Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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James Delmar Staggs, 78, of Vidor passed away at Summer Place Nursing Home Monday, June 7, in Beaumont. He was born in Bedford, IN on Nov. 29, to Resie Irene Casada. He served in the United States Marine Corps, later worked as an offshore motorman for Cliffs Drilling and became a heavy equipment operator before retiring in 2003. He is preceded in death by his mother; son, James Bradley Staggs and wife of 55 years, Patricia Staggs. Those left to cherish his memories are his...
Nancy McWhorter - For The Record Last month (column 5/20), I gave you my sister-in-law’s (Pat Walker) recipe for her Drop Cookies. This week I am giving you another of her cookie recipes that she had passed along to her sister; my sister-in-law, Ava McWhorter. Since Ava was having problems regulating the temperature on her oven and she needed to bake cookies for a special occasion, I welcomed her to use my oven. Using Pat’s recipe, she made these raisin cookies. It yields fou...
The Symphony of Southeast Texas (SOST) once again joins the City of Beaumont for the annual July 4th Celebration in downtown Beaumont. The orchestra’s patriotic concert will be held at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 4, inside the Julie Rogers Theatre and is free and open to the public. Following the concert, at 9:00 p.m., the festivities conclude with a grand fireworks display. The musical salute to our nation’s independence will include “Stars and Stripes Forever,” “From S...
Recent surveys of Galveston Bay rookery islands reveal almost twice as many nesting birds as the previous year. The Gulf Coast Bird Observatory (GCBO) says more rainfall this past year has eased drought conditions in the Houston area and provided better breeding conditions for birds in and around Galveston Bay. This means a larger-than-normal influx of oystercatchers, herons, egrets, terns, and other bird species is likely this breeding season, which starts in late spring and...
Sheriff Keith Merritt and the Orange County Sheriff's office will hold the 21st annual Cops N Kids Picnic June 12, from 10:00 am through 2:00 pm, at Clairborne West Park, 4105 North St., Vidor. There will be food, drinks, rides and games. Children will be able to visit with all area emergency services....
Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls between June 9 and the morning of June 10: Warrant service, 111 Pine Ave. Assault/family violence, 1409 4th St. Fraud, 220 Schley Ave. Damaged property, 1309 Cherry Evading detention, 214 College St. Illegal use of credit cards, 2404 International Warrant service, Hwy. 62 and IH-10 Warrant service, 200 W. Turret Ave. Larceny from yard/land, 201 8th St. Forgery/counterfeiting, 3103 16th St. Damaged property, 1206 11th St. Public intoxication, 201 8th...
For The Record The West Orange Stark Mustangs have shut-out the top seed El Campo Ricebirds 8-0 to advance to the final round of the Class 4A UIL State Baseball Championship on Thursday at Disch Falk Field at the University of Texas in Austin. The Mustangs (27-10) will take on the Argyle Eagles who defeated Abiline Willie (22-5) 9-4 in their state semifinal round. It was a superb performance by Mustang senior pitcher Aidan Anderson along with twin brother catcher Grant Anderson. Aidan pitched a stellar 11 strikeouts, giving...
Wednesday, June 10, at about 2:10 AM, narcotics investigators with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office observed a silver minivan commit several traffic violations in the area of IH-10 S. Service Rd., in Vidor. Investigators stopped the vehicle east of the Rose City Travel Plaza. During the traffic stop, a 33 year old man, identified as Christopher Allen Thompson, of Sulphur, La., was found to have an outstanding parole warrant out of Louisiana. Thompson was placed under arrest...
