Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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KING CHARLES CORONATION TO BE HELD King Charles III's coronation ceremony on May 6 will be a historic event watched by millions of people around the world, but witnessed in person by only a number of handpicked guests, members of the royal family, foreign dignitaries, politicians and even some members of the public. At the last coronation of a British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II's in 1953, about 8,000 people crowded into the abbey to witness the ceremony. The late queen's son...
Local historian Jerry Pennington will give a talk on “Old Orange Historic Homes: The Importance of ‘Las Sabinas’” at the May meeting of the Orange County Historical Society. The meeting, open to the public, will be Tuesday, May 9, at 5:30 p.m. at the meeting room of the Orange Public Library, 220 5th Street, Orange. Light refreshments will be served at the meeting. Pennington is a retired attorney and former Orange Municipal judge. He is a past president of the Orange County...
The second event in the SALT Pro Redfish series took place this past weekend under less than ideal conditions. While most local fishermen stayed at the house cutting grass or taking care of other chores 28 teams decided to brave the high winds and take a shot at cashing a check from the 7000.00 prize pot. High water and winds hampered many teams but there were still some very solid stringers weighed. 23 of the 28 teams weighed in at least one fish and all of those fish were...
May is here which means we only have a month left in this Legislative session. Deadlines are looming for bills to reach certain benchmarks. It’s a race to the finish! Here are five things happening around your state: 1. Bill moving SFA to UT-System passes House, going to Governor This week, Senate Bill 1055 passed the House unanimously, 148-0, with even Speaker Phelan voting for the bill (the Speaker typically votes ‘present not voting’ on most bills in the chamber). I appre...
Amber Hawk is among the 50 school leaders from across Texas selected as the 2023 cohort of educators to attend summer institutes at the Principals’ Center at the Harvard Graduate School of Education sponsored by the Charles Butt Foundation, a non-profit pursuing a more equitable and prosperous future for all Texans through education and community partnerships. With these new cohorts, the Charles Butt Foundation will have paid for more than 1,500 educators to attend training a...
