Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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AARP income tax assistance program offered The AARP Tax Filing Assistance Program will have trained volunteers available from 12:15 to 4 p.m. every Wednesday and Friday through April 13 in the Orange Public Library. Anyone seeking assistance should bring the following: all W-2 and 1099 forms, including Social Security benefits and statements; records of Capital gains and losses; receipts of medical expenses, taxes paid, interest paid, contributions, casualty and theft losses, job expenses, sales tax receipts for major purchas...
First Assembly of God of BC hosting Easter activities First Assembly of God in Bridge City will be having Easter events this weekend. On Friday, April 6, they will be having a Good Friday communion service at 7 p.m. On Saturday, April 7, at 2 p.m., they will be having Bridge City’s Most Egg-citing Easter Egg Hunt featuring over 10,000 candy filled eggs. There will be games, prizes, a giant inflatable obstacle course and moonwalk. Also, there will be a surprise visit from the Easter Bunny. The Easter egg hunt is for all a...
Bridge City High School Project Graduation will host a donkey basketball game at 7:00 pm, Thursday, April 12 at the Bridge City Middle School gym. Tickets will be pre-sold for $6, and may also be purchased at the door the night of the event for $8. The public is invited to join the senior class of 2012 for a “hilarious show, sure to please all ages.” The game will consist of four basketball teams; students vs. students, and students vs. teachers. After these two games, there will be a championship game with the winners vs....
On April 12, from 5:00 - 7:00 pm., Stark Museum of Art will host a Root Beer Reception and Gallery Spotlight on "cowboy artist" Charles Marion Russell. This event is free and open to the public and will precede the national premier of the one-man, two-act play Charlie Russell's Recollection of the Old West at Lutcher Theater. The theater performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. and tickets are on sale at Lutcher Theater box office. The Museum Reception and Spotlight event will include root beer and light refreshments along with Mu...
Judith Batchelor, 63, of Orange passed away April 1, in Beaumont. Funeral Services will be at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 4, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be the Rev. John E. Warren of First United Methodist Church in Orange. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Tuesday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Mrs. Batchelor was born July 25, 1948 in Akron, OH to Bert Daves, Jr. and Georgia C. (Varner) Daves. She was a...
Vidor John H. Fowler, 69, of Vidor died Sunday, April 1, in Broaddus, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 4, at Turning Point Church in Vidor under the direction of Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with burial to follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Beaumont. Visitation will begin at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 3, at Memorial Funeral Home. Born on Nov. 30, 1942 and a native of Bessie Mae, Texas, he was a lifelong resident of Vidor, and graduated from Orangefield High School. He was an active...
Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls between April 2, and the morning of April 3: Process service, warrant, 1010 S. Hwy. 87 Aggravated assault, non-family, strong arm, 1727 37th Larceny from vehicle, 1400 block Link/Service Center Larceny from building, 206 10th/201 8th Public service, other, 206 S. Farragut Assist other agency, IH-10 W Assault, Class A, International Apt./201 8th Process service, warrant, 810 Hart Traffic accident, hit/run, private property damage. 4212 27th/Waffle...
The Stark Museum of Art will feature a presentation on Charles Marion Russell by Museum Director Sarah Boehme from 12:10 p.m. to 12:50 p.m. on Wednesday, April 11, called Lunch and Look: Revealing Charlie Russell will take place at the Education Center located at 812 Green Avenue across from the Stark Museum of Art. Box lunches are available for pre-order for those planning to attend. To order a box lunch and reserve a seat, call 409.886.ARTS (2787), ext 13, by April 4 before 5 p.m. In this lunch program, Boehme will give a...
Save the date for Spring Drive 4 UR School event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 14 at David Self Ford in Orange, 1601 Green Avenue. The countdown is on. Who will take the $6,000? Schools participating include: • Bridge City High School Cardinals- Project Graduation • West Orange-Stark Mustangs- Project Graduation • Community Christian School Lions- Senior Class • LIttle Cypress-Mauriceville Bears- Band Booster • Vidor Pirates- Student Council • Orangefield High School- Sophisticats For more information...
This morning Sen. Robert Nichols (R-Jacksonville) met with Orange County area judges for a roundtable discussion about issues affecting the area. “Area judges see firsthand how laws written in Austin can affect people at home,” said Nichols. “Hearing from these judges helps me serve the people of Orange County better.” Nichols represents Senate District 3, which includes Orange County following redistricting. He is running for re-election for another term in the Texas Senate. Judge Courtney Burch-Arkeen, who presides over th...
Mauriceville Dolores Marie Sanchez Monceaux, 75, of Mauriceville, passed away Sunday, April 1, at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Services to honor her life will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 5, in the Chapel of Dorman Funeral Home in Orange with Deacon Hector Maldonado of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, officiating. Rite of Committal and Interment will follow services at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park in Orange. A gathering of family and friends for a time of reflection will be from 5 to 9 p.m....
Company to clean park since drilling operations completed For The Record It appears from photos taken Magnum Producing, LP of Corpus Christi have their work cut out for them cleaning up Claiborne West Park near Vidor after their gas and oil drilling operation proved to be unfruitful. Representatives with the company were at the meeting of the Orange County Commissioners' Court Monday afternoon to explain their clean up process. Hampton O'Neill with Magnum said the company drilled a hole at the park and they are now trying to...
Kenneth Wayne Bradley, 58, of Bridge City passed away April 2, at his residence. Funeral Services will be at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, April 5, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City with the Rev. Charles Miller, officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Wednesday, at the funeral home in Bridge City. Born in Orange on July 29, 1953, Kenny was the son of Lloyd Wayne Bradley and Bernadine (Bird) Bradley. He was a member of Fellowship...
On Monday, April 2, 2012, our father, Homer Lloyd Burd passed peacefully from our lives here on earth into eternal life with God our heavenly Father, the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. We will forever celebrate your life dad and that of our precious mother who preceded you in death in 2004. You two were the very best parents that your three children could have ever hoped for. Dad, you faithfully served your country in the Air Force as a Crew Chief for B-29 Bombers during WWII, faithfully served your family as a...
West Orange – Stark High School powerlifters Ryan Allen and Britton Lindsey both earned silver medals at the Texas High School Powerlifting Association State Powerlifting Championships last weekend. Allen set the record in the Super Heavyweight category of the deadllift at the State Meet. He lifted 710 lbs. in the event. In other lifts, he completed the squat with 700 lbs., and the bench press with a lift of 430 lbs. Overall, he completed the state competition in second place in Super Heavy Weight, with lifts totaling 1840 l...
The St. Mary graduating class of 1962 will have their fiftieth reunion the weekend of April 28-29. Classmates will meet Saturday at 11:00 am in the school library for sharing of memorabilia, view a “scrapbook” DVD, tour the school and enjoy the Spring Festival. Sunday, the class will meet at St. Mary Church hall at 9:30 and attend 10:00 mass and memorial service for deceased classmates. The weekend will culminate with a picnic at Niblett's Bluff Park at 12:30 where friends will enjoy entertainment with live music. The St....
A house raid on an illegal immigrant who resided on Norbert Street in Bridge City also netted a firearm possession charge. Officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the FBI, and the Port Arthur and Bridge City Police Departments' Narcotic Divisions served a federal warrant on Luis Becerra for illegal entry into the United States, according to information from the Port Arthur Police Department. He was deported out of the country February 12 and returned to the U.S. 15 days later. Bridge City Police Chief Paul Davis...
On Tuesday the Bridge City Cardinals remained undefeated in Dist. 21-3A downing the Hamshire-Fannet Longhorns 8-1 with Jake Lemoine getting the win on the hill. The Orangefield Bobcats defeated the Hardin-Jefferson Hawks 10-8. Meanwhile the West Orange-Stark Mustangs fell to the Silsbee Tigers 17-1. Bridge City and Silsbee remain undefeated and tied for first place in Dist. 21-3A with 3-0 records. Coming up this week Bridge City travels to Orangefield, West Orange-Stark hosts Hardin-Jefferson and Little Cypress-Mauriceville...
You?ve probably never heard of Herman Ehrenberg, the namesake of Ehrenberg, Arizona. He was one of the few who lived to tell of the bloody massacre of 303 Texian patriots at Goliad 176 years ago on Psalm Sunday. That year, Easter came early. Psalm Sunday was March 27. The gory butchery gave birth to one of the fierce cries that sprang from the lips of Houston?s army some three weeks later at San Jacinto, ?remember Goliad?! A native of Germany, Ehrenberg arrived in New York in 1834. The next year, he moved to New Orleans...
