Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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If you live on the East Side of Orange and always wake up with the sun, you’d better start putting money aside for a reliable alarm clock. The Orange County Coastal Storm Risk Management Project, or “Ike Dike,” could delay sunup for hundreds – nay, thousands – of expert home remodelers who have done it themselves more than one time lately. Instead of watching the sunlight poking through the trees, residents must now wait for it to first climb up over a 14-foot floodwall or may...
THE PANDEMIC OF UNVACCINATED When the pandemic hit the United States we prayed for an answer, otherwise millions of Americans would die. God answered our prayers. In record time two vaccines hit the market. Before enough people could get vaccinated over 600,000 people had died from COVID-19. Now a more contagious virus has hit. Delta Variant, 100 times more infectious than COVID-19 is spreading throughout the country. Fortunately the God-sent vaccines are also effective for Delta. Hospitals all over the country are filling...
There is nothing like an impending 30th birthday to light a fire under some people. Such was the case for Jimmy Womack of Vidor. That and the fact that the pandemic gave him more time on his hands to think about it. “When I found out we were going into lockdown last year due to the Coronavirus, I thought this was the perfect opportunity for me to practice, by making a project. I thought why not do it by myself. I’m not going to have anyone to assist me,” he said. First, he ha...
Orange County is among nine Texas counties with the worst COVID-19 hospitalization rates. After pointing that out to her social media followers, Orange City Council member Terrie Salter said Texas Governor Greg Abbott “is reckless” for issuing orders that prohibit schools and businesses from requiring their students, workers and customers wear masks intended to slow the spread of COVID-19. “To issue an order to ban any business or government entities from making reaso...
The Bridge City-Orangefield Rotary Club took notice of how popular the Bridge City Chamber of Commerce Purse Bingo events have been the last couple of years. Since the Rotary’s main fundraiser, the Bunny Run, has been cancelled due to COVID the last two years, they decided to take the Chamber event and put a male twist on it with a Guys’ Game Night. “We saw how well the ladies did with the first Bingo,” said Eric Andrus, one of the event organizers. “We talked about it. We’ve...
“A good coach can change a game. A great coach can change a life,” said John Wooden, college basketball coach. My daughter, Jessica, was fortunate to have a coach who changed her all too brief life. Coach Frank gave her a second chance to actually play softball and more importantly believed in her. She carried the lessons she learned with her, such as not giving up and hard work pays off for the remainder of her life. Jessica will forever be 21 years old since gallstones too...
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 s...
The Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame committee is seeking nominations through Nov. 1, 2021 for individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to freshwater fishing in Texas for next year’s induction into the hall of fame. “The Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame is made up of a growing list of 36 individuals and organizations who have made a significant impact on freshwater fishing in the state,” said Dan Kessler, TFF Hall of Fame Commi...
During the final two days of Major League Baseball’s annual end of July trading deadline, when the clock struck 3:00 p.m. Friday and no more deals could be made, there were 32 different trades which moved 80 different players, including 10 who made the All-Star Game two weeks ago. The Chicago Cubs and the Washington Nationals sold off several of their high-dollar, low-producing players and picked up young prospects—mostly high draft choices from the minor leagues—who have...
Team Oyster Rash’s, Justin Lowry and Jake Adame, managed to outlast a brutally hot day and out fish the field in the final Sabine Redfish Series event of the year last Saturday. Three other teams finished within three pounds of their winning three fish total of 20.92 pounds. The big winner in the final and deciding event was Team East Texas Safe Floor as they earned the $10,000 check for winning the Anglers of the Year award. Team members, Tony Viator and Jeremy Reeves closed...
Madison Lyons has been promoted to senior branch office administrator at a Bridge City branch office of financial services firm Edward Jones. Lyons has been with Edward Jones the past three years. Karen Collier, the local Edward Jones financial advisor, said Lyons is very deserving of the promotion. "Lyons has demonstrated an outstanding ability to juggle the many complex tasks and responsibilities associated with helping run this office. I'm very pleased that her exceptional...
Attention WOS Season Ticket Holders: Just a reminder that effective for the 2021-2022 school year, your Season Varsity Football Home game tickets have to be purchased through our online site at PayK12. There will not be any cash transactions at the gates or ticket sales in the Athletic Office. We ask that you take the time and follow these instructions to register in advance to expedite your process once the Season Tickets go on sale August 10th-12th. You MUST have a registered account with PayK12 to purchase your Season...
WOS High School welcomed the incoming class of freshmen with a week full of engagement and activities. The students participated in color wars. WOS is looking forward to the bright future of the class of 2025!...
The 2021 Olympic Games have begun in Tokyo, Japan. Over the next few weeks, we will all get to watch and enjoy the very best the United States has to offer compete on a global scale. I'll be watching and cheering on our Olympic athletes, particularly the 40 athletes who are from Texas. Here are five things happening around your state: 1. Grandmother of Juneteenth Opal Lee honored in Senate Last week, Fort Worth activist Opal Lee was recognized in the Texas Senate with a...
Sunday, August 1, 2021 marks a bittersweet day for Trinity Baptist Church of Orange, Texas, as Pastor C. Ryan Chandler, his wife, Amy and their sons Beckham and Baker embark upon a new ministry as pastor and family of First Baptist Church, Richmond, Texas. Reverend Chandler began his Orange, Texas ministry in August of 2017, the very week Tropical Storm Harvey plundered through the community. He rolled up his sleeves and began his first pastoral assignment “mudding out” homes alongside church and community members in nee...
Wallace Darrell Norwood, 62, of Bridge City, passed away on August 1, 2021, in Bridge City. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Thursday, August 5, 2021, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Paul Fregia. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange.Visitation will be held prior to the service from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Thursday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Born in Sulphur, Louisiana, on January 13, 1959, he was the...
Marriage License : Issued By The Office of Brandy Robertson, Orange County Clerk For the week of July 26 , 2021 thru July 30, 2021 Hunter L. Gothia and Haley D. Terrell Charles T. Sipes, Jr and Colleen Mitchell Dennis N. Baggett and Susan L. Will Brent A. Hollyfield and Fara L. Zelgowski Van E. Yeaman and Gina A. Simar Jeffrey E. Faith and Summer S. Santana Milton O. Horton, Jr and Dana D. Butler...
As part of its plan to meet growing demand across Southeast Texas and modernize its generation fleet, Entergy Texas, Inc. has begun the process to seek approval to construct the Orange County Advanced Power Station, a 1,215-megawatt, dual fuel combined cycle power facility. The plant will be located near Bridge City, Texas and will be capable of powering more than 230,000 homes and use a combination of natural gas and hydrogen. Hydrogen produces zero carbon emissions as a...
