Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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The WO-S baseball game scheduled for today has been cancelled....
Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls between Feb. 27, 28, March 1 and the morning of March 2: Warrant service, 201 8th St. Traffic accident, Green Ave. and 16th St. Traffic accident, IH-10 W at MLK Traffic accident, 400 16th St. Shoplifting, 3709 N. 16th St. Traffic accident, 205 Border St. Traffic accident, 7112 IH-10 Warrant service, MLK/Dollar General Warrant service, 6th and John Warrant service, 15th and John Damaged property, 1026 Ruby Ln. Warrant service, 100 Bluebonnet Rd....
Tinseltown Talks Her career as a child actress only lasted from 1931-1944, but Marilyn Knowlden has carried the memories for a lifetime. “My parents enrolled me in a dance school when I was 3 and the teacher told them that one day I would be in the movies,” recalled Knowlden from her home in Orange County, Calif. In 1931, when her attorney father took the family on a business trip from Oakland to Hollywood, he clearly gave some credence to the teacher’s prediction. “For...
Little Cypress Mauriceville CISD would like to announce that the NCLB Federal Report Cards for districts and campuses are now available for public viewing. Each district that receives Title I, Part A funding is responsible for disseminating the state, LEA and campus-level report cards to 1) all LEA campuses, 2) parents of all enrolled students and 3) the general public via widely available public means such as posting on the Internet, distribution to the media, or distribution through public agencies. The state, district,...
You can now be more confident when looking for a nursing home for yourself or a loved one. Medicare has just improved its Nursing Home Compare website so that the public can get a more precise and meaningful picture of the quality of care at 15,800 nursing homes nationwide. Families must often search for a nursing home for a spouse or parent at a moment’s notice, after some crisis or emergency. When no time to spare, many turn to Nursing Home Compare to begin their r...
Community Christian School's Varsity tennis team did very well at the West Brook tennis tournament Feb. 27. Justine Sylestine and Danielle Paul won first place overall in the Girls Doubles division. Josh Howard took first place and Skyler Menard took second place in the Boys Singles Consolation bracket. Pictured is the CCS Varsity tennis team: (kneeling) Danielle Paul and Justine Sylestine; (standing from left to right) Brenden Baker, Christion Rivas, Josh Howard, Skyler...
Each week The Record Newspapers features a pet, or pets of the week for adoption through local shelters and rescue organizations. This week’s pets are again rescues from Pups in Peril. Outlaw is a goofy, happy go lucky pup. He is up to date on his vaccines and neutered and ready for a forever home. Outlaw would do best in a home without other dogs since he has somewhat of an alpha personality. He is also not very considerate when it comes to small children when he gets e...
Blanche Geus Machtelinckx is shown donating one of her many art prints to K’Lynn Ess, library assistant. Mrs. Machtelinckx donated 13 prints in her Southern Memories print collection to the Bridge City Public Library to be used for donations for their building fund. Mrs. Machtelinckx is an artist from Brussels, Belgium who studied at the Academy of Art in Brussels. She taught art classes there to the Upper Levels for four years. She then moved to California and worked for t...
Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School students Spencer Johns and Vincent Hale earned first place in Declamation and Interpretive Reading, respectively, at the school-level finals of the 111th Miriam Lutcher Stark Contest in Reading and Declamation, a scholarship program sponsored by the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation. On Sunday, March 1, Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School students competed in the local-level contest, which was coordinated by Melanie...
It all started in a small town nestled between the Barrington Farm and the Jordan Creek along the banks of the Brazos River – that’s where the early seeds of the Lone Star State were planted. If you’re from Texas, you’re probably familiar with names like Davey Crockett, Sam Houston, and Steven F. Austin. It would be hard to grow up here without repeatedly hearing the story of how our ancestors beat oppression, won the Texas Revolution, and declared independence as the Republi...
After suffering a three-game sweep at Texas-Pan American, the Lamar baseball team returns home to open a four-game home stand that features Prairie View A&M on Tuesday and the start of Southland Conference play on Friday with Northwestern State. The Cardinals (6-5) host the Panthers (4-7) at 4 o’clock on Tuesday before NSU’s (5-6) three-game slate opens at 6 o’clock on Friday. Game two of the SLC series is scheduled for 2 o’clock on Saturday and the finale is Sunday at 1:00...
West Orange – Stark High School students swept the top three places in News Writing competition, as well as placed students in all journalism events, to win the Journalism team trophy at the Sabine Pass UIL Academic Meet this weekend. Brittany Barclay placed first in Feature Writing and Editorial Writing, second in News Writing and fourth in Headline Writing; Kaylyn Roberts placed first in News and sixth in Feature; Felicia Amy placed third in News and fourth in Feature; E...
Fourteen Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School musicians were chosen for the McNeese High School Honor Band. Students selected for the honor, must have been recommended by their band directors and completed a rigorous audition process. Several of the students were offered scholarships by McNeese State University and are now considering those offers. Students, front row from left are Jewell Weeks, Jackie Payne, Ashton Brock, Bree Russell, Jessica Longlois, Callie Choate and...
For the second time is as many days, the Kwick Stop #2, located at 1427 Strickland Drive in Pinehurst was robbed. Saturday, Feb. 29, at 8:30 p.m., a white male entered the convenience store. He approached the counter and placed several items down as if to pay for them. He then demanded cash from the register while indicating he had a weapon in his pocket. The clerk complied. The suspect, who is believed to be the same person that robbed the store the day before, left with an unknown amount of U.S. Currency. The suspect, who...
The Cowboy Church of Orange County invites you to walk the path Jesus walked during the week of his crucifixion and resurrection. You are invited to experience the story and “Walk with Jesus” through models of the market streets of Jerusalem during His Triumphant Entry, the Upper Room, the Garden of Gethsemane, and his trial before Pilate. Come see the cross and the empty tomb. You will see over 100 live characters as you experience this “Walk with Jesus.” This event will be...
St. Mary Catholic School is pleased to announce their 2014-2015 softball team. The team was excited to start the season off with winning their first game. The team pictured from left: Kaitlyn Orillion, Sydney Schmitt, Jeanna McCorvy, JoAnna Henry, Olivia Grant, Kylie Braquet; Lauren Abrego and Shelby Smith....
St. Mary Catholic School is honored to announce Mrs. Lindsey Braquet as our “Employee of the Month” for March. Mrs. Braquet was chosen by her dedication to the students and staff and her faith traditions that she instills in St. Mary Catholic School. Mrs. Braquet was recognized during morning announcements at St. Mary school and received many special items with this reward including a reserved parking spot, teaching supplies and personalized snacks. St. Mary school is ver...
The LCM UIL Prose and Poetry team had a strong showing at the Sabine Pass UIL Academic Meet this past weekend. Placing in Finals (L to R) Meg Clark, 4th Poetry; Alex Borel, 1st Poetry; Connor Alexander, 1st Prose and Dalton Teeler, 2nd Prose. Additionally, the team captured the First Place Overall Speech Team Award. The students are coached by LCM Theatre Director Cory Broom and will travel to Brenham this weekend to compete against students from various schools across the...
New Zeland native George O’Scanlon became such a fan of American football that he decided to start games in his new home, Australia. In 1989 he founded the International Sports Specalists, Inc. His purpose was to bring American Sports to Australia as exhibition tournaments. From the first year with teams representing only four states the program has grown and now players from all 50 states participate with teams from five American regions and teams from Australia and New Z...
Bridge City High School competed at the Sabine Pass UIL Academic Meet Saturday, Feb. 28. The following are the results from this contest: In Literary Criticism, Jessica McKinney placed 1st and Katelyn Mott placed 3rd. The Literary Criticism team of Jessica McKinney, Katelyn Mott, Alma Montoya, Tabitha Blakeney and Stephanie Romero took 1st place. In Ready Writing, Brittany Lauritzen placed 2nd and Fabian Rodriguez placed 4th. The sponsor for these events is Diane Grooters. In Informative Speaking, Emily Lawrence took 1st...
Five Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School basketball players were named to the All-District Girls Basketball Team. Josie Nimitz earned Defensive MVP; Tori Thompson and Grace Chen were named First Team; Sheridan Rogers was named to the Second Team and Maddie Frey is an Honorable Mention. The Girls Basketball coach is Linda Riddick....
The National Weather Service is expecting another foggy night, followed by more rain, mainly Tuesday night into Wednesday, as a cold front approaches the region. Temperatures will be quite a bit above normal, with lows in the 50s to lower 60s, and highs in the 70s. At this point the NWS is not expecting any widespread severe storms on Wednesday, but an isolated strong storm will be possible. Thursday morning will start out wet and cold. Temperatures will be close to freezing...
Orange County track and field teams are off and running in the 2015 season competing in respective meets throughout the area. Bridge City and Little Cypress-Mauriceville joined the West Orange-Stark Mustangs for the annual Mustang Relays at Dan R. Hooks Stadium on Friday. Meanwhile, the Orangefield track and field team competed in the Trinity Valley Relays in Liberty. Highlighting the Mustang Relays was once again Little Cypress-Mauriceville discus and shot put champion Ethan...
Congratulations to the LCM Lady Bear Golf Team for capturing third place at the Warren Tournament held at Wildwood. Lauren Cox was second medalist with a 74. Nederland won the tournament and PNG was second. Picture from left: Theresa Beckett, Hope Henry, Ashley Young, Kacie Nichols and Lauren Cox....
Even though major league baseball has begun its exhibition season and college and professional basketball is winding down toward the playoffs, pro football news has practically been put on the back burner. National Football League items of interest to fans in Southeast Texas include the successful surgery to Orange native Earl Thomas III, how the Dallas Cowboys are handling the new contract of wide receiver Dez Bryant and the results of three more surgeries to Houston Texans’ often-injured linebacker Brian Cushing. If there’s...
