Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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The Orange County Sheriff’s Office investigation into the fire that led to the death of 79 year old Dorothy Hampshire of Vidor is still on-going. Detectives were able to locate and speak with the adult male that was initially unaccounted for after the fire was extinguished. He has told Detectives he was not at the home at the time of the fire. Detectives are continuing to follow up on other details surrounding the incident and have received a preliminary report from the State Fire Marshall that the cause of the fire r...
When I was a youngster growing up, I always enjoyed watching the Gillette Cavalcade of Sports with my father on our small black-and-white television set on Friday nights. My dad liked to watch these weekly boxing matches shown nationally at 10 p.m. but not alone, so that sort of was my free pass to stay up beyond my normal curfew. I even got to stay up and watch the Greatest Fights of the Century that followed if my eyelids hadn’t already started slamming shut. Between these two pugilistic Friday night programs I was e...
Please join The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce in congratulating Officer Timothy Reeves and Officer Jesse Byrd on receiving the Chambers Employee of the Month Award. Officers Reeves and Byrd were presented their awards by Dave Derosier at the June 10 Monthly Networking Coffee hosted by the Bridge City Public Library located at 101 Parkside Drive, Bridge City. These fine officers do a great job for Bridge City and recently went above and beyond the call of duty for a Bridge...
Mason Dean Slone, 3, of Deweyville, son of Joshua and Shayna Slone, went to his heavenly home Saturday, June 14, at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston. Mason was born in Beaumont, on May 19, 2011, to parents Lacey Shayna (Strickland) and Joshua Dean Slone. He was a cowboy; riding horses with his family, going fishing, working on the farm, playing with his brother and running after his chickens. Mason was a loving and sweet boy who will be missed dearly by all who knew h...
“A handful of the teams are posting some very solid weights,” stated Ryan Warhola, “but it was a grind all day for us.” Warhola had just finished weighing in his Day One catch at last weekend’s “Do It In Orange” tournament and his assessment of the first day of fishing was right on the money. The leading weights were impressive, but there was nothing easy about the catching part. The same wind that made four o’clock in the afternoon more bearable for both the tournament weig...
Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls between June 16, and the morning of June 17: Damaged property, 2025 International Ave. Burglary, 701 W. Division Ave./Orange Stationer Attempted suicide, 800 block Center St. Miscellaneous incidents, Lamar Theft, 2710 IH-10/Super 8 Motel Damaged property, 609 Cordrey Ave. Theft, 1727 37th St./Palm Garden Apt. Harassing phone calls, 3624 Hemlock St. Damaged property, 3626 Bowling Ln. Found property, 201 8th St. Theft, 1505 16th St./The PC Doctor...
IS A STORM IN OUR FUTURE Saturday will mark the official first day of summer. We’ve had a pretty good spring and summer is ready to come on strong. I predicted earlier that despite last year’s hurricane season being mild, we would have a major storm in the Gulf. Last year, I predicted correctly that we wouldn’t have a Gulf storm. I based that on the forecast of a high pressure system hanging over the Gulf states. This year, it looks like late August, September we could be under low pressure. That is what sucks in a storm...
In 1911, Calbraith Perry Rodgers made the first transcontinental flight across the United States. He flew the Wright Brothers “Vin Fiz” EX biplane from Sheepshead Bay N.Y. to Long Beach, CA. The trip took 84 days and stopped or crashed 70 times. Also, William Howard Taft was president, the Philadelphia Athletics won the world series 4-2 over the New York Giants and although, there were not a lot of them, the average cost of a car was $780. But, right here in Southeast Tex...
Allen Nation, owner of Romano’s Shoe Shop in Orange, said his craft is halfway a craft and halfway an art. “It’s not rocket science, but there’s a method to do it. I’m not an artsy kind of guy, but the craft part is putting on the sole or heel. The art side is making the shoes look as it has never been worked on,” Nation said. Nation bought the business 26 years ago and he has been repairing shoes and boots for the past 26 years. Romano’s first opened its doors for business in...
The U.S. Senate passed the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 on May 22, which authorizes the Sabine-Neches Waterway Channel Improvement Project. In a 91-7 vote, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the bipartisan measure earlier that week in a vote of 412 to 4, according to a press release from the Sabine-Neches Water way District. Gene Bouillion, port director for the Port of Orange, said though the Neches River predominately runs through Jefferson County, the act’s passage will absolutely benefit Orange...
The 66th annual Orangefield Homecoming was held in Orangefield Saturday at the elementary cafeteria. Alumni came from near and far to reminisce their glory days at the old alma mater. Committee members Robert Montagne and Mary Nixon welcomed attendees before the prayer and meal. “We were afraid attendance would be down with this being Father’s Day weekend,” said Montagne. He was pleasantly surprised. The committee provided brisket while alumni provided a vast array of veget...
