Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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The extended holiday weekend is approaching and that means multiple business and government office closures are ahead. The majority of all local, county, state and federal offices will be closed on Friday, March 25 in observance of the Good Friday holiday. All non-essential offices in the cities of Orange, West Orange, Pinehurst and Bridge City will be closed on Friday. Offices will re-open at normal business hours on Monday, March 28. The City of West Orange will be closed...
The Pinehurst Police Department responded to the following calls from Feb. 28 - March 5, 2016. Sunday, Feb. 28 • Disturbance in the 2400 block of MLK. • Disturbance in the 3600 block of West Park Avenue. • Burglary in the 3800 block of Pheasant. • Disturbance in the 3600 block of Pheasant. Monday, Feb. 29 • Informational report in the 200 block of Border. • Disturbance in the 3400 block of Pheasant. • Suspicious person in the 1100 block of 28th Street. • Welfare check in the 30 block of East Harding. Tuesday, March 1 • Welfar...
The United States Air Force Airmen of Note will perform a free concert, which is open to the public, on Monday, April 25, at the Julie Rogers Theater in Beaumont. Tickets can be obtained at the Beaumont Civic Center box office and Swicegood Music. Courtesy photo A special spring concert will feature one of America's best kept musical treasures. The United States Air Force Airmen of Note will perform a free concert at 7 p.m., Monday, April 25, inside the Julie Rogers Theater...
Workers place debris in a large waste container in front of the Lamar State College-Orange Green Avenue building on Tuesday morning. Several of the LSC-O facilities, including the Wilson building, book store and print shop, sustained considerable damage from the Sabine River flooding this past week.Photo by Tommy Mann Jr. It's a little bit like deja vu for many across Orange County following this past week's flooding, including for those at Lamar State College-Orange....
The West Orange Police Department responded to the following calls from Feb. 28 - March 5, 2016. Sunday, Feb. 28 • Disturbance in the 1100 block of Albany. Monday, Feb. 29 • Person arrested for driving while license invalid following traffic stop in the 2700 block of Burnett. • Person arrested for felony theft in the 3100 block of Edgar Brown Drive. Wednesday, March 2 • Theft in the 3100 block of Edgar Brown Drive. Thursday, March 3 • Burglary of a habitation in the 1800 block of Bonham Street. • Animal call in the 300 blo...
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is reminding Texans to remain vigilant with respect to potential crime and terrorist activity in their communities, and to report suspicious behaviors to the department’s iWATCH website at www.iwatchtx.org. The iWATCH program was created as a partnership between communities and law enforcement, and utilizes citizen-sourced tips related to criminal activity. “In the wake of today’s cowardly attacks in Brussels, our thoughts and praye...
HAPPY EASTER TO YOU AND YOURS Well, spring arrived Sunday, after a very mild winter. It brought its usual Easter week cold front. The only bad thing about great, mild winter weather is that it never got cold enough to kill the bugs. Our gardens will be invaded with the pests, probably some of those white flies that are so hard to get rid of. ***** Let me let you in on a good thing. Our friends at Robert’s Restaurantwill open Easter Sunday. They usually don’t open but this is a special occasion. Robert, who is very com...
“Howdy Tex” was a common greeting from other anglers as Bink Grimes and I strode down the sidewalk towards our waiting boat. “I wonder how they know we’re from Texas” I thought to myself, then I looked down at my rods and it hit me as gazed at the fist full of baitcasters. We were in Florida and baitcasters are a dead giveaway that you are from the Lone Star State, down in the Sunshine State spinning tackle rules the angling world. Now before you go get in a fired up huff and quit reading this article because you think it...
Mark Dunn - For The Record It is Holy Week, the days just before Easter next Sunday. On Easter, Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. For Catholics, Easter Sunday comes at the end of 40 days of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving known as Lent. During Holy Week one can find Catholics in Orange County, and throughout the world, taking part in ancient religious practices- some are so rare and sacred, they’re done only once a year. Beginning Palm S...
