Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Dave Rogers / For The Record Bridge City announced Wednesday that its teachers and students will return to the classroom next week. Both Little Cypress-Mauriceville and West Orange-Cove set dates to start a week after that and Orangefield superintendent Stephen Patterson said his district hopes to return to class in the next 10 days to two weeks. Orange County students have missed most of two weeks because of record flooding caused by Tropical Storm Harvey. WOC, which suffered...
Lamar State College-Orange campus offices will reopen on Wednesday, September 13 and fall semester classes will start on Monday, September 18. In order for the fall semester to finish on schedule in December, five minutes will be added to each class and online hybrid classes will be used to supplement coursework. LSC-O faculty and staff will work with all students and whatever needs they have in order for everyone to have a successful semester. Because of water damage to the Wilson Building, offices and classes there will be...
Betty Marie Pace Peveto, 79, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 31, 2017, in Groves, Texas. Born in Orange, Texas, on June 14, 1938, Betty was the daughter of John Henry Kirby Pace and Esther (LeBlanc) Pace. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Mauriceville and worked as a hairdresser. Betty was an excellent gardener and could grow anything. She was known as the “Glitter Queen”, had an entire room dedicated to crafts, and loved to do “Stampin Up”. She was a wonde...
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid can help low-income Harvey survivors with post-disaster legal issues, such as accessing FEMA disaster aid, insurance questions, landlord-tenant problems, replacing vital documents, and consumer protection problems like price-gouging and contractor scams in the rebuilding process. This toll-free hotline (1-866-757-1570) -- answered in English and Spanish -- can connect people who qualify for assistance with free legal aid providers in their area. Callers should wait for up to three minutes for a...
PHOTO: West Orange-Stark football players take a conditioning run under the watchful eye of coach Cornel Thompson Wednesday as the team held a voluntary workout. While Josh Smalley was sending notice Tuesday his Orangefield football team planned to start voluntary practices in a week, West Orange-Stark coach Cornel Thompson was already on the practice field. Thirty-two players showed up for the Mustangs’ first practice session since Aug. 24, when then-Hurricane Harvey was bearing down on the Gulf Coast. "We're getting r...
In an effort to help our families during their recovery from Hurricane Harvey, Bridge City ISD Food Service Department applied for and was granted a waiver from USDA & Texas Department of Agriculture to allow all students to receive free meals. The meals include one free breakfast and one free lunch daily for each student. The last day for this benefit is Friday, September 29. BCISD is continuing to accept / process 2017 – 2018 meal applications to determine the status of the household for when this waiver ends. On October 2...
Cole Preston Bass and her sister, Melissa McMillion on August 24, 2017 in Orange, Texas. She is survived by her husband, Nicholas “Nick” Bass, daughter, Leah Bass, brothers, Sam Sieber and wife, Christina and Paul Sieber, her sisters, Mary Predo, Christina Cook, Stephanie Buffalo and Betsy Rhodes. She is also survived by her fain-law and mother-in-law, Harold and Terry Bass. She was preceded in death by her parents, Preston and Gay Sieber, sisters, Melissa McMillion and Mar...
Cole Preston Bass, age 7, was born on April 19, 2010 in Orange, Texas and passed away from a tragic automobile accident along with his mother, Gabrielle Ariel Bass and his aunt, Melissa McMillion on August 24, 2017 in Orange, Texas. He is survived by his father, Nicholas “Nick” Bass, sister, Leah Bass and grandparents, Harold and Terry Bass. The funeral service will be held on Saturday, September 9, 2017 beginning at 11:00 A.M. at Family Worship Center, 2300 41st St. Ora...
Callie Kemp Owens was born on September 15, 1948 and passed away on August 27, 2017 at her residence in Bridge City, Texas. She is survived by her husband, Doyle Owens, her daughters, Rhonda Bowles of Austin, Texas and Leah Cummings of Bridge City, Texas; her brothers, Dale Kemp and wife Sherry and Dewey Kemp and wife, Jackie along with two sisters, Clois Thibodeaux of Orange, Texas and Kayla Kemp of Beaumont, Texas. She is also survived by three grandchildren, Mike and Lacey...
Charles Robert (C.R.) Fleming went to be with his Lord and Savior on August 31, 2017, surrounded by his wife and children. C.R. was born on February 8, 1938, in Rodessa, Louisiana. He was the son of Norman Fleming and Ollie Jane Davenport Fleming. He was a member of the first graduating class of Bridge City High School in 1957 where he was an all-district basketball player and was voted Best All Around by his senior class. He retired from Printpack in Orange, Texas in 2002 aft...
Tetanus vaccinations available: Orange County will be holding Tdap tetanus vaccination clinics Friday, Sept. 8 through Tuesday, Sept. 12. The tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis vaccination is being offered for those who have been working in or around the flooded water. You do not need a tetanus vaccination if you have had the vaccine in the past 10 years, but are eligible to receive a booster if it has been five years since your last shot. Locations, dates and times are: First responders only, Vidor City Hall, Vidor - Friday,...
PHOTOS:Customers wait their turn Thursday at the Bridge City Post Office. Below: Orange mail trucks parked in the Little Cypress-Mauriceville football stadium lot Aug. 28, a day and a half before Tropical Storm Harvey caused never-before-seen flooding to Orange County. (Photos by Dave Rogers) Dave Rogers / For The Record USPS trucks have begun delivering mail in the parts of Orange County that are accessible . Post Offices at Bridge City, Orangefield and Vidor have resumed...
