Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Local B C churches divided up the schools Sunday and gathered and prayed for students, teachers, and administration. Some gathered in a circle while others walked around the school praying. FBC was assigned the Intermediate School....
Games This Week WEST ORANGE-STARK over NEWTON—The Mustangs are in danger of losing their second straight home game in a decade. They shouldn’t let that happen, but the Newton Eagles come to town boasting state championships, too. This game should be as close as the Nederland game two weeks ago—but with different results. JASPER over LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE—The Battlin’ Bears seem to go from one tough team to another, with no relief in sight. The Bulldogs have looked very impressive so far this season and should only get...
Update 12:50 pm As of 1230 pm Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center has increased the chances for tropical development in the western Gulf of Mexico to a high (70%) chance. A tropical depression is likely to form Thursday and head towards south Texas Friday and Saturday. We are expecting a wet forecast to continue through the end of the week. One to three inches of rain is expected, with locally higher amounts. However, if the system that comes in the Gulf comes closer to our...
Bridge City, Texas, September 11, 2018 – The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that the September Student of the Month for Orangefield High School is Jonathan Armstrong. Jonathan was presented his certificate and gift bag by Bridge City Chamber Ambassador Christy Khoury, Orange County Treasurer, at the September coffee hosted by the Friends of the Bridge City Public Library. He received gift certificates and gifts from: COS Printing, Wellspring Credit U...
BRANDON CURL The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that the September Student of the Month for Bridge City High School is Brandon Curl. Brandon was presented his certificate and gift bag by Ambassador/Board Member Wanda McGraw, Assistant Vice President of Marketing at Sabine Federal Credit Union, at the September Networking Coffee hosted by the Friends of the Bridge City Public Library. He received gift certificates and gifts from: COS Printing,...
I was fishing with Bill Keller earlier this week and we were discussing Hurricane Florence which had drawn a bead on the east coast at that time.“It seems like yesterday that we were going through the same thing with Harvey,” said Keller. “We could never have dreamed that we would flood where we built, but we lost our dream house which we had lived in only two months, both cars and our dogs.That is a helpless feeling when you are in such danger that you can’t even consider your home or pets!” Like too many other folks, Ke...
Each property owner in the city of West Orange will be responsible for their garbage disposal after the City Council approved an ordinance at their regular meeting on Monday night. Mayor Roy McDonald explained the ordinance cleaned up the language of a prior, similar ordinance. He said each property owner will either have one garbage collection for each property or supply one dumpster for dwellings such as apartment complexes. For instance, a duplex will have garbage disposal for each unit rather than one collection for...
Staff Reports For The Record Gulf Coast residents should keep their eyes opened and their fingers crossed in regard to a system that could form in the Gulf of Mexico and move this way. A surface trough over the southeast Gulf of Mexico will shift northwest across the forecast waters, according to information from the National Weather Service in Lake Charles. Low pressure will develop along the trough, with a medium probability of developing into a tropical cyclone over the western gulf waters later this week. The forecast...
LOOKING IKE IN THE EYE Should we go, should we stay, that’s what we debated about leaving as time was rushing away. It was Sept. 12, 2008, and Ike was predicted to make landfall probably around Sabine Pass by morning. The wind speed wasn’t going to be as high as other hurricanes I’d weathered so my family decided to hunker down and ride this storm out. The one thing we hadn’t considered was the storm surge, water, plenty of water. We were in a safe enough home to weather strong winds but about 2 a.m., while everyone else slep...
Photo: Teal season opens up this weekend and everyone including the dogs are ready. Capt. Chuck Uzzle In what has become a highly anticipated yearly ritual, wingshooters from all over Texas will make there way to the fields and marshes as the 2018-2019 waterfowl hunting season officially gets underway. The teal season opener has become a real gathering of sorts, almost a social get together if you will. Hunters eagerly awaiting each new hunting season head to the fields for...
KAZ’S KORNER Week One is in the books to the dismay of Orange Area National Football League fans as the Dallas Cowboys, Houston Texans, New Orleans Saints and Seattle Seahawks each eliminated themselves from the pressure of having an undefeated 2018 season. Perhaps all four franchises had a common element that got them started on the wrong foot Sunday—costly mistakes that led to easy opponents’ points. The Cowboys couldn’t overcome Carolina’s goal to “sack Dak” and were successful six times. It was quite apparent that...
David Ball For The Record Hard to believe it's already been ten years that Southeast Texans were waiting on Hurricane Ike to make landfall on Sept. 13, 2008. Bridge City bore the brunt of the storm with the storm surge that led to flooding of all but a handful of houses. There was misery, devastation, bad smells, heat and debris. Kirk Roccaforte, currently a Bridge City Councilman was then mayor of the city. He remembers that time well. He said 10 years ago, he and city staff...
David Ball For The Record Election Day will be here before you know it. Tina Barrow, elections administrator for Orange County, wants to reminds residents who want to vote in the November 6, 2018 General Election, or early vote, can do so by stopping by the Orange County Elections Office at 206 Border Street, Orange, TX. 77630, during the hours from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday through Friday to fill out an application to register to vote and bring back to the office or mail it...
Jessica Hill, director of Orange County's Economic Development Corporation, made her case before county commissioners Tuesday to restore budget funds that were on the chopping block. RECORD Photo: Dave Rogers Dave Rogers For The Record Like every other politician running for office in Orange County, Dean Crooks said during his spring campaign the county needs more economic development. But it turns out that Crooks, now County Judge, is no fan of the current Orange County Econo...
Dave Rogers For The Record The City of Orange held tax rate and budget hearings, doled out its hotel occupancy tax funds and agreed on a new disaster pay policy. At Tuesday’s city council meeting, Orange’s elected leadership also gave tentative approval to an ordinance allowing ice cream trucks and acknowledged it will soon by saying so long to Shawn Oubre, city manager for the past 13 years. Oubre was hired Friday to take the same position in Woodway, Texas, a Waco suburb of...
Photo: The 11th annual “Showdown on the Sabine” tunnel boat races will be held Friday afternoon and all day Saturday and Sunday Sept. 14-16 at the City of Orange Boat Ramp. Dave Rogers For The News The Orange Convention and Visitors Bureau will be hosting the 11th annual “Showdown on the Sabine” SPORT Tunnel Boat Races. The event at the City of Orange Boat Ramp Friday through Sunday, Sept. 14-16, is free to the public. This Southern Professional Outboard Racing Tour (SPORT)...
