Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Chief Deputy Rodeny Harrison was recognized at Commissioners’ Court on Monday, Sept. 27 for his recent graduation from the FBI Academy in Quantico, Va. He was accepted in the the program early last year and was at this academy from July 12 to Sept. 17. Sheriff Keith Merritt explained that since the opening of the FBI National Academy in 1972, more than 37,000 middle and upper-level management personnel serving in law enforcement have graduated from the FBI National Academy. Th...
Happy first birthday Karma Armstrong! We love you bunches! Mom, Dad, Kristin, Kaine, Kaycen, Maw Maw & Paw Paw....
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hussy of Nederland announce the engagement of their daughter, Jessica Lynn Hussy, to Aaron Paul McGuire, son of Mr. and Mrs. Steven McGuire of Orange. Hussy is a 2005 graduate of Nederland High School and graduated from Lamar State College - Port Arthur. She holds an Associates degree as a legal assistant and is now employed by Sheigh E. Summerlin, Attorney at Law. McGuire is a 2003 graduate of Bridge City High School and graduated from Lamar Institute of...
GARRETT, BARBAY AND MOVING ON Two weekends in a row high school football has taken a blow. First the sudden death of 17-year-old Reggie Garrett, Jr. and the untimely death of Newton coach Curtis Barbay, 68, on Saturday, Sept. 25. Never before has the death of a local person drawn so much national attention as the passing of Reggie. So far the cause of death has not been officially determined. The first report didn’t show anything obviously wrong with his heart. As I write this Baylor Medical Center has been asked to do m...
Bridge City High School Cheerleaders Blair Bishop, Jordan Cricchio, Olivia Hubbard, Bria Thibodeaux, and Brooklyn Hogden were chosen to attend a prestigious cheer camp at the University of Hawaii, with their coach Michelle Huff. The CheerHawaii USA Invitational Summer Invitational is a once in a lifetime opportunity for the cheerleaders who are selected to participate. The nomination and selection process is highly detailed. At the beginning of each school year the...
As the morning grew longer it was obvious that the gull activity was just about over. A stiff north wind that cooled the water down to the 80 degree mark had prolonged the bite and we were looking for one more slot red or a few more trout when I shut down within casting distance of a pair of gulls sitting on the water. The more aggressive of my two clients grabbed his rod out of the holder on the side of the center console and raced to the front deck. His cast was not unlike...
It happens every year at this time, they come in huge numbers with that panicked look of “I am way behind schedule” etched all over their faces. They scurry to the shooting table with a rifle that has not seen daylight since last hunting season or a cleaning kit since who knows when? As they line up and start blasting away at the down range targets each one hopes that they can just put together a group that will kill a deer. Invariably these groups are sloppy and unp...
The sport of football went through a very unusual weekend where all Orange area high school teams that were scheduled to play won, the area’s two closest college teams got rocked and three Southeast Texas NFL players had a hand in the final outcome of their respective team’s victories. Bridge City won their homecoming game against Stafford in a big way 36-0 while the other three games were mild surprises, especially the way the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Battlin’ Bears manha...
