Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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It isn’t unusual this time of the year for fishermen in this area to spend their work week trying to decide whether to chase big trout on Sabine or big bass on Rayburn or Toledo Bend Saturday morning.While we are blessed to be able to fish for either species year round, the next couple of months will produce the largest fish of the year. I was talking with Larry Picou, an angler equally passionate about fishing for both species, at Outcast Tackle earlier this week and he said Mother Nature had definitely helped him with t...
Third grade students in Mrs. Rice's class kicked off their division unit today exploring the book "The Doorbell Rang!" Each time the doorbell rang and new guests arrived, students were able to make predictions and draw conclusions while using chocolate "CHIP" cookies to model division problems....
Friends and family from all over the country will miss the lovely, handwritten notes and cards of celebration and gratitude as Myra Wanda Coffman has peacefully ended her journey here on earth. By her side on March 1, 2018, were daughter Nan Coffman Moore along with dear friend and caretaker, Juanita McKinney. In recent years, Myra could often be found playing bridge at Carriage Inn in Huntsville, Texas so it was not surprising when she chose to move there after losing her beloved husband of 67 years, Clifton Simpson Coffman,...
Photo by Tommy Mann Jr. Music group Bell Biv DeVoe performed in front of a sold-out audience this past Saturday, (March 3, 2018), inside the Grand Event Center of the Golden Nugget Casino in Lake Charles, La. The trio kept the crowd on its feet and dancing in the aisles with an energetic set of hip-hop and dance music, including its No. 1 hit “Poison.” Visit www.goldenuggetlc.com for upcoming shows, including Willie Nelson on Friday, March 9, and Dionne Warwick on Sat...
KAZ’S KORNER I’ve been covering high school sports in the Orange area for more than 50 years and have watched many young star athletes go on to the next level and a few hit the professional circuit. In almost every case involving the professionals, they always were seen playing their specialty sport under adult supervision when they were just little shavers. This also was true with the few outstanding young golfers who came out of Orange County—Brady Miller in the late 1960...
The Orangefield Sophisticats participated this weekend in the American Dance and Drill Team Regional in Galveston, Texas. The Sophisticats had an unbelievable showing and earned numerous awards. The team received the following awards; Sweepstakes/ Gussie Nell Davis Award, judges’ awards for jazz, prop, hip-hop, contemporary and production. The team was also awarded a platinum for technique/precision/ choreography/presentation and finished in first place in the extra small s...
The 2018 winners of the school-level competition held March 5, 2018 at Bridge City High School (Left to Right): Maggie Garcia: 2nd place, Declamation; Carissa Slaughter: 1st place, Declamation; Madison Day: 1st place, Interpretive Reading; Brandon Curl: 2nd place, Interpretive Reading. (ORANGE, Texas) – Bridge City High School students Carissa Slaughter and Madison Day earned first place in Declamation and Interpretive Reading, respectively, at the school-level finals of t...
Roy McDaniel shows off one of his favorite clocks, one that is displayed between two cartoon football players he says represent his sons. The Orange man has more than a hundred clocks lining the wall of his cozy home. (Photo by Dave Rogers) Dave Rogers For The Record It’s time to spring forward. Daylight Savings Time begins Sunday at 2 a.m. Make that 3 a.m. ‘Cause that’s what you’re s’posed to do. At 2 a.m. Sunday morning, wind those clocks ahead to 3 a.m. and you’ll be...
Dave Rogers For The Record The winds of change blew through Orange County Tuesday, as former Beaumont policeman Dean Crooks led a sweep of challengers who won the Republican Primary for seats on Commissioners’ Court. Crooks defeated County Judge Stephen Brint Carlton with 57.3 percent of the vote to 36.6 percent. Vidor Mayor Robert Viator crushed two-term Commissioner Precinct 4 Jody Crump by a margin of 70.4 percent to 29.6 and former Orange council member Theresa Adams B...
ANOTHER ELECTION IN THE BOOKS Congratulations to the winners, It looks like possibly a clean sweep in Orange County. Dean Crooks unseated incumbent Brint Carlton in the Orange County Judge’s race, while Commissioners Court may have new faces as well. Theresa Beauchamp with a very close win over incumbent Barry Burton, Robert Viator wins over incumbent Jody Crump by a large margin. Incumbent Christy Khoury will reamin County Treasurer, as David W. Smith fell under 23 %. The Republican Primary got off to a slow start but starte...
Dave Rogers For The Record Head games. Winning the head games when she is on the field for the Bridge City Cardinals has made Kassidy Wilbur a three-time District 22-4A MVP for her exploits both pitching and hitting. Last year, winning the head games made Bridge City the District 22-4A softball champions, a Region III semifinalist and owner of a 29-7-1 record. So now, the Cardinals are once again, playing head games. “I wish social media didn’t’ exist,” BC coach Kayla Gallard...
