Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Cutlines: Michelle Borel, second from left, and Beverly Haggard of Linebarger, Goggan Blair, present a check for $2,000 to Orange County Disaster Rebuild's Ida Schossow and Michelle Tubberville at Tuesday's meeting of the Orange County Commissioners in downtown Orange. Cutline: Orange County Sheriff's Office Captain Jim Eiselstein speaks to Commissioners Court Tuesday after he was recognized for winning the Jerry Baggs Leadership Award from the Texas Jail Association. Orange C...
Only two of 11 top Orange County taxing entities went up on their tax rates for 2020. Unfortunately, the same won't be said for many tax bills. Because of a 3.7% rise in the values of the county's taxable property in the past year, the tax bill for an average homeowner will increase about $75 when it arrives next month. Roughly about 3 or 4 percent. The City of Orange was the last of the area's four cities, four school districts and three county governments to set its tax...
One's mind can't imagine the marvels of the future or the dangers that lie ahead... Sometimes I yearn for days long past, when the pace was slower, people more compassionate and murder was seldom heard of. No one tried to keep up with the Jones's, because the Jones's didn't have anything either. We were too poor to pay attention to the fact that we were poor. Days came and days went: we didn't complain. We welcomed the new day and got on our knees and gave thanks at day's...
Al Granger says he's got cars in his blood and now he's got more than just Chevrolets in his inventory. Granger, owner of Granger Chevrolet at 2611 MacArthur Drive and Granger RV, recently added the local Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram dealership on I-10 at Martin Luther King, Jr. "We have not had a local Chrysler dealer here since 1989, just absentee owners," Granger said. "It's good for the community to have a local dealer here. "And CDJR, they've got a lot of good products." Bobby...
THE FINANCIAL STATE OF THE NATION Here I sit trying to embark on another column that goes back over 50 years. Sometimes they come easy and other times it's a struggle. Then there are times like this when there is too much I'd like to comment on. COVID-19 marks over 200,000 deaths, approaching seven million cases so it will be around as deaths climbs. I'll have time to write about that later. One thing I haven't seen anything written about, nor have I heard conservatives...
Week 4 Football RESULTS WO-S 70 Newton 0 Woodville 14 LC-M 6 Anahuac 28 Bridge City 21 Orangefield 34 Buna 0 Vidor 28 Bay City 21 Warren 36 Deweyville 18 Livingston 35 Diboll 20 Hamshire-Fannett 34 Splendora 30 East Chambers 50 Lumberton 24 Cushing 44 Evadale 0 Jasper 46 Hardin-Jefferson 20 Pleasant Grove 46 Silsbee 14 Liberty 37 Shepherd 0 Colmesneil 48 High Island 8 Hitchcock 34 Kountze 27 Hull Daisetta 46 West Hardin 0 Kirbyville 61 Grapeland 18 Week 5 (Sept. 25) WO-S at Hamshire-Fannett LC-M at Hou. Kincaid Orangefield...
Orange County football fans saw plenty of action Friday as the 2020 high school football season is finally underway despite set backs from Covid-19 and Hurricane Laura. With the excitement of season openers came both elation and heartache with victories by West Orange-Stark and Orangefield while Bridge City and Little Cypress-Mauriceville chalked up losses. Looking ahead to this week all our local teams will be on the road except Bridger City who will be enjoying a bye week....
The West Orange Stark Girls and Boys Varsity Cross Country competed at the Nederland Bulldogs Cross-Country Meet for the first meet of the year. The team earned medals for young men in the top 20; Myron Griffin 7th, Kaleb Istre 12th, Uriel Galvan 13th, and Aidan Crochet 14th) and one young woman in the top 20 Edid Balderas 19th. The Mustangs Cross Country battled the heat and had a strong performance to begin the year. Our next meet with the Lake Houston Invitational October...
Sunday’s National Football League fans must be wondering which Lone Star State franchises can make the most mistakes in the first half of their respective games. The Houston Texans must decide whether their offense or defense is the weakest while the Dallas Cowboys figure out when an opening period of football was ever worst than in Sunday’s game against the Atlanta Falcons. The Cowboys proved to be the most resilient by never running up the white flag and having confidence th...
WEST ORANGE-STARK over HAMSHIRE-FANNETT—The Mustangs are fresh off a very impressive 70-0 blowout over former state champion Newton and are ready to open District 11-4A-II play at Hamshire-Fannett Friday night. The Longhorns also begin league competition on a winning note, nipping Splendora 34-30 last week. The ‘Stangs might have changed the name of their defense, but it still puts those zeroes on scoreboard under any name. LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE over HOUSTON KIN...
As the days grow shorter and the temperatures becomes slightly more tolerable it is plain to see that fall and hunting season are just around the corner. For local hunters, the first taste of hunting season came in the form of the opening of teal season which was followed shortly by the south zone opener for dove hunters. Wing shooters and waterfowlers aside, the most anticipated event here at home as well as all over the state will be the opening of deer season. On October...
It’s Tuesday morning and you would be hard pressed to find a single Orange County resident that isn’t at least a little concerned as to what Beta will do before moving on.Not after having dealt with Harvey! Only three weeks ago, a client in the Houston area called to see if our home had survived Laura and what he could do to help.I made the same offer to him this morning only to learn that there home was already flooded and they were holding up with their kids in Mon...
AUSTIN - Governor Greg Abbott today issued a Disaster Declaration for 29 Texas counties in response to Tropical Storm Beta, including Orange County. This storm is expected to make landfall this evening but has already caused storm surge and damaging winds, and has the potential to cause widespread flooding, as it continues to approach the Texas Coast. Counties included in this Disaster Declaration include Aransas, Bee, Bexar, Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston,...
Dorothy Theresa Prosperie, 97, of Bridge City and formerly of Port Arthur passed away on Sunday, September 20, 2020, at her residence in Bridge City surrounded by her loving family. Dorothy was born on May 6, 1923, in St. James Parish, Louisiana to Marie Olympe Chauvin Hotard and Sidney Joseph Hotard, Sr. She had lived in Port Arthur for over sixty years and in Bridge City for the past twelve years. Dorothy was a member of St. James Catholic Church in Port Arthur and was a...
Ruth Anne Brant Davis, 78, of Orange, went to be with Jesus on September 16, surrounded by her family. A celebration of her life will be Saturday, September 19, at 3 pm at Community Church in Orange. Visitation will be from 1pm-3pm prior to the service Saturday at Community Church. Born in Boulder, Colorado on October 25, 1941, she was the daughter of George W. and Florence Brant. Ruth graduated from Ocala High School in 1959 and from Mather School of Nursing in 1962, where sh...
Susan O. Sexton, age 93, formerly of Orange, Texas passed away Friday, September 11, 2020 in the comfort of her granddaughter Hope's home in Richmond, TX. Susan was born August 10, 1927 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Alexander and Susanna Olah, immigrants from Budapest, Hungary that came to the United States to escape the beginning of WWI. Susan grew up on the family farm in Hellertown, PA. In 1969 she moved to Portage, IN where she worked in factories...
