Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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More than 1,000 people were tested for COVID-19 during three days of testing offered in Orange County last week. Might the number of positive tests from Orange County also top 1,000 when the next official weekly information release comes later this week? Based on the ever-climbing upward curve of recent weeks, it wouldn't be a big reach. The number of lab-confirmed cases increased by 232 between July 8 (487) and July 15 (719). Active cases stood at 508, according to the July 1...
Almost paradise. Who could ask for more? Probably Orange County Precinct 2 Commissioner Theresa Beauchamp. But she seems too busy being tickled pink by the fact that her long-awaited office is almost ready to call home. "I'm just so happy," Beauchamp said during a Friday show-and-tell of the nearly complete rebuild of the office on Highway 62 that also will serve as a Sheriff's Office substation. It flooded during the country's wettest storm, Tropical Storm Harvey, in August...
Tired of paying big insurance premiums only to sit in a crowded waiting room to see a doctor for less than 10 minutes once or twice a year? Dr. Amy Townsend says she has a better way. Her Magnolia Direct Primary Care medical practice is located at 2845 Texas Ave, Suite 100, next to Orange County Building Materials in Bridge City. It doesn't run on insurance. "Insurance is why healthcare is so expensive," she says. "There's just this tremendous waste in healthcare. All of the...
For more than 50 years, his family business has been busy improving the looks of local properties. But Mark Frey of Orange is joining with Ed Van Huis, the owner and founder of industrial manufacturer Tubal-Cain Industries, to send folks off on the road to new horizons. Their Columbanus Motor Sports, located at 3500 Interstate 10, is set to open as the new Southeast Texas dealership for Indian Motorcycles next spring. The company is named after St. Columbanus, a sixth century...
The memories are great in quantity and quality for 92-year-old Essie Bellfield and last weekend's death of civil rights legend John Lewis carried her back to "Bloody Sunday." "They had billy clubs hitting us all over the head and everything," said Bellfield, who was Orange's first Black and first female mayor from 1997-2000. Lewis, a Congressman who represented Atlanta, Georgia, in the U.S. House of Representatives for 43 years, was before that a contemporary of Rev. Martin...
No matter how hard lure manufacturers try they will never be able to create a lure that works better than real thing, period. The typical profile of the weekend angler is not that of the high end trophy trout hunter who chunks artificial lures for hours on end looking for one big fish, it's the fisherman who takes a quart of live shrimp or a bucket of mud minnows and looks for anything that will bite. Much has been made of the big trout phenomenon and all the hoopla that surro...
Pinnacle Christian Preschool and Mother's Day Out opens this fall in Bridge City. The preschool provides faith-based education in a play-based learning environment. Directors for the Pinnacle Christian Preschool are David and Danielle Gonzales. "We're very excited about our new new preschool ministry at Pinnacle," said David Gonzales. "The purpose of the preschool is to provide happy group learning experiences where parents can be assured that their child is loved and well...
I can't imagine that we will see another 12.4-pound bass caught this summer, but Toledo Bend did give up at least two more double digit fish this past week.Both fish were caught in the afternoon hours. Jason Simms' lunker hit a Carolina rigged watermelon-red flake Centipede in twenty-six feet of water and Carol Duplantis duped his prize with a deep diving crankbait in fourteen feet of water.Jason's fish weighed 10.02 pounds and Carol's bass weighed 10.42 pounds. You certainly...
There won’t be any peanuts or crackerjacks and nobody will care if they ever come back because there will be major league baseball starting tomorrow but in a shortened format. The season was supposed to begin on March 26, but due the coronavirus pandemic it was put on hold until further notice. That notice came from MLB without the approval of the Players Association a couple of weeks ago with all 30 teams seeing action either June 23 or 24. It’s the shortest season since the...
Frances Marie “Pud” Hogg, 69, of Orange, passed away on July 18, 2020, in Nederland. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 22, 2020, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Pastor Jimmy Ponton. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 21, 2020, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Orange, Texas, on November 22, 1950, she was the daughter of Jeffery William Trahan, Sr. and...
Bridge City Edward Jones financial advisors, Karen Collier and Taylor Perkins, are supporting the local schools in a school supplies donation drive. You may help in this effort by bringing items to either of the Bridge City branches: 675 W Round bunch Rd or 715 Texas Ave, Suite D, during regular business hours through July 31st. Any supplies donated will be appreciated....
With the generous support of Chevron Phillips Chemical, Gift of Life Women's Breast Health Cancer Prevention Program will provide 30 medically underserved women with free breast health services that include screenings and diagnostic tests on Wednesday, July 22 at Baptist Hospital – Orange Campus. Gift of Life has adapted its deliverance of care to address COVID-19 public health concerns, and throughout the pandemic the organization has remained committed to its mission of s...
Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD will conduct an immunization Clinic for LCM students who need their back-to-school vaccinations on July 29, 2020. Parents may come to either Mauriceville Middle School (19952 FM 1130) from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. or Little Cypress Junior High (6765 FM 1130) from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. For those currently insured with a private insurance, Medicaid or Chips there will be no out-of-pocket expense. Please bring your insurance card. For those...
Jerome (Jerry) R. Lanni, 81, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on Friday, July 17, 2020. He was born in Warsaw, New York to John and Doris Clark Lanni. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 21, 2020, at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Bridge City. Reverend Mark Bunch will be the officiant. Burial will follow at Antioch Cemetery in Buna at 1:00 p.m. Visitation will be held prior to the service, beginning at 10:00 a.m., at St. Paul United Methodist Church....
Jane Abrego Carmack, 84, of Houston, Texas, passed away on July 17, 2020, in Houston. A graveside service will be held at 12:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 21, 2020, at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery in Orange, Texas. Born in Orange, Texas, on September 10, 1935, she was the daughter of Frank Abrego, Sr. and Pueblita Abrego. She was a lifelong resident of Orange, Texas until relocating to Houston, Texas in 2012. Prior to her relocation, she was an Office Manager at Little Giant...
Claybar Funeral Home announces the Memorial Services for Grace Marie Hall Guillot will be conducted on Saturday, August 1, 2020. The Memorial Services will be conducted at the First United Methodist Church at 502 N. 6th Street, Orange, Texas. Senior Pastor Lani Rousseau will Officiate the Ceremony. The visitation will be from 12:30 PM until 1:00 PM. The Memorial Services will begin at 1:00 PM until complete. Burial Services will follow at the Trout Creek Cemetery located in...
The Orangefield Independent School District would like to introduce two new administrators to the Bobcat family. Kevin Sensat – Junior High Assistant Principal Mr. Sensat comes to Orangefield ISD with 14 years of educational experience. His previous experience includes: teaching mathematics and physical education, boys’ athletic coordinator, and UIL coordinator. In addition to teaching, Mr. Sensat has filled in as an assistant principal at the junior high and high school lev...
