Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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The recent incriminating audio recordings released Thursday by Yahoo! Sports about the bounty program the New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams put into place during his tenure with the team between 2009 and 2011 have gotten the attention of both lawyers and congressmen. According to an article appearing in this week’s edition of ESPN The Magazine and written by Howard Bryant, Senate hearings on NFL bounties and safety are being organized. “Judgment day is coming”, according to Bryant’s article. Monetar...
TEA PARTY FADING Well, here’s hoping you had a good Easter weekend. The Lord sure sent us some great weather for outdoor activity. Thanks to PESTCO there wasn’t a mosquito in sight. Not one bite. For just pennies a day they will run all the “Skeeters” away and those pests will be gone for several weeks. Ask Karen Jo. She lives where the “Skeeter’s” are thick and she never donates any blood to them. Just call Marty, Donna or Cindy and no more swatting and itching. See PESTCO’S ad for more information.*****B...
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...
The city of Bridge City may be able to save some taxpayers’ money by using a method to repair manholes rather than having to replace them. City Manager Jerry Jones said the city has been using a method that sprays concrete in manholes to prevent leaking. Thus far, the city has repaired 55 manholes and replaced 60 manholes that couldn’t be repaired. The process has been around for about 15 years. “It’s a pretty common process (repairing the manholes). Some use a fiberglass lining or other methods. We received mud from the sto...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce has a new president. Former President Bobby Vincent submitted a letter of resignation on April 2. President-Elect Brandy Slaughter will fill the remainder of Vincent’s term, according to information from the Bridge City Chamber’s board of directors. Vincent took over the presidency from Eric Andrus when he ended his term early. He did not give a reason for resigning other than it was not health related. Slaughter said she was surprised by Vincent’s sudden resignation since he took over...
With the river still high and off-colored, I was not surprised that the winners of the second Sabine River Tour event of the year weighed in only one legal bass again last week. As tough as that sounds, the number of teams fishing increased by thirty-three percent, there were three times as many bass weighed in and the top three teams all cashed a check with a single fish. The team of Ken Ellis and Willie Burton won $542 with the biggest bass and top weight of 1.88 pounds followed by BJ Jones and John Michulka with 1.60...
Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls between April 10, and the morning of April 11: Assault, Class A, 1400 Burton Damaged property, private, 201 8th/206 Knox Possession of marijuana, 2314 Pacific Simple assault, 2310 N. 7th...
An Orange County eating establishment has closed its doors for good. Tuffy’s Eatery at the intersection of Highways 12 and 62 in Mauriceville went out of business last week. The landmark Southern and Cajun food restaurant served the public for nearly 30 years. Opened in 1985 by James and Janet Linscomb, Tuffy’s was named after Janet’s nephew, Donald “Tuffy” Bishop, who worked as the restaurant’s general manager and could often be found in the kitchen or visiting patrons, according to the restaurant’s website.. A centeries o...
David Self Ford recently won the 2012 Top Customer Service Satisfaction award. They were the only dealership in the in Houston Region to receive this award. Pictured are: Chip Toliver - Shop foreman, Lee Roy Patrick – Service and parts manager , David Self – owner, Billy Deitz – General Sales Manager and Brian Faistenhammer- Ford Motor Company....
The sun has just broken the horizon to illuminate a relatively smooth lake surface, the temperatures are mild and the forecast is in the anglers favor. A short boat ride into the wide open expanse of Sabine is stopped so one of the anglers in the boat can glass the area with a pair of binoculars in hopes of finding a set of working birds. The glassing pays off and the boat of hopeful anglers speed off in the direction of the birds with visions of speckled trout busting shrimp racing through their mind. The boat driver pulls...
Two words that best describe Bridge City baseball at this juncture of the season would be “healthy” and “hot”. The Cardinals have spent basically the entire season thus far without playing a game at full strength, until Monday when the entire team finally suited up together. Various injuries have kept the Cardinals from benefitting from the services of seniors Zach Smith and Matt Menard, two very key figures in the BC lineup. With both players healthy now it appears that the Cardinals are ready to switch gears and continu...
