Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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And then there were four. Following Hurricane Ike the city of Bridge City had nearly 100 vacant and uninhabitable houses in the city, according to City Manager Jerry Jones. Now they're down to four. “After the storm, we had a group of prisoners on a work program,” he said. “We had a Gradall (heavy equipment machine) attached with grapples. If a house was not livable, we would tear it down and clean up the lot. We had almost 100 of these.” Jones said the work program stopped...
Tuesday, June 30, around 9:15 a.m., the Orange County Sheriff’s Office received an emergency call in reference to a theft in progress. The caller was an employee of the Mauriceville Utility District and reported that he was following a truck pulling a stolen trailer and generator from a Mauriceville Utility District well site off FM 2802 in Mauriceville. The caller was tailing the truck on IH-10 and when the truck noticed he was following, the suspect began driving at a h...
Billie Wood, 90, of Pinehurst, may had not exactly been Rosie the Riveter but she served her country in a time of need. Billie said it was everyone's patriotic duty to help with the war effort. She worked for the War Department Army Ordnances Division in Greensboro, N.C. in 1944 which oversaw Wysong & Miles Co. that manufactured bomb fuses for the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II. “The bomb fuses were secret then. Everything was secret,” Billie said. “We didn't know what wa...
Henry “Sunshine” Earl Woodard, 66, of Orange passed away Sunday, June 28, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Henry was born July 10, 1948 to Edna Earl (Cochran) and Amedee Meredith Woodard in Bon Wier. He was a lifelong resident of Newton and Orange area and was a member of First United Methodist Church in Newton. He was a Vietnam Veteran, serving his county in the US Army. Henry was a tugboat captain for many years; he had work for Fosty Towing and Duval Towing, retiring in 199...
“This bass fishing at night is just killing my white perch fishing,” said James Hughes, “but I am not complaining as the bite has been addicting.”The seventy-six year old retired carpenter usually spends the entire summer contentedly catching crappie over his brush piles with friends and the Grandkids, but that all changed two weeks ago. “The crappie bite has improved recently, but I haven’t fished them since my oldest boy, Carl, got me to throwing that plastic frog a week or so ago,” stated Hughes.“The only problem is that...
Lamar Institute of Technology will be closed July 3 in observance of the Fourth of July holiday. There will be no classes and all offices will be closed. LIT will reopen at 8:00 a.m., Monday, July 6....
If celebrating the Fourth of July can be credited to any one person, it would have to be the second president of the United States, John Adams. Adams was a leading proponent of independence from Great Britain. He was convinced that the only way to escape the tyranny of the British was for the 13 colonies to unite and become a new country. A group of patriots gathered and began to work on a document stating their beliefs and outlining a new nation. Though Thomas Jefferson...
On Monday, June 29, at about 11:40 p.m., the Orange County Sheriff’s Office received a 9-1-1 call in reference to a truck that was stolen from the Crawdad’s convenient store parking lot on N. Hwy. 62 in Mauriceville. The caller stated that when they saw the truck driving off, they got into another vehicle and followed. The stolen truck was a white 2006 GMC. As Deputies responded to the area, a deputy passed the stolen truck on N. Hwy 62 headed southbound. As the deputy act...
Kelly Walston, loving husband of Natasha Stutts Walston, passed away at his home Saturday, June 27. He was 46 years old. Kelly was born June 1, 1969 to Sharon (Armstrong) and the late Marvin Ray Walston. He was a resident of Lake Charles, for four years. He is survived by his children Jenna Katherine (Aaron) Bryan, Tala Kellynn Walston and Kayla Elizabeth Walston of St. Robert, MO; sisters Carolee (Roy) Wolfe of Orange and Amber Gunther of New Braunfels and numerous aunts,...
Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls between June 29 and the morning of June 30: Larceny (parts) from vehicle, 4301 IH-10 Burglary, 1301 W. Front Ave. Warrant service, 406 Gunstream Ln. Traffic accident, 1700 16th St. Assist public, 576 Lilac St. Traffic accident, 3701 N. 16th St. Warrant service, 1609 16th St. Burglary, 4305 Highlands Ave....
The Orange Community Players will open their 58th consecutive season with the screwball comedy “Lend me a Tenor.” Set in 1934, the famous tenor, Tito Morelli, is due to perform at the Cleveland Grand Opera Company. He arrives late, is given a double dose of tranquilizers and passes out. In an attempt to fool the audience, general manager Saunders persuades a fellow named Max to dress in Morelli’s costume and perform as “Il Stupendo”, Tito Morelli. The madcap comedy will be t...
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is informing the public that commercial driver license (CDL) transactions – including originals, renewals, duplicates or changes – will be unavailable starting at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 2, due to a planned nationwide update by the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators to the Commercial Driver License Information System (CDLIS). Commercial driver license services will resume on at noonMonday, July 6. Commercial dri...
UPDATE - After an inredible journey, Miss Sasha is back home with her family. $500 Reward being offered for lost dog Sasha has been missing since Friday, June 26, from Waterwood Estates in Bridge City. She is wearing a pink collar with no tag. If you have any information, please contact Toni Copley at 409-720-7222 or 409-735-2332. The address is 403 Pintail Ln., Orange, Tx. 77630....
In the early 20th Century when timber was king, there were sawmills and sawmill towns located throughout East Texas. One town was Aldridge. It was located northwest of Jasper near the Neches River. At its peak Aldridge had the sawmill, company store and housing for the mill hands. After the second fire at the mill Aldridge's insurance company told him they would no longer give any coverage to his mill unless he built fireproof housing for his equipment. Aldridge built two l...
Marilyn Joe Bailey McKeown was raised on the banks of Cow Bayou. Her dad, Joe Bailey, owned and operated Joe Bailey’s Fish Camp on the downstream side of the Cow Bayou swing bridge on Hwy 87. Her family lived on the property the Fish Camp was located on. “Joe Bailey’s” as it was known was a great place to eat, listen to music, dance, and just have a good time in general. For a time the dock behind the Fish Camp was the home of the Ava. “When I was about ten years old daddy...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRIDGE CITY Bridge City celebrates its 45th birthday on July 7. Many changes have come to the city over the years. Back in 1970, when it incorporated, there were many dirt and gravel roads. Nearly half of the city didn’t have water or sewer. The part of the city that did operated under a water and sewer district that was later absorbed by the city and expanded. Drainage was its biggest problem. A two inch rain flooded many homes and rendered some streets impassable. The biggest improvement came after Hurricane...
William "WH" Henry Hutson, 70, of Hartburg passed away Monday, June 29, at his residence. William was born May 23, 1945 in Orange to Essie (Mathews) and Grover Lester Hutson. He was a lifelong resident of Orange and Hartburg area. He served in the US Army during the Vietnam War. He worked in construction and as a security guard in the later years. William enjoyed the outdoors, going fishing, hunting and camping. He was also a licensed gunsmith and locksmith. William was a...
Orange County Health Inspector James Scales made the following inspections on area businesses from June 16-30: Senor Toro Mexican Restaurant, 1298 Main St., Vidor - Found rice and tamales at unsafe temperatures; need to date all foods inside coolers/freezers; defrosting beef/chicken in inside bucket of water; area around grill needs to be cleaned of old foods and outside wall below vents need to be cleaned of old grease. Score - 84 McDonald's #3325, 765 N. Main St., Vidor - Need to label/date all foods inside coolers;...
