Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Orange County came close Sunday for adding a wildfire to its growing list of recent disaster history. Forty acres of dense woods burned for hours Sunday afternoon in the Little Cypress area west of Highway 87 North as Orange County reached its record temperature of 106 degrees. Little Cypress Fire Chief Matt Manshack said for the first couple of hours, firefighters feared the fire could spread to the Country Squire subdivision. The Texas Forest Service was already on...
Joe Kazmar was born and raised in New York state and became a successful businessman in Orange. But though he made his mark in the car business, he will be long remembered for his sports knowledge. Kazmar died last week at the age of 81 after an illness. He moved to Orange in the late 1960s when he took a job as a sportswriter at the Orange Leader, when the newspaper was a daily and the offices were on Front Street in downtown, across the street from the shipyards. Like many a...
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...
Orangefield school district voters in November will decide on a $43 million bond issue for more classrooms at all three campuses, a new high school library and cafeteria, plus improvements at the elementary and junior high campuses. Board members say the projects improve school safety. The school board Monday night unanimously called for the bond issue decision to be held on November 7, general election day. The district said the amount will be $42.9 million. The bonds, if...
Bridge City High School had a public opening Monday afternoon to show off the cosmetology labs in the school's new CTE building. The $14.7 million Career and Technology Education building is a project of the district's 2022 bond issue. Jessica Jones is the director of the cosmetology department, which currently has 52 students preparing to earn state licenses. Dr. Mike Kelly is superintendent of the Bridge City ISD and Rebecca Rutledge is president of the board of...
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...
WOCCISD is proud to announce the launch of its innovative and fully equipped mobile learning lab, a solution funded by the Elementary and Secondary Emergency Relief (ESSER) grant. Pioneered by Dr. Alicia Sigee, Director of Student Services at WOCCISD, the new mobile classroom is committed to providing an adaptable learning environment for various learning needs and community engagement. The mobile classroom redefines traditional learning methods. This state-of-the-art vehicle...
Emergency grant applications are now open for volunteer fire departments included in Governor Abbott's wildfire disaster declaration. “Volunteer firefighters are our first line of defense against wildfires in Texas,” said Wes Moorehead, Texas A&M Forest Service Fire Chief. “During this active summer season, these firefighters are responding to wildfires daily. They work in extreme conditions that not only challenge them physically but also cause their equipment to becom...
Bridge City High is already preparing for the homecoming court with student voting to end on Friday. Homecoming week is September 18-22. Senior nominees are Natalie Chavez, Carson Fall, Jules Geuder, Ashley Hale, Raema Lyda, Esther Saldana, Holly Silveira, and Carys Wolfe. Junior nominees are Hallie Bearden, Emily Black, Whitney Cunningham, Alyson McAllister, Breanna Powers, Kylie Thomas, and Isabella Weeks. Sophomore nominees are Marleigh Boyd, Kinsely Cammack, Hudsyn Davis,...
Joseph J. Kazmar, 81, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 17, 2023, peacefully at home. Memorial service will be held 2:00 p.m., Monday, August 21, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Visitation will begin prior at 1:00 p.m., Monday, August 21, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Schenectady, New York, on October 28, 1941, he was the son of Joseph W. Kazmar and Genevieve (Urban) Kazmar. When Joseph was young, he was a part of the Schenectady Little...
This is the third year at Little Cypress Mauriceville for Head Coach Eric Peevey to guide the football team. The Bears are young but hopeful for their third straight trip to the post season and a possible run in the playoffs. Little Cypress Mauriceville split its two preseason scrimmages in August. The Bears outscored the Orangefield Bobcats in the opening scrimmage and lost 20-14 to the big and physical Port Neches-Groves Indians who played in the Class 5A Division II...
Last football season is one Bridge City would like to forget. The Cardinals are looking to match their lone win of last year in Week 1 of this season. The final preparations for the regular season were the two scrimmages that Bridge City played. The Cardinals faced the Vidor Pirates and the Woodville Eagles in good scrimmages that fortunately left Bridge City with no major injuries getting set for the first game of the regular season. The Cardinals' new Head Coach Chad Landry...
West Orange-Stark is looking to rebound from a disappointing rare losing season last year. The Mustangs made the post season but were eliminated in the first round of the state playoffs to finish the year with an overall 5-6 record. The Mustangs performed well in their two scrimmages earlier this month. They scored four times while the WOS defense shut out Woodville in the first scrimmage and then rallied after a quick score by Vidor to beat the Pirates 14-7 in the final...
Summer workouts have concluded and scrimmages have been played leading to this Week 1 of the Texas high school football season. The Orangefield Bobcats open their season against the Bridge City Cardinals on Friday night. Orangefield faced two teams from higher classifications in its scrimmages. First was the Little Cypress Mauriceville Bears from Class 4A Division I followed last week with the final scrimmage against the Silsbee Tigers a top team in Class 4A Division II in...
Dr. Leonides “Nene” Ponce Medrano-Hababag, 70, of Orange, passed away on August 12, 2023, after a brief battle with brain cancer at Houston Methodist Hospital. A Mass of Christian Remembrance will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, August 31, 2023, at St. Francis Catholic Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Ernie Carpio. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 30, at St. Francis Catholic Church, with a Wake service at 6:30 p.m., followed by a Rosary Ser...
David Alan Taylor “D.T.”, age 67, of Orange, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, August 15, 2023. A memorial service honoring D.T. will be held at 2:00 PM on August 26, 2023 at First Baptist Church West Orange, 608 Dayton St., Orange, Texas, 77630. Following the service, our family welcomes you to join us in the dinning hall where food and beverages will be provided. Help brighten our lives during this time of tremendous grief by sharing some of your happiest memories made wit...
Raymond Walter “PeeWee” Henderson, 76, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 19, 2023, at his home in Orange. A memorial service will be 3:00 p.m., Saturday, August 26 ,2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Visitation will be from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Saturday, August 26 ,2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Born in Nederland, Texas, on March 21, 1947 he was the son of Raymond and Bessie Henderson. PeeWee was the life of the party with a very out...
William Bacon, age 56, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on Wednesday, August 16, 2023, in Beaumont, Texas. Services honoring William will be held at Dorman Funeral Home, at 10:00 AM, Wednesday, August 23, 2023 with internment following at Ida Wilson Cemetery, Pastor Shane Weaver officiating. A visitation for family and friends will be held Tuesday evening, August 22, 2023, at Dorman Funeral Home, from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM. William was born on July 6, 1967 in Port Arthur,...
Paul Adam Caillier, 46, of Orange, passed away on August 10, 2023, in Baytown. Celebration of life will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, August 24,2023, at One City Church in Beaumont, Texas. Born in Nederland, Texas, on January 3, 1977, he was the son of Dudley Paul Caillier and Annie Laura Dixon. Paul was a loving man who adored his wife and loved to travel with her. Their favorite place to visit was San Antonio, especially the Alamo. They also did ministry work in San Antonio as...
As Many of us know, here in in southeast Texas, August is the time we focus on the Gulf. Many of us have experienced hurricanes, floodings, tornados and industrial disasters and we are reminded by our county and city officials to have a plan in these cases. Materials are available online and packets are located at the Orange County Emergency Management at 11475 FM 1442, Orange, TX 77630 and have been distributed throughout the year but remember you may need to modify your plan...
Come one, come all! The Stark Foundation invites the community to a Volunteer Fair for their four cultural venues which includes Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center, The W.H. Stark House, Stark Museum of Art and the Lutcher Theater. The Volunteer Fair will be held on Tuesday, August 29, at 5:30 p.m. at the Lutcher Theater located at 707 Main in Orange, TX. "From gardening to greeting, from hands-on history to hospitality, from ticketing to stage lighting, there is a...
Wayne Lee Gordon, Sr., 76, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 18, 2023, at St. Elizabeth Hospital. Born in Orange, Texas, on September 30, 1946, he was the son of William Earl Gordon and Jimmie Pearl (Thomas) Gordon. Wayne proudly served in the United States Marine Corp and later went to work as a letter carrier for the Post Office for 28 years. He was a member of the VFW Post 2275, as well a member of the American Legion. Wayne enjoyed playing pool with friends, who call...
The district schedule for the Bridge City Lady Cardinals volleyball team starts in less than two weeks. The Lady Cardinals open district action at Silsbee on Tuesday, September 5. Bridge City has been busy before the district begins. The Lady Cardinals played a great Baytown Sterling team on Friday, August 18, dropping a four-set match. The first set went extra time as Sterling pulled out the 29-27 win over the Lady Cardinals. Bridge City won the second set 25-20 before...
Shannon “Bruce” Self, of Orangefield, Texas, passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by family on August 16, 2023. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m., Sunday, August 20, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Paster Harland Strother of Cowboy Church of Orange. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will begin prior to the service at 12:00 p.m., Sunday, August 20, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge Cit...
City of Orange water customers are requested to voluntarily limit the irrigation of landscaped areas to Sundays and Thursdays for customers with a street address ending in an even number (0, 2, 4, 6 or 8), and Saturdays and Wednesdays for water customers with a street address ending in an odd number (1, 3, 5, 7 or 9), and to irrigate landscapes only between the hours of midnight and 10:00 am and 8:00 pm to midnight on designated watering days. This is voluntary and...
