Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Eliza Sue Phillips, age 74, of Orange, passed away at her home Sunday, June 5. Funeral services will be held Thursday, June 9, at 2:00 PM at Dorman Funeral Home, with burial to follow at Doyle Cemetery in Starks. Visitation will be Wednesday, June 8, from 5:00-9:00 PM. Eliza was born Feb. 24, 1942 in Georgia to the late Margaret Virginia (Bamburg) and Aaron Void Spell. She was a resident of Orange for almost 50 years. Eliza was a housewife who spent her time being a devoted an...
Faith United Methodist Church will present "Surf Shack" for Vacation Bible School, June 20-24, from 8:45-12:00 pm. Children ages 4-11 are invited to come enjoy a fun filled VBS. Pre-registration is requested. Forms can be picked up at the church, located at 8608 MLK Dr., or by calling the office at 886-1291 for more information. Office hours are Monday - Thursday, 9:00 am- 2:00 pm....
Mildred 'Millie' Keenan Resch, 81, of Bridge City, passed away to be with her Lord, Jesus Christ Sunday, June 5, at Cypress Glenn Nursing Home in Port Arthur. She was born March 12, 1935 in Beaumont, to Charles and Irene Keenan. Millie was a member of Well of Hope Church in Bridge City and had been a Home Health Nurse for 31 years. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 8, at Levingston Funeral Home in Groves with Elder Shane Richardson officiating. A...
Ruth Marie White Dies, loving wife of Martin Dies, Jr. (deceased), was born in Bogalusa, La., Oct. 23, 1923 to Pearl Marie White and Herbert Cleon White, Sr. Throughout her long productive life, Ruth was an outgoing, fun-loving, thoughtful and indefatigable person, beautiful in body and spirit, who never met a stranger and rarely lost contact with a friend. On June 3, at her home in Austin, Ruth passed away surrounded in her last illness as she had been in life, with family...
Carlton Stinnett Walls, 69, of Bridge City, passed away June 5, in Port Arthur. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, June 9, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be the Rev. Jerry Walls. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be from 6:00-9:00 p.m., Wednesday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Born in Montgomery, Al., January 24, 1947, he was the son of Lister Walls and LaVerne (Stinnett) Walls...
Officers from theOrange Police Department responded to the following calls on Monday, June 6: Larceny from vehicle, 3819 Meeks Dr. Found property, 1500 Link Ave. Warrant service, 7112 IH-10 Traffic accident, Sunset Park Traffic accident, FM 1130 and FM 1078 Robbery, 1555 16th St. Stolen identity, 201 8th St. Warrant service, 16th and Park...
District Director Tim Jeffcoat of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Houston District office announced today that SBA will close its Orange Disaster Loan Outreach Center in Newton County at 6 p.m., Thursday, June 9. “SBA opened the center to provide personalized assistance to Texas businesses and residents who were affected by the severe storms, tornadoes and flooding that occurred March 7-29, 2016. Until the Orange center closes, SBA customer service representatives will continue to be available to meet with bus...
The reward for Manuel Raul Maese, 62, a Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender and this month’s featured fugitive, has been increased to $8,000 for information leading to his capture if the tip comes in during the month of June. Maese is a high-risk sex offender wanted for indecent exposure and failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements. All tips are guaranteed to be anonymous. Maese has ties to El Paso and an extensive criminal history in El Paso County, i...
In January, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announced a proposal in the Federal Register to down-list West Indian manatees from endangered to threatened status throughout their range, including both the Florida manatee and the Antillean subspecies, the latter of which occurs in the Wider Caribbean. Scientists invited by the Service to peer review the proposal opposed down-listing the species, citing continued habitat concerns and lack of sufficient data,...
The Eagles, Aery 2523, 803 N. 28th St., Orange, will sell fish plates from 11 am-2 pm, Thursday, June 9. The $8 dinners will have fish, hush puppies, potato salad, cole slaw, bread, onions and pickles and tarter sauce. Call in orders are available by calling 886-7381 and must be called in my 9 am Thursday....
Ellen “Gail” Smith Wright Badeaux, 56, of Orange, passed away June 6, in Beaumont, surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, June 9, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be the Rev. Lynn Ashcraft. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m., Wednesday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Orange, Feb. 13, 1960, she was the daughter of Billy and Johnnie Smith. Gai...
Lester Kenneth Smith, 62, of Orange, passed away in Beaumont, Sunday, June 5. Services will be held at Dorman Funeral Home, Wednesday, June 8, at 10:00 am, with burial to follow at Forest Lawn in Orange. Visitation will be Tuesday, June 7, from 5:00-9:00 PM at Dorman Funeral Home. Kenneth was born Sept. 24, 1953 in Orange, to the late Leatrice Joy Sanders and George Leon Smith and remained a lifelong resident of the Orange area. He worked for many years at International Paper...
Lamar “Coco” Hardin of Orange, passed away at the age of 92, June 6, at his residence. Born in Abbeville, LA, July 16, 1923, to Frank and Rosa Hardin, Coco was the only one of 12 siblings to be born in a hospital. Coco served in the United States Army during World War II. After serving in the Army, Coco went to work for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company where he later retired after 38 years of service. Coco enjoyed boating, traveling and telling stories about ALL his life ad...
The Cops 'n ' Kids Picnic scheduled for Friday, June 10 has been canceled due to the large amounts of rain the area has recently had. The grounds at Claiborne West Park are too saturated to have the event....
While attending the Republican State Convention, David Covey was recently chosen as a delegate for the 2016 Republican National Convention. While in Dallas, attending the 2016 Republican State Convention, two from Orange Countians were elected as Delegates to the National Convention in Cleveland, OH. National Delegates and Alternates are elected at the State Convention during our Congressional Caucus. Orange County is in Congressional District 36 which is made up of Chambers,...
Director of Athletics Jason Henderson and the Lamar University athletics department ushered a new era in to Cardinal Baseball Tuesday afternoon when they formally announced Will Davis as the head baseball coach in a press conference held in the Cardinal Club room of the Montagne Center. Davis, 32, joined the Lamar staff as an assistant under longtime, Hall of Fame coach Jim Gilligan in February and was a vital part of the program’s 14-game turnaround, which included a 1...
Tami Higgenbotham's family rejoices Debby Schamber - For The Record A hearing on Thursday and Friday for a motion to impose guilt finally has 29-year-old Joshua David Latham, of Mauriceville, going to prison. He was sentenced to the maximum sentence of 20 years and it will run consecutively to his five year term he recently received in Newton County for failure to appear. Although this case was not for the murder of Tami Higgenbotham, 41, of Vinton, her family was elated to see some sort of justice served. Latham's numerous...
The Bridge City Police Department responded to the following calls from May 15 - May 21, 2016. Sunday, May 15 • Suspicious person in the 3100 block of Texas Avenue. • Suspicious activity in the 400 block of West Roundbunch. • Alarm in the 300 block of Farm Drive. • Disturbance in the 300 block of Henry Drive. • Welfare check in the 200 block of Holiday Lane. • Animal call in the 200 block of Nevils. Monday, May 16 • Theft in the 900 block of Sunnyside. • Harassment in the 700 block of Avenue A. • Welfare check in the 200...
The first of what could be many upgrades and renovations is set to begin soon in the Bridge City Independent School District. The Board of Trustees of the Bridge City Independent School District approved the recommendation to award a $1.2 million project to G&G Enterprises Construction Corp. for the renovation of the band hall at Bridge City High School during a school board meeting this past Monday evening. Todd Lintzen, superintendent of Bridge City ISD, said the band hall...
The Annual Cops N' Kids Picnic, which is always a popular activity every June, has been canceled because the grounds of Claiborne West Park are too saturated to accommodate vendors, equipment and vehicles. The event is expected to return in June of 2017. Photo by Tommy Mann Jr. One of the most popular children's events of summer has been canceled for 2016. The 22nd Annual Cops N Kids Picnic, which was originally set to be held on Friday, June 10, at Claiborne West Park, has...
Orange County-based classic and southern rock act Mixx Fixxer will perform Friday, June 10, at Mackenzie's Pub, which is located in the West End of Beaumont off Phelan Boulevard. Admission is $7 for ages 21 and older. Photo by Tommy Mann Jr. It's a week of great music events and there's no shortage of locations to choose from, so find what you and enjoy and make the most of it. Visit www.localmusicguide.net for more information on artists and venues. Wednesday, June 8 Reed...
The Little Cypress-Mauriceville Battlin' Bears remarkable baseball season has come to an end. The Waco Robinson Rockets beat the Bears in the best -of-three-game series, 2-0, this past weekend. Robinson defeated LC-M 12-2 in a run-rule, water-logged six-inning game which shifted to the University of Houston from College Park High School in Conroe because of the large amount of rain on Thursday and then held off LC-M for an 8-5 win Friday evening at Sam Houston State in...
Lamar State College-Orange held a makeshift groundbreaking ceremony inside its Student Center this past Thursday morning, instead of the location of its new multipurpose facility, due to weather. The multipurpose center will be located at the former location of the Texas Workforce Commission at Green Avenue and Second Street in Orange. Pictured, from left to right, are Jerry Vandervoort, SpawGlass; Senator Robert Nichols, District 3; Dr. Michael Shahan, President of Lamar...
The Pinehurst Police Department responded to the following calls from May 15 - May 21, 2016. Sunday, May 15 • Informational report in the 100 block of Strickland. • Suspicious person in the 3500 block of West Park Avenue. • Harassment in the 2200 block of MacArthur Drive. • Disturbance in the 1900 block of Camelot. Monday, May 16 • Disturbance in the 2100 block of 40th Street. • Welfare check in the 3300 block of West Park Avenue. • Fraud reported in the 2400 block of MacArthur Drive. Tuesday, May 17 • Informational r...
The City of Orange Natatorium as reopened for the summer after being closed in 2015 due to a shortage of lifeguards. The facility has hired nine lifeguards for the summer, including, from left to right, Justine Ledesma, Braylyn Hardy and Olivia Basinger, and will be open through Aug. 12. Area residents looking to keep cool this summer can once again find some relief in downtown Orange. The City of Orange has announced the reopening of the Orange City Natatorium to the public...
