Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Orange County District Attorney John Kimbrough said Tuesday that Bridge City's Police Department "did a fantastic job" investigating twin fatalities that occurred minutes and miles apart on June 13, 2020. Jarrod Lee Watkins, 24, of Orange, was charged with intoxication manslaughter in a head-on collision that killed 20-year-old Jillian Blanchard of Port Neches on FM 1442 in Bridge City. But Watkins has never been charged in connection with the other fatality. Social media has...
With Hurricane Season here again, Bridge City Mayor David Rutledge has been leading the push for citizens to sign up with STAN. That’s the Southeast Texas Alerting Network and it serves Orange, Jefferson and Hardin Counties. “We’ve been in it for a while,” Rutledge said. “We’re just making a concerted effort to make sure everybody knows about it. “With Hurricane Season coming on, we’re making an extra push to be durn sure everybody stays informed.” STAN is a messaging and not...
“Hey y’all, I’m not having fun anymore,” announced Julian Holland’s wife, Lynne. “I no longer give a hoot whether we have a fish fry at the house tonight or not.” At the time of her expressing her disdain for both Sabine lake and ever accepting her husband’s invitation to share a day on the water, we had three trout and a slot redfish in the ice box. As meager as it sounds, it was only 9:30 in the morning and we had steadily caught and released a number of smaller fish wo...
The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) law enforcement reports. He’s a Rescue Texas Game Wardens and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Agents inspected some antique resale stores. These locations had alligator skulls, black bear mounts, waterfowl mounts, raptor mounts and migratory bird mounts for sale. During the inspection of one store, an individual entered with a pet possum. In order to possess, sell, or purchase a fur-bearer, a person must have a valid Fur-bearing Propagation P...
A great performer is one who can step on any sized stage and have a successful show (or game in this instance). Orange native Chad Dallas has had that kind of success throughout his young career as a baseball player. He began to be noticed while a member of the West Orange-Stark Mustangs baseball program where he was a catcher as well as a good pitcher. Chad would often catch his older brother Jack when he was on the mound for the Mustangs. Jack graduated and earned a...
Very seldom, if ever, will you run into anyone who doesn’t like it when everything happens just right. Fishermen especially love it when they plan for a day on the water and everything from the weather to the fish ends up working in their favor. On occasion those types of trips happen and they help to erase the memory of the bad ones from the past. For many of the folks who fish with me the hope of catching just the right day is a high priority, especially the ones that t...
Orange is getting a new 80-unit senior apartment community near the intersection of Highway 62 and Interstate 10. A celebration was held Wednesday, June 16, to christen the SilverLeaf at Orange, a project built with $8.8 million in funding from the Texas General Land Office. “It’s nice,” said Precinct 2 County Commissioner Theresa Beauchamp, whose broad area includes the new housing. “We needed that in that area,” she said. It will be an affordable rental housing complex,...
City council members at both Pinehurst and West Orange have liked what they’ve seen from proposals to place streetlights on MacArthur Drive. “It was a real brief presentation, and we will talk more, but based on what I saw, it’s going to be a big addition to our city, because it’s aimed at keeping our citizens safe,” Johnny Asevedo, Pinehurst councilman, said. “We’ve needed lights out there for quite a few years,” Shirley Bonnin of the West Orange council said. “It is da...
Craig Stilley, of Orangefield, being interviewed at the VIP premiere party Saturday, at the Jefferson Theater, for his sizzle reel of "Against the Ropes." Stilley will shop the concept to the entertainment industry in hopes of selling the idea of a series based on his life surrounding boxing. The sizzle includes the good, the bad and the ugly side of the industry. Once sold, Stilley hopes to convince producers to shoot the series locally, bringing a potential economic boom to...
FATHER’S DAY HOW DO YOU REMEMBER DAD Come Sunday we will celebrate Father’s Day. Not all of us have the same memories about our childhood and good ole dad. For many of us, then and for many youngsters today, there is not a live-in dad at home. The late poet Pearl Burgess wrote a great poem we are publishing in this issue detailing an ideal relationship with dad but it is just the opposite of the childhood some live. It reminds me of the war years when my classmates’ milit...
West Orange officials reappointed to their jobs by new Mayor Randy Branch repeated their Oaths of Office at Tuesday night's meeting. From left, they are Assistant Fire Chief Simmie Gibson, Fire Chief David Roberts, Municipal Court Judge Carl Thibodeaux and City Attorney Chris Leavins....
This past year was a real challenge for beekeepers. We had 2 named hurricanes and a named winter storm that brought historic cold, ice and freeze damage. Our homes were damaged our yards were damaged and our citrus trees were frozen. Even the plant nurseries struggled to supply plants for our gardens and yards. The local honeybees were impacted just like us. Their homes were blown over, flooded or exposed to the elements. Many hives died, many had to find new homes in the worst time of year. Many just starved. Flowers were...
Adam Russell Texas A&M AgriLife Whether you call them stickers or sandburs, a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert can help you win the war against these prickly little pain dispensers. Sandburs, also known as grassbur or sandspur, are an annual and/or perennial grass. The sharp, spiny burs are a seed pod that can latch on to passersby for distribution to other locations. “Weed control is ultimately up to the end-user, but sandburs are one of those weeds that can be a...
Dow Chemical and the United Way of Orange County recently donated $5000 to the WOCCISD Read and Roll Bus Program. Director of the program, Dr. Alicia Sigee, stated, "This will let us continue to provide literacy to our community throughout the summer. We are greatly appreciative of our partnerships with Dow and the United Way." The Read and Roll Bus program will run June 15-30 and July 6-23 to bring books and meals to students during the summer months. They will roll into...
Last night the OISD school board approved the hire of David Mire for the Junior High assistant principal position. Mr. Mire joins us from Port Neches Middle School where he taught and coached in addition to filling in as a campus administrator on numerous occasions. Prior to his stint at Port Neches, David taught math and science while coaching at West Orange-Stark Middle School....
Today, Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 5 by State Representative Trent Ashby (R-Lufkin) and State Senator Robert Nichols (R-Jacksonville) which will increase access to and adoption of high-speed internet throughout Texas. The measure was deemed by the Governor as one of only eight Emergency Items for the 87th Legislature and received a low bill number, indicating priority status, by both Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and Speaker Dade Phelan. “Thank you to Senator Nichols and Representative Ashby for their leadership...
Karen Fisher, Orange County Tax Accessor-Collector, completed courses June 7 receiving her Professional Tax Assessor Collector certification. After many years of hard work Fisher has achieved the highest award a Tax Accessor-Collector can receive in Texas....
First United Methodist Church – Orange (502 N. Sixth Street) invites you to their Vacation Bible School, Rocky Railway. VBS will be June 28th - July 1st. Times are 9:00 to 11:30 and we have plans for breakfast to be served from 8:30 to 9:00, furnished by West Orange Cove CISD. VBS is for children age 4 years old to 5th grade. Safety protocols will be followed due to COVID, such as social distancing, hand sanitizers in each room and with each leader, and also cleaning the tables after each rotation. Masks are optional. A...
Photo by Tommy Mann Jr. Country music artist Cody Johnson is returning to Ford Park in Beaumont for a Thanksgiving-weekend concert on Saturday, Nov. 27. Tickets are on sale now at all Ticketmaster outlets and the Ford Park box office. Concert listings keep growing By Tommy Mann Jr. For The Record Slowly and steadily the number of artists hitting the road this summer and fall continues to grow as tours are being announced at a near-frantic pace, including events in Southeast...
The community of Orange, Texas will host the second annual “Juneteenth in the Fruit” celebration. The celebration will be held on June 19, 2021 at the Riverfront Pavilion in Orange. The event will display and promote local vendors and performers. The Orange chapter of the NAACP will hold a membership drive. Community members are encouraged to join the NAACP for only $30. This event is free admission and open to the public. Members of the community are encouraged to come out to the Riverfront Pavilion between the hours of 11:...
Larry McClure, 76, of Bridge City, passed away on June 7, 2021, in Beaumont. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, June 12, 2021, at Ebenezer Cemetery in Jasper, Texas, with burial to follow. Born in Port Arthur, Texas, on April 14, 1945, he was the son of Bubby and Loreen McClure. He worked as a computer programmer for Texaco Research and retired after 25 years of hard work and dedication. Larry was a substitute teacher at Bridge City High School and Junior...
