Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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KAZ’S KORNER When the Houston Astros open the 2018 major league baseball season tomorrow at Arlington, TX. against the Texas Rangers it will feature two teams that finished spring training on the opposite end of the spectrum. After Sunday’s action, the Astros were the second-best team in Florida’s Grapefruit League with a .679 (19-9) winning percentage trailing only the Boston Red Sox’ .690 (20-9). The Baltimore Orioles were a distant third at .586 (17-12). In Arizona’s Cactus League, the Milwaukee Brewers led the spring tr...
Carl T Bass,78 of Bridge City, Texas passed away on March 22,2018 at his daughter house. A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 2:00pm in the Chapel at Lumberton Family Funeral Home. He is proceeded in death by wife Elise Bass & granddaughter Rosetta Stringfellow &2 great grandsons Kurt and Christian Parker and Mother Bisse Anthony he has 3 daughters Debrah & Steve Bisson of Bridge City TX & Denise and Terry Stringfellow of Deweyville Tx & Doinnie &...
The Lady Hornet softball team of St. Mary Catholic School defeated All Saints, Beaumont 17-8 Tuesday. This was their last home game. The team went out with a bang!! Way to go Hornets!! Pictured in the back are the wonderful Coaches (left to right) John Jefferson III, Anthony Sparacino, Tommy Braquet and Anna Hughes. Players are (left to right) Kiera Howington, Reagan Pitre, Abby Broussard, Lauren Corrao, Beonca Harvey, Bella Tran, Alyson McAllister, Lily Riedel, Elizabeth...
Even as vendors were still hooking up their food trailers and rolling up awnings, an excited youngster stood in awe watching the last of the visiting Bassmaster Elite pros ease out onto Simmons Drive.“When are they coming back,” he shouted in my direction before joining his friends. Well…….they are back! It wasn’t like the tournament went unnoticed the last time they were in town hoping to chase down enough bass to earn both a big check and points toward qualifying for the coveted year end Classic. The daily weigh-in...
Photo: Outgoing Orange County Democratic Party John Baker, left, presents incoming party chairman Louis Ackerman a ball cap with the words 'Yellow Dog Democrat' at the conclusion of Saturday's Orange County Democratic Convention where delegates were chosen for this summer's state convention. Baker and Ackerman were named defendants in a wide-ranging lawsuit filed against the local party by Marcus Wilkerson, an unsuccessful candidate for party chair in the March 6 Democratic...
Frances Breaux, 72, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on March 25, 2018, at her home surrounded by loved ones. Funeral services will be 10 a.m., Thursday, March 29, 2018, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Cody Hogden of First Baptist Church in Orangefield. A graveside service and burial will follow at 2 p.m. at Gravel Hill Cemetery in Hemphill, Texas. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at Claybar Funeral Home in O...
Dave Rogers For The News Stephen Patterson, superintendent for Orangefield ISD, announced Monday that the district will be extending its school day 10 minutes through the spring to achieve state requirements. The district lost nearly a month of class time because of flooding caused by Tropical Storm Harvey late last summer and other weather has caused closure. Texas Law requires public schools to meet for 75,600 operational minutes each school year. Previously, the requirement was 180 class days; 75,600 minutes equals 180...
Photo: Orangefield schools superintendent Stephen Patterson, second from left, and school board members review a presentation on how to “harden” their schools against violent outside threats. Dave Rogers For The Record If things go the way Orangefield schools superintendent Stephen Patterson expects, up to nine OFISD employees will begin carrying concealed handguns on campus in August, working as state-certified, state-trained school marshals. And they’ll have safer...
My name is Lucy Fields and I am running for re-election for Bridge City Councilmember - Place 6 number 2 on the ballot. I am married to Donald Fields and we have resided in Bridge City for the past 20 years. My education consists of two Master Degrees from Lamar University (Master of Science and Master of Education) with an additional five certifications, three of which were in Counseling, Supervision, and Administration. I worked as a Social Worker for the State of Texas...
Dave Rogers For The Record Having to wear leg braces as a youngster growing up in the 50s left pre-teen Larry Lawson at the mercy of school bullies, he recalls. Larry’s response was to get really good at music. So good, he started a rock and roll band named “The Clique” that turned out hit records and toured the country performing on the same bills as 60s Top 40 bands like the Dave Clark Five and Paul Revere and the Raiders. Lawson said he was making about $70,000 a year,...
APRIL FOOLS’ DAY JOINS EASTER SUNDAY Easter Sunday will next fall on April 1 in 2018. Easter Sunday has previously fallen on April 1 in 1714, 1725, 1736, 1804, 1866, 1877, 1888, 1923, 1934, 1945 and 1956. Easter Sunday falls on April Fools' Day for the first time in more than 60 years. Just how does this happen? And Who picks the date for Easter Sunday each year? Or Palm Sunday? Or Ash Wednesday, a Christian day of fasting and repentance, which happened to fall on Valentine's Day this year? Well, it's all about the moon. O...
Marci Butler, left, and Deanna Rice were recognized as Orangefield ISD's Campus Teachers of the Year Monday, Butler at the Junior High; Rice at the Elementary school. Veronica Johnson, not pictured, was Teacher of the Year at the High School. Butler and Rice also won Reaud Excellence in Education Awards which include $10,000 prizes. (Photo by Dave Rogers)...
