Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Harley-Davidson Motorcycle celebrated its 120th anniversary the second week of July. The four day festival July 12-16 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin the hometown of Harley-Davidson saw hundreds of thousands of people come there from around the world to join the celebration that featured live music performances, fun activities, and entertainment for motorcycle enthusiasts of all ages. The Harley Owners Group or HOG Chapter 5298 known as Teddy Morse Cowboy Harley from the Golden...
Robert “Bobby” Anderson, 62, of Orange, Texas, passed away peacefully at his home on, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, July 15, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Lani Rousseau. Cremation will be held under the direction of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Visitation will be held prior to the service beginning at 11:00 a.m., at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Bobby was born in Orange, Texas, on...
The Bridge City / Orangefield Rotary Club is putting on their 3rd annual Guys Night Out August 24th at the Bridge City Community Center, 105 Parkside beginning at 6:30pm. Prizes include hunting and fishing trips, guns, ammo, and fishing gear as well as golf clubs, etc. Dinner and alcohol served. No one under 21 allowed. Lots of door prizes and so much more. For information and tickets call 408-626-1789 or 409-313-0412....
On July 26, 1943, the rains began to hit Orange. They continued into the next day with strong winds. What is now known as the "Surprise Hurricane" came ashore at Bolivar Peninsula eighty years ago on July 27. The Golden Triangle area recorded 19 inches of rain with one drowning death in Port Arthur. Four men on a sea-going tug drowned outside of Port Arthur, while another 10 on the tug were saved. Also, the storm has become famous as the first time a military plane flew into t...
Dr. Amanda James has been named the new principal for Bridge City High School for the 2023-24 school year. She is in the middle with her husband, Derek James, their two grown daughters and grandchildren. She is a native of Southeast Texas with a bachelor's degree from Lamar University in biology with a minor in chemistry. After working in biomedicine, she went into education as a teacher with the Goose Creek school district in 2006. She has spent 17 years in education in a...
Hunter Education Class Field part of the On-Line Course will be held at the Orangefield Fire Station on Thursday August 3, 2023 from 5:30 PM until 9:30 PM with the cost of $15.00. You must sign up on TPWD website to register to attend and must complete On Line Course & bring printed certificate of completion or copy of tests. Do Not Bring Firearms or Ammunition to Class, class size is limited for more information the Instructor is Danny Odom at 409-882-4298. To sign up on...
The Cowboy Church of Orange County has approved a retrofit to its current arena, a 40,000 square foot expansion to the church facility which will more than double its covered seating space by 700+ for church and community-wide events. The arena cover project will transform the current arena into a world-class covered and cooled facility the church plans to make available to the community. Venue plans include hosting music events, sporting events and trade shows, in addition...
July 20th ANNIVERSARY OF APOLLO II When, running for president in 1960, John F. Kennedy chose as his campaign slogan “it’s time to get this country moving again,” Just three months into his presidency, Kennedy pledged, prophetically, in his address to Congress on May 25th, 1961, “that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.” To which he added, “No single space proje...
The executive committee of the Orange County Republican Party voted last week 14 to 6 to officially censure Texas Speaker of the House Dade Phelan, who also represents Orange County in District 21. Though local party chair, Leo LaBauve opposed the censure, the majority opposed Phelan appointing Democrats to chair house committees. They also talked about him letting bills die and not adhering to the statewide party's conservative values. Even though the censure vote was only...
Fundraiser for Fults family The community is holding a barbecue sale to benefit the Fults family on Saturday, July 22, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Orange Church of God Embassy of Grace, 1911 16th Street. The Rev. Josh Fults is pastor of First Baptist Church in Orange. Two of their daughters have an inherited genetic disease and mother, Devon, has had surgery for a brain tumor. The fundraiser will help the family with their medical expenses and travel to hospitals. Pulled pork...
Early morning walks in air conditioning. A play village for children. Miniature gold inside the library. A cool, mysterious escape room. The city of Orange is continuing its effort to provide family fun activities for adults and children. Last week, the city council agreed to spend nearly $65,000 on a kids village for the new Cove Recreation area, and a new summer schedule was released for the Recreation Center, which opened this past fall. The recreation center has room for...
Executive officers of the Bridge City High School Student Council are in San Antonio this week for the Student Council Summer Workshop sponsored by the Texas Association of School Boards. The event is being held at Trinity University. Bridge City senior Holly Silveira was chosen as one of only seven students to be a junior counselor for the 400 students attending from all over the state....
The Orange Recreation Center has extended its hours for the remainder of the summer. The Center will be open in the mornings from 8:30 am – 10:30 am for seniors to walk in the cool air-conditioned gym, followed by an 11:00 am – 2:00 pm block for other sports activities. Check out the summer schedule for all days and times....
As part of the Summer Reading Program, the Orange Public Library is holding an event for readers of all ages. This Wednesday, July 19th from 10:30 am – 11:30 am Gator Country will be at the Riverside Pavilion in Orange! This program focuses on educating spectators on the importance of the conservation of the American alligator and creating a safe interactive experience. For more information, please contact the Orange Public Library at 409-883-1086. **This event takes place a...
Registration Procedures For the 2023-2024 school year, Orangefield ISD will continue with an online registration process for all returning students. Online registration for returning students begins on July 24, 2023, through the Parent Portal system. All current students must have a parent/guardian complete this online registration prior to the student receiving their teacher assignment or schedule. Parents must have an Ascender Parent Portal account to complete the...
Early in our marriage Beverly and I were looking for a house to be our home in Port Arthur. Our problem, like many young couples, was lack of enough money to even produce a required downpayment. We located a home that was ideal, which later turned out to be where we raised our children. Even though the price was reasonable it was more than we could afford for a downpayment to finance. I approached our local banker who came up with a great solution. He asked if the house...
Hands down, without a doubt, one of the top 3 most asked questions I get from local and out of town anglers alike is “how do you read the tide chart for this area?”Most any fisherman who spends time on our local waters has a theory about how the tides work and where they need to be to catch fish during those tides.Surprisingly enough there are plenty of people who don’t understand how important the tides really are, or for that matter what a tide is. According to Webster’s dic...
West Orange-Cove CISD is bracing for a lower state-assessed letter grade after Texas Education Agency's overhaul of the A-F accountability system, just one year after we celebrated a high rating. Due to many changes in the accountability system, there is a possibility that we will experience a two-grade letter drop as a district. As you know, we were rated as a B district last year. We were extremely proud of this rating because of the hard work of our students and staff....
WOCCISD Update: Status of the WOCCISD Press Box and Event Center. The newly constructed West Orange-Cove CISD press box and event center encountered significant damage due to an incident involving a fire outside the press box. In the interest of complete transparency and after a thorough investigation, the cause of the fire was due to the sun reflecting off the angled glass of the press box onto the vinyl VIP seats with seating covers. The corrosive fumes from the fire have...
School will be starting very soon and First Saturday wants the kids of Bridge City and Orangefield to be ready. First Saturday will be giving away backpacks August 5th starting 10 a.m. at 200 West Roundbunch Rd until 12 noon. Our setup will be under the carport attached to the church building in the church parking lot. Available to be handed out will be backpacks for all grades. For those who request them, we will give away Bibles and helpful flyers concerning salvation,...
Peggy Jeanette Stone Harrington, age 76, of Grapeland, Texas, a woman of humor, determination, and love, passed away peacefully with her family by her side, on Saturday, the 15th day of July 2023. Peggy was born on the 23rd day of December 1946, in Clifton, Texas to parents J.T. “Porter” Stone and Nadine Christopher Stone. Peggy spent the majority of her life in Bridge City, Texas, before relocating to Grapeland, Texas, following a series of hurricanes. Peggy was a master qui...
Phyllis Ann Buxton, 88, of Starks, Louisiana, passed away peacefully at her home, on Monday, July 17, 2023. Services to honor Phyllis will be held at 10:00 AM, on Saturday, July 22, 2023, at the First Baptist Church of Starks, in Starks, Louisiana; Bro. Ron Butler officiating. Interment will immediately follow, at Doyle Cemetery. Visitation of family and friends will be held from 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM, on Friday, July 21, 2023, at the First Baptist Church of Starks. Service a...
Theresa M. Turner, 74, of Spotsylvania, Virginia, passed away on Thursday, July 13, 2023. Services to honor Theresa will be held at 2:00 PM, on Friday, July 21, 2023, at Dorman Funeral Home; Bro. Jeff Bell officiating. Interment will immediately follow at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park. Visitation of family and friends will be held from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM, on Thursday, July 20, 2023, at Dorman Funeral Home. Theresa was born in Virginia, on July 20, 1948, to Virginia and Frank Dritto...
Aline “Allie” Marie Richardson, 74, of Orange, Texas, passed away peacefully on July 12, 2023. Born in Jennings, Louisiana, on December 1, 1948, she was the daughter of Lester Langley and Verna Mae (Cormier) Kinnison. Allie was a strong woman with a beautiful heart. She spent her younger years in life living for adventure. Allie loved to travel, especially with her grandchildren, and visited most of the United States. She was an extremely talented singer, and that talent sho...
A special challenge chess tournament was held in Orange on Saturday, July 15, between clubs from Beaumont and Sulphur. The tournament at the First Presbyterian Church of Orange was very close and came down to the last couple of games to determine which team was the winner. The Casa de Ajedrez, Spanish for House of Chess, from Sulphur played the Beaumont Chess Club in four rounds with eight games in each round format. Eight club members represented their respective club in the...
