Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Allan “Al” Worthy, Sr., a resident of Orange, Texas was born on December 7, 1952 in Nueces County, Texas and passed away on April 20, 2019 at the age of 66. He is survived by his wife of fifteen years, Joan Worthy; children, Shawn Wilson and wife, Devin; A. J. Worthy, Jr. and wife, Jackie; Kathy Sonnier and husband, Neal; Dustin Young and wife, Joni; 7 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren; brother, Roger Worthy and wife, Sandi; sister, Vicki Melendez and husband, Hugo. He was...
When you’re 74 years old and someone is looking for you, they would first check the golf course, a good fishing lake and then maybe the local domino parlor. But if you are trying to locate Texas A&M’s most successful football coach in the school’s history, you would find Orange native R.C. Slocum right there in the same place where he posted a 123-47-2 record from 1989-2002 as the interim athletic director of the Aggies. The position became open when athletic director Scott Woodward had a chance to take a similar position at...
BEAUMONT, Texas — Spindletop Center has partnered with the Port Arthur Independent School District, and Little Cypress and Mauriceville Elementary Schools for Life Skills Groups and individual counseling sessions. The partnership stems from an American Red Cross grant received by the schools to provide mental health services for students who are potentially experiencing trauma after Hurricane Harvey. The Meadows Foundation helped coordinate school districts with local mental health providers to provide these trauma-related s...
Photo by Tommy Mann Jr. Legendary rock band Foreigner performed a stellar 12-song, 90-minute set of hit songs in front of a near capacity audience Monday night (April 22, 2019) at the Julie Rogers Theater in downtown Beaumont. The group, celebrating its 42nd year, performed songs “Double Vision,” “Head Games,” “Feels Like The First Time,” “Urgent,” “Jukebox Hero,” among others, as well as the number one smash hit “I Want to Know What Love Is” with the choir from Beaumont Uni...
Shirley Jean Stein passed away peacefully in her home on April 14th, 2019 at the age of 73. Shirley, a resident of Nederland for the past 30 years, was the owner of Classy Clips dog grooming in Bridge City, Texas. Shirley was born May 2nd, 1945 in Yazoo City, Mississippi, to Bobby and Colleen Coleman. She married four times, and is preceded in death by her husband, Eric “Butch” Stein. Shirley is survived by her sister, Barbara Kurts; brother Wayne Coleman and wife Sue; 3 daugh...
“We were throwing chartreuse beetle spins without the harness and blade and just catching the heck out of goggle eye and small bass when my brother, Cy, hooked something big,” said Vinny Benoit.“I thought it was a big red, but he thought it was a big turtle because it was hardly moving.” When it finally surfaced, Vinny went into panic mode and kicked his tackle box over the side of his flat bottom boat in a rush to dig out the net.“Mr. Dickie,” said Vinnie, “It was the biggest flounder either of us had ever seen!” The tw...
Our beloved Mother, Rutha Mae Behan Riley, was called home to our Lord on Saturday, April 20, 2019. Born February 8, 1926 to Thomas William and Cora Belle McDaniel Behan, Rutha was a caring, faithful individual who touched the lives of all who knew her. She was truly a strong woman of faith, who loved our God through her service and fellowship in her church and in her everyday life. She was a longtime member of Old First Orange Baptist Church and became a member of Winfree...
The Orange County Airport is holding a fly-in on April 27, 2019 from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm. The event is free and open to the public. It will be located at the Orange County Airport at 2640 S. Hwy 87, Orange, TX 77630.The event will include a variety of aircraft. You will be able to tour the airport facilities, see and enjoy general aviation, and learn the roles the airport and general aviation play to benefit the community. The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Gulf Coast Wing will be selling rides in a C-45. The CAF Houston...
We invite all Senior Citizens to join us for our red carpet event in celebration of our Golden Era of Health Senior Citizen 50th Anniversary Rally Day Tuesday, May 14th, at the Orange County Convention and Expo Center. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension and Committee on Aging are celebrating Hollywood style so feel free to put your fancy clothes and celebrate with us. The doors will open at 9 am for our Seniors to visit over 40 health vendor booths followed by bingo, many door prizes, photo booth, free lunch and live music...
Photo: Orangefield Board of Trustees met Monday night in the new High School Library. RECORD PHOTO: Dave Rogers Dave Rogers For The Record Orangefield fifth-graders will get to be the “big folks on campus” for another year as the district has announced that for the first time in almost 40 years, fifth grade will be part of Orangefield Elementary School next fall. “Fifth graders were moved to the junior high in 1982, because of space problems,” schools superintendent Stephen...
BRENDA SCALES RETIREMENT RECEPTION Brenda, the Community DevelopmentCoordinator for the City of Bridge City is hanging it up. The city cordially invites everyone to her retirement reception next Tuesday, April 30, between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. at City Hall, 260 Rachal Ave.*****I’d best get started. Why don’t you come along, I promise it won’t do you no harm. MULLER REPORTS BOTTOM LINE Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation on interference in the presidential election was focused first on crimes or impeachable offense...
Photo: Orange Community Players purchased the closed movie theater last year. The committee is working on renovation plans for the building. RECORD PHOTO: Penny LeLeux For the Record Penny LeLeaux Harvey gave a heavy blow to Orange Community Players, Inc. They are still trying to recover from the storm. A year and a half later, they have missed two complete seasons of productions, but are still keeping a presence in Orange while attempting to rebuild. Hurricane Ike flooded...
Photo: Five cities and school districts in east and south Orange County are holding May 4 elections. Early voting for all except West Orange is being held at the Orange Public Library and two other locations. RECORD Photo: Dave Rogers Dave Rogers For The Record Early voting for the May 4 local elections continues through Tuesday, April 30, primarily at three sites. Voters in all but one of the Orange County races – for school districts or city councils – may vote in any of tho...
Pictured Left to Right: Emily Klucik, Emily Conner, Beverly Perry, Jeff Humphrey, Maddy Mulhollan, Angela Webb, Jennifer Theriot, and Melissa Brisbane. Photo courtesy of Bridge City Chamber of Commerce The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce that Total Care Medical Center has been named Business Member of the Month for April 2019. COO Angela Webb, RN, BSN, CEN accepted the award from Lifetime Ambassador Beverly Perry, Receptionist at Bridge City Bank. Award...
The Bridge City - Orangefield Rotary club hosted “Josh the Otter” with his water safety presentation to pre-k and kindergarten students at bridge city Elementary and Orangefield elementary schools this week. Each student received a copy of the book to take home. Pictured are Karen Collier, Mark Bunch, Josh the Otter, Taylor Perkins and Lucy fields....
Photo and story by Anne Payne, The Record Handmade from fine cypress wood, these two Trinity Baptist church members worked for a little over 3 weeks to cut, sand, and build this communion table for the church. At left is Norman Scott, a retired teacher and a plant worker, and at right is Greg Dickerson, a plant employee who also dabbles in graphic arts. The communion table is dedicated to long-time Baptist, the late Preston Nichols, a deacon at both Trinity Baptist and First...
This past Monday evening was a night for great rock and roll and memories as legendary British-American rock act Foreigner returned to Southeast Texas. Foreigner, which released its first album in 1977, performed in front of a near-capacity crowd inside the beautiful Julie Rogers Theater in downtown Beaumont on Monday (April 22, 2019) and delivered an evening full of rock radio hits, showmanship and fun, as the band performed 12 songs during a 90-minute set. From the opening notes of “Long, Long Way Home,” vocalist Kelly Han...
Downtown Orange will be bustling with activity on Saturday, May 4, 11am-4pm at the Orange Train Depot, 1210 Green Avenue, for the third annual DEPOT DAY Spring Festival, sponsored by the Friends of the Orange Depot. Designed to have a fun carnival-like atmosphere for families, Depot Day activities that will be filling the green lot across 11th Street will be pony rides, a petty zoo, face painting, and returning this year the popular Balloon Twister, not to mention the...
PHOTO: Orange County commissioners Tuesday voted to support Congressional Bill House Resolution 759, the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas Equal Rights and Fair Opportunity Settlement Act. Dave Rogers For The Record Chevron Phillips Chemical took another two steps forward Tuesday in its courting dance with Orange County. The petrochemical giant that earlier this year declared its interest in locating a $5.8 billion ethylene plant near the Orange...
