new month has arrived and spring is just around the corner. Also, the start of festival season begins this month and that means music, good food and fun for the whole family. Enjoy some live music and find...
KAZ’S KORNER When I was a tow-headed kid growing up in Upstate New York, March was an exciting month because I knew that in just another few weeks the bell would ring to begin the major league baseball season. Although the snow was still waist deep on most of the baseball fields around town, I knew it would soon be gone and we could start playing pitch-and-catch and fielding grounders and fly balls. Once the season began, I knew the starting lineups of at least five major leag...
On Saturday April 1, 2017, Community Christian School will host its 8th annual Color 5k and 1k fun run. The event will be at Claiborne Park at 9:00 a.m. Come participate in all the fun. With your registration, you will get a t-shirt. All finishers receive a medal. Register at https://runsignup.com/Race/TX/Vidor/Lion5KColorRun Advance registration is $25 for adults and $20 for children. Race day registration will be $5 more. The first 100 runners will be able to enjoy a sausage or chicken biscuit complements of ChickFilA...
Bridge City, TX February 28, 2017: The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony to welcome Allstate Insurance – Liz Hogan Agency to its membership February 28, 2017. Liz has been in the insurance business for over 20 years. Hogan opened her first agency in Orange, Texas in 2011 and is very excited to now offer the same services at her Bridge City agency. Liz has lived in Orange, Texas her entire life. She holds a B. A. from Lamar University and is C...
BEAUMONT, Texas – Feb. 23, 2017 – Junior Achievement of the Golden Triangle (JA) hosted over 160 high school students and 70 professional engineers from 18 local companies at its sixth annual Engineering Job Shadow Lunch. Held at the Beaumont Event Centre on February 22, the event is designed to spark student interest in engineering as a career path by demonstrating various fields of engineering and the ways engineers contribute to our community and the world. Krista Hun...
(ORANGE, Texas) - Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School students Connor Alexander and Kaylee Patillo earned first place in Declamation and Interpretive Reading, respectively, at the school-level finals of the 113th Miriam Lutcher Stark Contest in Reading and Declamation, a scholarship program sponsored by the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation. On February 26, 2017, Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School students competed in the local-level contest, which was coordi...
Kirby Edward Cummings, Jr., 38, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away at his home on Friday, February 24, 2017. Graveside services, under the direction of Dorman Funeral Home, will be held at 3:00 PM at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, in Orange, Texas, on Monday, February 27, 2017. Kirby was born on Saturday, December 30, 1978, to Katherine (Seeney) and Kirby Cummings, Sr. and was a lifelong resident of Southeast Texas. He was known for his optimistic personality, hard-headedness,...
FOR THE RECORD: Capt. Dickie Coburn The revelation for local anglers in regards to consistently catching trout and redfish in Sabine lake when the wind seemingly howls every day has been that the fish are still there and can be caught.It is absolutely critical that you do not challenge Mother Nature when she is in an especially bad mood, but you can still safely catch fish on days best suited for drying the wash on a back yard clothes line. Aside from the inconvenience and perhaps being forced to fish an area that you did...
Orangefield sweeps through Hemphill Orangefield’s baseball team won three games Saturday at the Hemphill baseball tournament, beating Baton Rouge Home School 10-4, Shelbyville 8-2 and Hemphill 18-0. Johnny Armstrong, Mack Patterson and Mason Gonzales were the winning pitchers. The Bobcats collected 32 hits in the three games, led by Payton Lathrop with five. Gordon leads BC no-hitter of Lions Kevin Gordon struck out 10 batters in four innings and combined with Bridge City teammate Peyton Havard on a 10-0 five-inning n...
STIRRING UP A STINK There is more to the called town hall meeting by County Judge Brint Carlton than meets the eye. I’m not buying that it was simply called to inform the citizens about the death of Robert Montano in the county jail and the $3 million lawsuit settlement. The citizens knew everything there was to know about the case from start to finish. It all came out in court and was reported by various news outlets. My Grandmother used to say, “Son, the more you stir up that dung the more it will stink.” For some reason so...
Gus Longron, front row, center, a member of the Orangefield FFA, won the Grand Champion Landracer Pig Show at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo in February. This is one of the largest pig shows in the state of Texas. With his win, Gus also received a $10,000 scholarship....
The YMBL South Texas State Fair results are in for art. At the district level there were 150 entries and the following Bridge City Middle School students were selected; Tuyen Le received 1st place, Diana Barriga 2nd place, Evvy Champagne 3rd place, and Juan Torres 4th place. These students will have their artwork on display at the YMBL South Texas State fair which opens March 30th. At that time their pieces will be judged at the regional level. Great work and good luck to...
Cutline: Former Orange police officer Veronica Woodle is seeking “open communication” between city government and citizens in running for Orange city council. For The Record Veronica Woodle says growing up the daughter of a highly visible African-American policeman during the turbulent 1990s in Los Angeles provided her first taste of politics. Now the former City of Orange police officer has become a politician herself, running for a seat on Orange City Council. “We...
TH Nameplates Cutline: Nameplates for Sheriff Keith Merritt, County Attorney John Kimbrough and Assistant County Attorney Doug Manning sit next to Orange County Commissioner Jody Crump at Monday’s town hall at the Orange County Expo Center. The sheriff and attorneys didn’t attend. By Dave Rogers For The Record Perhaps they smelled an ambush. The five members of Orange County’s Commissioners’ Court — County Judge Stephen Brint Carlton and commissioners Johnny Trahan, Barry Bur...
