Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Thursday afternoon the 7th grade Bridge City Lady Cardinals tied for 2nd at the Hampshire Fannett Track Meet. The point totals were H-F - 154; Bridge City- 140, Orangefield- 140; WOS- 88; Silsbee- 65 & HJ- 29 The following Lady Cardinals placed in the meet: Field Events: High Jump: Brooke Dichiara 3rd, Shelbi Whitaker, 5th Pole Vault: Chloe Halliburton - 1st, Angelyn Pham - 2nd, Sadie Stone- 6th Long Jump: Allie Stump- 2nd Triple Jump: Chloe Haliburton- 1st Shot Put: Taylor Clark-2nd Discus: Carly Garrett- 3rd & Lexie...
Thursday April 2, at 8:54 pm, officers of the Orange Police Department were dispatched to the Dollar General, 3024 N.16th St., in reference to an aggravated robbery. Upon arrival, officers met with store personnel who advised that two black males wearing hoodies with bandanas over their faces had entered the business displaying handguns and demanding money. The subjects took an undetermined amount of currency from the business and fled on foot from the area. Officers with OPD and WOPD searched the area for the subjects, but...
The following marriage licenses were issued by the office of Brandy Robertson, Orange County Clerk, for the week of March 30 through April 2: Patrick J. Simmons and Jennifer B. Parsons Jeffery P. Mendoza and Mariah L. Barnby Juan M. Ortiz Vega and Yuridia Carmona Perez Todd L. Farley and Kellie N. Marrs Jared M. Bostick and Natalie N. Freeman Brian M. Scott and Rachal S. McKinney John M. LeBlanc III and Brittany N. Walker David W. Court and Cayla B. Branham Jonathan P. Savoy and Stephanie R. Nunally...
Lamar Institute of Technology will reopen applications for the Smith-Hutson Scholarship Program. The last date applications will be accepted is by 5:00 p.m. on April 15. These scholarships will be distributed to students enrolled in academic programs at LIT and may be used for tuition, books, supplies, mileage, housing and meal plans. The scholarships are intended for students with established financial need and academic potential who are seeking a degree or certificate at LIT. As long as students maintain a cumulative GPA...
The George Bush Presidential Library and Museum in College Station has a new temporary exhibit on display titled History in the Making: Texas A&M Forest Service. The exhibit brings to life the people, places and events that shaped the agency for the past 100 years. As visitors enter the exhibit, they walk into a forest setting and are taken back to the agency’s humble beginnings—with those first six patrolmen on horseback. They’ll have the opportunity to learn about early fire...
A 2012 Central Medical Magnet High School graduate and Beaumont, Texas native is serving on one of the world’s largest warships, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. Airman Matthew Jackson is an aviation boatswain’s mate (equipment) aboard the San Diego-based ship, a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and one of only ten operational aircraft carriers in the Navy today. “I support a chaplain with services on the ship and by doing so I help keep moral...
A Florida friend asked me last week if I was going to take a road trip over the Easter weekend to see the Texas wildflowers. There’s no prettier place than Texas in the spring, he said. And he’s right. I was beginning to despair earlier in March. Cold, wet weather with nary a wildflower to be found. Then I heard there was color in South Texas. Lots of color. So I packed up last weekend and headed south of San Antonio. And I found it. Colors of every hue. Covering the roa...
As the Legislature heads home to observe this holiday weekend, let's hope the members get a few extra treats in their Easter baskets to help them fuel up for the final few months, which is the busiest part of session. Here are five things that happened this week at your Texas Capitol: - State Auditors Report In January, I sent a letter to the State Auditor's office asking for a review of the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) procurement processes in awarding a contract for the operations of a Texas state hospital to...
Galveston Historical Foundation opens the doors to Galveston’s architectural history through public tours of privately owned homes for the first two weekends each May,. The 41st annual Galveston Historic homes tour will be held May 2nd, 3rd, 9th and 10th, 2015. Tickets are $20 for non-members before May 2 and $25 after and are available at: - www.galvestonhistory.org - Houston area Randalls Food Stores beginning April 9 - The Shop at The Palace, 1402 Broadway - Eighteen S...
Mauriceville Middle School eighth grader, Tesa Bourque, was recently named as a finalist in the Better Business Bureau’s “Laws of Life” Essay Contest. Over 3,100 Southeast Texas students participated in the program and Tesa is one of the 15 whose work was chosen. The top 15 essayists will be honored at the Fourth Annual Laws of Life Banquet on Tuesday, April 7, at The Event Centre in downtown Beaumont. The winner of the contest will be named during that event. Photo - Tesa...
Buzz Points, a leader in connecting local businesses, community financial institutions and consumers through rewards, today announced that Great Plains Federal Credit Union, a financial institution headquartered in Joplin, Missouri, that serves more than 29,000 members in Missouri (Jasper County), Kansas (Cherokee, Dickinson, Gray, Marion, McPherson, Montgomery, Saline and Sedgwick counties) and Texas (Orange County), has selected the Buzz Points merchant-funded loyalty...
Valerie Broussard, 55, of Beaumont, died Thursday, April 02. She was born Feb. 14, 1960, in Memphis, Tn., to Melva Oliver and James McMackins. Valerie was a faith based counselor. She was a member of Watchmen On The Wall and vowed to pray daily for the Peace of Jerusalem. She is survived by her husband, Rodney Broussard and daughter, Victoria Broussard, both of Beaumont; mother, Melva Oliver of Little Cypress; sister, Gail Adams and her husband, Bill, of Bridge City;...
