Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Last week was the deadline to file bills in the Senate. While approximately 2,000 bills were filed in the Senate and 4,000 bills in the House, not all of those will receive a committee hearing or go to the Senate floor. The upcoming weeks will be filled with committee hearings and passing bills through the Senate to the House. Here are five things that happened this week at your Texas Capitol: - Tax Savings for Homeowners Senate Bill 1 and Senate Joint Resolution 1, by Senator Nelson were approved in the Senate Finance...
Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls between March 17, 18 and the morning of March 19: Warrant service, 1802 Main Ave. Damaged property, 4719 Zurich Dr. Damaged property, 2947 16th St. Traffic accident, Hwy. 87 at W. Bluff Rd. Traffic accident, Hwy. 62 and FM 105 Warrant service, 205 Border Damaged property, 7409 IH-10 Warrant service, 1400 2nd St. Warrant service, 16th and Link Warrant service, 10th and John Warrant service, 16th and Link Warrant service, 10th and John Warrant service,...
Roger Lee DeGregory, Sr., 67, of Orange, passed away March 17, at his home in Orange. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, March 22, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Saturday, March 21, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Hawthorne, California, June 18, 1947, he was the son of Frank and Rachael DeGregory. He served in the U.S. Army and retired...
"President and CEO of the Stark Foundation, Walter G. Riedel III, along with members of the B.A.S.S. Organization, Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce and many other community supporters proudly "made the cut" at the festival opening and ribbon cutting ceremony, which took place at 11:00 am, Thursday, March 19. This ribbon cutting signifies the opening of this year's Orange County River Festival celebrating the Bassmaster Elite Series fishing tournament presented by Stark...
Eva Breaux Peveto, 86, of Orange, passed from this life on Monday, March 16, at her residence. Born Oct. 19, 1928 in Gueydan, Louisiana to Espera Breaux and Emedia (Abshire) Breaux, she was a longtime resident of the Orange area. She worked as a food service worker for the West Orange Cove ISD. She retired in April of 2004 but continued working on a substitute basis for 10 years for a total of 44 years of service. In additional to her regular work, Mrs. Peveto worked as a...
Entergy today received the Edison Electric Institute’s Emergency Recovery Award to recognize the company’s exceptional power restoration efforts during five different storm events over the course of the past year. This is the 17th consecutive year EEI has awarded Entergy with a national storm restoration award. Including this year’s honor, Entergy has received 22 awards from EEI for its restoration and mutual-assistance work. “Our streak is alive,” said Greg Grillo, system st...
Christine Elizabeth (Lynch) Leleaux, 45, of Orange passed away Wednesday at home surrounded by her loving family. Christine was born in Wiesbaden, Germany to Marianne Luzia (Kuhnig) and David Seaward Lynch. She lived the last 16 years in Orange. She was a Licensed Practical Nurse for many years. Christine dedicated her life to others; from being an Army Medical Nurse from 1988 until 1991 during Desert Storm, to healing people's hearts and bodies at a hospital. She enjoyed a...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that it has named Sabine River Ford as Business of the Month for March 2015. Ross Smith accepted the award from Bridge City Chamber of Commerce Ambassador Kristen Williams at the March 10 Networking Coffee hosted by Comtex Wireless, 1815 Texas Ave., Bridge City. Sabine River Ford received gifts from Mary Kelone, LMT, Tiger Rock Martial Arts and Little Caesars Bridge City. Sabine River Ford, formerly David Self Ford is...
Orange County Sheriff's Officers are investigating the discovery of a body found by TXDOT workers on the Orange County side of the bridge this afternoon. The body was found in the water near the bridge Sheriff Merritt has said that it is too early to tell if the body is that of a man or woman and whether or not the death was a suicide. First responders are in the process of recovering the body and waiting on a judge to order an autopsy to determine the cause of...
BASSMASTER PROS SHINE ON HISTORIC SABINE RIVER Orange doesn’t only welcome the Bassmaster Elite series March 19 through 22, the community is going all out for a big four day festival. This year, the Art in the Park festival will be held in conjunction with all other activities. On Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., the free event returns to Stark Park. At least 125 venders will display paintings, pottery, woodworking, photography, handmade jewelry and much more. There will be many food venders featuring food of all types. M...
