Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Koch Pipeline (KPL) proudly recognized Ian Palermo and Taran Burch with a $1500.00 scholarship for each student at the Bridge City High School Awards Banquet on May 11th. This scholarship is intended to help them as they continue their education. KPL awarded 20 scholarships throughout the Golden Triangle this year....
Despite not being able to put all phases of the game together for several seasons, the Houston Astros picked up the players they thought they needed and started the 2017 major league season like a runaway freight train. And there doesn’t seem to be any stopping it as the season reached the halfway point last weekend with the Astros sporting MLB firsts in many categories. First they have the best record in baseball with their 56-27 (.675) worksheet going into yesterday’s (Tuesday’s) action at Atlanta. Houston leads the Ameri...
Jo Ann “Jodie” Christian- Davis, 83, of Mauriceville, Texas peacefully joined her Heavenly Father on Wednesday June 28, 2017, at her daughter’s home surrounded by family, love, and laughter. A Celebration of her life will be Wednesday, July 5, 2017 at 2 o’clock p.m., at First Baptist Church of Mauriceville in conjunction with Silver Oaks Baptist Church under the direction of both Brother Kevin Brown and Brother Ed Rawls. Visitation will also be at First Baptist Church Mauriceville, Wednesday, July 5, 2017 from 1-2 o’clock p.m...
While the headline for last week’s column read, “Old Dogs Can Still Hunt”, I feel the need to point out that it was in reference to a lure rather than the two anglers.Any lure worth its salt will hunt long after John and I have made our last casts and in that column I was truly talking about the Lunker Lure. I mention this only because of the inordinate number of emails I received from compassionate readers trying to convince me that seventy is the new fifty. While my passion for fishing has not waned, eight hours on the wate...
Diana Lynn Virva, 61, of Bridge City, Texas, left this earth on July 2, 2017, to be with her Lord and Savior.A funeral service to honor and remember her life will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, July 6, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Steve Leger, of St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City. Burial will follow at Bland Cemetery.Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., with a Rosary at 7:00 pm., Wednesday, at Claybar Funeral Ho...
The mercury in the thermometer shows temperatures creeping towards triple digits and everybody you look at appears to have just emerged from a swimming pool. The heat waves along the road and the hood of my truck cannot dampen my enthusiasm as I raise my binoculars to get a better look at a few mottled ducks along a secluded marsh pond. The very sight of ducks right now coupled with the fact that we just flipped another calendar page is enough to put a smile on my face. A few quick seconds to work the math out in my head...
