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  • Sherlock Breaux in the Creaux's Nest

    Sherlock Breaux, For the Record|Updated Aug 10, 2021

    SENATE PASSES BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL (MAJOR VICTORY FOR BIDEN) The Senate voted to approve a roughly $1 trillion bill to revamp the nation’s infrastructure on Tuesday, delivering a bipartisan breakthrough on legislation that includes key portion of President Biden’s domestic agenda. The final vote was 69 to 30, with 19 Republicans and 30 Democrats voting yes. Vice President Kamala Harris presided over the final vote. The bipartisan bill represents the first part of...

  • GOACC Ribbon cutting Kimberly Manning

    Updated Aug 10, 2021

    The Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce had the pleasure of hosting a Ribbon Cutting for local photographer Kimberly Manning recently. Kimberly Manning Images provides unique, creative, styled photo sessions built around your style and personality. Not only do they create classic images, they also offer short behind the scenes videos for your social media pages. Kimberly has spent many years honing her skills and studying under renowned Photographer Colin M. Park....

  • August means it's time to switch gears

    Capt. Chuck Uzzle, For the Record|Updated Aug 10, 2021

    I know it's tough to even imagine it, especially when the mercury is threatening to burst out the top of the thermometer, but hunting season is right around the corner. August is the month that gets everything kicked off, hunters and fishermen alike can see the light at the end of the summer tunnel. For the fishermen it's just now getting right on Sabine lake and especially over on Calcasieu where the trout and redfish are doing their typical summer shuffle in the middle of...

  • St. Mary's welcomes Sister Mary Agnes

    Updated Aug 10, 2021

    Saint Mary Catholic School welcomes a new teacher to its midst. Sister Mary Agnes Nguyen, a Dominican Nun, has joined their staff to instruct the children in Religion. Sister Agnes hails from Viet Nam, will reside in the Convent in Port Arthur, and commute to Orange. Her goals include helping the children to grow in their relationship with God and to help them mature to be the best they can be. She hopes to teach them how to listen to the Holy Spirit and walk more closely...

  • GOACC holds Ribbon Cutting for Kimberly Manning Images

    Updated Aug 10, 2021

    The Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce had the pleasure of hosting a Ribbon Cutting for local photographer Kimberly Manning recently. Kimberly Manning Images provides unique, creative, styled photo sessions built around your style and personality. Not only do they create classic images, they also offer short behind the scenes videos for your social media pages. Kimberly has spent many years honing her skills and studying under renowned Photographer Colin M. Park....

  • Curbside Recycling Awareness Month for Orange County

    Updated Aug 10, 2021

    West Orange Mayor Randy Branch has proclaimed August "Curbside Recycling Awareness" month for Orange County. "Trashy Ladies" say Sign up for curbside recycling by going to kocb.org or KOGT's homepage and hit "recycling button" . Recycle bags provided no sorting and twice a month curbside pick up for $12.99/month...

  • Have you ever been in the belly of the whale?

    Pastor Charles Empey, For the Record|Updated Aug 10, 2021

    Jonah 2:1 "Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish's belly…" This world dishes up some very interesting stuff. Don't misunderstand me, I love life and having a heart created by the Lord in His saving grace, I am always learning how to negotiate all of those interesting problems the devil, or the world throws at me or something of my own doing. As much as we find sweet times in daily life from time to time, so do we encounter problematic ones. Every now and t...