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  • Dozens of youth take part in football camp

    Updated Jul 26, 2016

    Josh Smalley, Orangefield Bobcats Athletic Director and football coach, observes eight-year-old Landon Miller as the youth demonstrates the proper grip, arm motion and footwork to pass the football on Tuesday morning in Orangefield. Approximately 80 children, who are entering second-grade through ninth-grade, participated in the annual Orangefield Bobcats Football Camp which began Monday and ends Wednesday. Photo by Tommy Mann Jr. Tommy Mann - For The Record The future of...

  • Parking lot prep work

    Updated Jul 26, 2016

    One of the many summer projects in the Orangefield Independent School District is underway as a work crew resurfaces the parking lot off Sand Bar Road between the field house and cafeteria of Orangefield High School and Orangefield Junior High. The parking lot receives a lot of heavy vehicle traffic from school buses and delivery vehicles and was a priority on the district's summer repair list. Photo by Tommy Mann Jr....

  • Pinehurst Police Reports

    Updated Jul 26, 2016

    Tommy Mann Jr. - For The Record The Pinehurst Police Department responded to the following calls from July 3 - July 9, 2016. Sunday, July 3 • Assist other agency in the 2500 block of Milam. • Welfare check in the 1500 block of Strickland. • Informational report in the 1600 block of 34th Street. Monday, July 4 • Theft in the 1500 block of Strickland. • Disturbance in the 3100 block of Martin. • Unauthorized use of a motor vehicle in the 3000 block of MacArthur Drive. • Informational report in the 3600 block of Optimist Way....

  • Supporting the American Red Cross

    Updated Jul 26, 2016

    John Gothia, second from left, of the American Red Cross of Orange County accepts a check for $10,000 from Sabine River Ford, the title sponsor of the American Red Cross' annual "Swing Red Golf Tournament," which will be held at 8 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 13, at Sunset Grove Country Club in Orange. Pictured are, from left, Tommy Durham, general manager of Sabine River Ford, Gothia, and Eva and Ross Smith, owners of Sabine River Ford. For more information on the tournament,...

  • Students to experience longer school days this year

    Updated Jul 26, 2016

    Students across Orange County and the state of Texas will now be attending school a set amount of minutes each school year instead of the previous number of instructional days. Students are now required to attend 75,600 minutes of instruction each school year. Local school districts have been forced to adjust their daily school hours to accommodate the new requirement. Courtesy Photo Tommy Mann Jr. - For The Record The amount of time students spend in school each day is about...

  • West Orange makes changes to coin-operated machines ordinance

    Updated Jul 26, 2016

    Tommy Mann Jr. - For The Record One local community has made some minor changes to an ordinance which should reduce or prevent any future issues. The City of West Orange repealed its previous coin-operated machines ordinance on Monday evening and replaced it with a new ordinance which goes into effect immediately. The purpose of the repeal and then approval of the new coin-operated machine ordinance was to make a slight addition of wording. "We just needed to make the addition of the wording to include information on the FBI...