Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Photo by Tommy Mann Jr. Southern rock legends Lynyrd Skynyrd brings its farewell tour to the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in The Woodlands this Saturday, May 12. Special guests include Bad Company and The Outlaws. Tickets are $29 - $224 at all Ticketmaster outlets. The Record If you are looking some great live music from a variety of national acts, then look no further as you can find your comprehensive schedule for concerts in Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana right...
The American Legion Post 49,will be holding Elections, for Officers on Thursday May 10, 2018 at 7:00 P.M. All Members in good standing are welcome. Also on Saturday May 12, 2018 We will be having Live Music starting at 6:00 P.M. Three Legged Dog and the Dance Hall Junkies. Thanks Bruce M Korte, Commander...
Courtesy photo Country music rapper and comedian Ryan Upchurch will perform in concert on Saturday, June 30, at the Beaumont Civic Center with special guest Demun Jones. Tickets are $25-$50 at all Ticketmaster outlets, including the Civic Center box office, and are on sale now. Visit www.upchurchtheredneck.com for more information on this artist....
On Saturday. May 5, 2018 at approximately 3:37 P.M. Officer J. Lockett of the Pinehurst Police Department responded to the area of Somerset and Bayou Bend in Pinehurst, Orange County, Texas in reference to a suspicious vehicle. He located the vehicle in the aforementioned area parked near a wood line. Officer Lockett made contact with the lone occupant, a 41 year old white male identified as Joseph Allen Guidry of Orange. A warrant check revealed that Guidry had an...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that the April Student of the Month for Bridge City High School is Luc Hollier. Luc was presented his certificate and gift bag by Ambassador Dave Derosier owner of OhainWEB.com, at the May Networking Coffee hosted by Las Rosas Mexican Restaurant. He received gift certificates and gifts from: The Classy Peacock, COS Printing, Wellspring Credit Union, Tiger Rock Martial Arts of Bridge City, Sabine Federal Credit Union,...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that the May Student of the Month for Bridge City High School is Gabriel Howe. Gabriel was presented her certificate and gift bag by Ambassador Maureen McAllister, President and CEO of United Way of Orange County, at the May Networking Coffee hosted by Las Rosas Mexican Restaurant. She received gift certificates and gifts from: The Classy Peacock, COS Printing, Wellspring Credit Union, Tiger Rock Martial Arts of...
It was supposed to be a combination fishing tournament/levee clean-up day, but Mother Nature had different ideas and the fishing portion of the day was quickly blown out.Not one to waste an opportunity, Ronnie Moon quickly changed the game plan and no one complained. The group of anglers changed hats and rather than fish, spent the morning scouring the entire north revetment wall for trash and litter.Eric Roning said the amount of trash gathered up by the group in only half a day was incredible. When they huddled up for hot...
James (Jim) Leon Hardwick of Bridge City passed away on Monday, May 7, 2018, after a short battle with cancer. He lived his life as a dedicated servant of the Lord. He was born to Floyd C and Marilyn Joyce Hardwick on September 9, 1959 in Martinsville, Indiana. He grew up with his brothers between the farm and baseball diamond. He served with his family at Cookson Hills Christian Ministries and Children’s Home in Kansas, Oklahoma. Jim studied the Bible and was equipped for t...
Picture: Bridge City Cardinal pitcher Peyton Havard delivers one of 95 pitches the sophomore tossed in Game Two of the bi-district round against Hunnington on Friday. Havard only allowed two hits in the Cardinal's 8-1 victory. RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn BASEBALL, Class 4A area Bridge City v. Hardin-Jefferson at LU, Beaumont Game 1: 7 p.m. Thursday, May 9 Game 2: 7 p.m. Friday, May 10 Game 3: if needed, 2 p.m. Saturday, May 11 After busting loose for 16 runs in a two-game...
Photo: Orange County Commissioners’ Court proclaimed May as Mental Health Awareness Month Tuesday, May 8. Presenting a proclamation to Spindletop Center’s Lane Fortenberry, front center, are, from back left, Commissioners Johnny Trahan and Barry Burton, County Judge Dean Crooks, Commissioners John Gothia and Jody Crump. Dave Rogers For The Record His first week in office was a busy one. New Orange County Judge Dean Crooks, who officially went to work for the county last Wed...
Dave Rogers For The News Lucy Fields isn’t ready to slow down and last Saturday’s City Council election result ensures another two years of her giving her all for Bridge City. “We’ve been here almost 20 years, and from Day One we started joining organizations. I’ve been in love with Bridge City since Day One,” she said. Fields defeated Joseph Hannan 277 votes to 163 to retain her Place 6 seat on city council. This will be her third two-year term. Fields moved to Bridge City from Port Arthur when her husband, Donald, was...
Photo: Families and friends, including some mates from Australia, remember their friend and union brother Todd Edgerly, Tuesday, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Bridge City. They are, back row, from the left: Eddie Smith, IBEW 2286; Justin Page, ETU NSW Australia; Garry Roger, ETU Queensland, Australia; George Crawford, IBEW and David Gonzales, IBEW. Front row: Flo and Gene Edgerly. RECORD PHOTO: David Ball David Ball For The Record Garry Rogers puts the "brother" in the Inte...
Photo: Caryn Odom, owner of Caryn's Bakery, said she loves Bridge City and she's glad she has a business there. B.J. Hanneman, executive director of the Bridge City Chamber of Commerce, said several new businesses are opening and existing ones are doing well. RECORD PHOTO: David Ball David Ball For The Record Caryn Odom, owner of Caryn's Bakery in Bridge City, said she loves her adopted hometown of six years. "i love Bridge City. I wanted to start a business right where we liv...
Photo: Kameryn Henderson, left, and Tyler Shearin of the LCM Bass Team won last week’s Ford Championship high school bass tournament at Lake Sam Rayburn, with boat captain Lee Shearin. Nearly 400 teams entered the season-finale for the Southeast Texas High School Fishing Association. Dave Rogers For The Record The Battlin’ Bears were Fishin’ Magicians this spring and they proved it with back-to-back days last weekend by earning honors high enough for the nose-bleed secti...
Photo The 49th annual Senior Citizens Rally held Tuesday at the Orange County Expo Center, had fun and games, door prizes, free lunch, vendors with information and live music. RECORD PHOTO: David Ball David Ball For The Record Orange County senior citizens are nearly golden. Well, in one more year they will be. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension and the Committee on Aging held the 49th annual Senior Citizens Rally Day Tuesday at the Orange County Expo Center on FM 1442. This year's...
ELECTION TURNOUT PITIFUL We congratulate all the winners in Saturday’s elections however, we are disappointed in the overall turnout. Fifty-two thousand citizens are registered to vote in Orange County yet in the countywide port election, with five candidates vying for two seats, only 4,832 votes were cast. In the Bridge City, City election, only 440 votes were cast. In the School board only 598. The City of Orange mayor’s race drew only 1,187 votes. All of the above are very important enities. The total is a small percentage...
Congratulations 2018 Mother of the Year Norma Fusilier Pictured are : The Mother of the Year Committee Rani Dillow, Christy Khoury, Lucy Fields, Mother of the Year Norma Fusilier, Candice Trahan, BJ Hanneman , and Wanda McCraw presented over $1300 worth of gifts to the Chambers 2018 Mother of the Year on Tuesday at the May Chamber Coffee hosted by Las Rosas Mexican Restaurant in Bridge City....
Dave Rogers For The Record Larry Spears Jr. loves his hometown and the feeling seemed mutual Saturday night. Results of the City Election made Spears the new mayor of Orange, set to replace the retiring Jimmy Sims in a couple of weeks. Spears, 37, who served a year and a half on the city’s zoning board of adjustment before one full and a third of a second three-year term as at large councilman, received 79.3 percent of the vote counted Saturday night. Opponent Charles Ray T...
