Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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The West Orange-Stark Mustangs will travel to Liberty to take on the Liberty Panthers in Liberty, Friday, Sept. 9, at 7:30 pm. All tickets must be purchased at the game. Directions to Panther Stadium, 1629 Grand Ave, Liberty. •Follow IH-10 W to Beaumont •Take exit 851 toward US-90/Liberty •Merge onto IH-10 access road & Turn right onto US-90W/College St. •Follow US-90W for about 40 miles into Liberty •Turn right onto Main St. •Turn left onto Grand Ave....
Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls between Oct. 5: Traffic accident, 3736 16th St. Stolen vehicle, 1604 Cherry Ave. Animal attack, 1009 Texas St. Purse snatching, 1010 S. Hwy. 87 Warrant service, 3614 Kenwood St. Theft, 3632 Bowling Ln. Larceny from yard/land, 811 W. Hart Ave. Warrant service, 111 Pine Ave. Weapons offense, 111 Pine Ave. Larceny from vehicle, 923 Bancroft St. Public intoxication, 1600 16th St....
The statistics are heartbreaking. According to the Texas Council on Family Violence, 74 percent of all Texans have either experienced family violence personally or have a family member or friend who has. More than 100 Texas women die in domestic violence incidents each year. And each year in Texas, more than 23,000 adults and children seek shelter from the violence in their own homes. In the Southeast Texas region comprised of Jefferson, Hardin, Orange, Tyler, Newton and...
Monday, Oct. 5, Orange Police were dispatched to 111 Pine Ave., in reference to a man with a gun. Upon arrival, officers met with several citizens who advised that the man, a Hispanic male, identified as John Farias, of Orange, was pointing a firearm at them and threatening to "shoot up their houses." Officers were told the man was sitting in a truck parked between apartment buildings. The man was discovered sitting in the truck with the lights out. As police approached the truck, theman turned the vehicle around and began...
The West Orange – Stark Middle School beach clean-up volunteers were Ashley Frazier, Halle Brown, Angel Ibarra, Kaleb Istre, Alexandria Gamble, Ashlyn Newman, Kaylyn Newman, Angie Vindel, Patricia Lefleur, Aubree Lanham, Taleisha Washington, and Willy Reynolds. They are sponsored by Jennifer Watson (Student Council) and Marion Keys (National Jr. Honor Society). West Orange - Stark Middle School students volunteered in the 29th Annual Adopt-a-Beach fall clean-up recently. M...
The Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the T2 Arena. Built in 2014, this 43,200 sq. ft arena is loaded with opportunities. The entire building has state of the art lighting, fans along with a cool breeze to keep you comfortable in the summer months and an infrared heating system to keep you toasty in the winter months. Designed with generous grounds for rodeos, concerts, conventions and sporting events. This same arena is easily...
The Celebration of Life for Mr. Larry H. White, 64, of Orange, will be Thursday, Oct 8, at 11:00 a.m. at St. Therese Catholic Church during a Mass of Christian burial. Rites of Christian burial will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery under the direction of Sparrow Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at the church. A Rosary will be prayed at 10:00 a.m. He died Sept. 29. An Orange native, he was retired from Honeywell, Inc. as an operator. He is s...
October 4-10 was proclaimed as "National 4-H Week" in Orange County by the Orange County Commissioners Court on Tuesday afternoon. From left, bottom row, Christina Ritter, county extension agent; Sierra, Travis, Austin, Melanie, Abagail, and Ashlee Krebs, county extension agent. RECORD PHOTO: David Ball David Ball - For The Record In a surprise move, it was announced by County Judge Brint Carlton that Minnie Hightower, Human Resources director for Orange County, was leaving...
Dickie Colburn - For The Record “Go figure,” said Jamie Diggs as he finished the last of his coffee while staring at the black water in the bayou lapping against the top of the dock.“We have had a solid week of north winds strong enough to keep us out of the open lake along with a good outgoing tide and this water still hasn’t dropped an inch!” His pre-dawn assessment was right on the money and it has not made figuring out the big trout any easier in spite of the user-friendly conditions.Unlike the water soaked spring an...
8 MLB Season Ends Favorably For Astros Joe Kazmar - For The Record What began as the same old pipe dream their fans have every February, to a beam of hope after a surprising 18-7 start in April, turned into a legitimate possibility when they occupied first place during most of the summer and ended in reality Sunday during the eighth inning of the 162nd and final game of the regular 2015 major league baseball season. What we are babbling about is the Houston Astros, who...
The Chain Gang defense held Newton to 200 yards, most of those coming in the second half. RECORD PHOTO: Meri Elen Jacobs Meri Elen Jacobs - For The record Dairy Queen Game of the Week in Texas-West Orange-Stark v. Newton Channel 12’s Game of the Week in Southeast Texas-West Orange-Stark v. Newton That’s what happens when the top two teams with the most winningest record in the area face off against each other. West Orange-Stark-48 Newton-6 And that’s what happens when WO-S...
Captain Chuck Uzzle - For The Record All along the Texas gulf coast the pattern is the same, cool fronts signal the much anticipated frenzy that is fall fishing. Anglers of every description ready themselves with the latest technology and gear in hopes of finding flocks of gulls working over schools of hungry speckled trout and redfish. Shiny fiberglass cruisers masquerading as bay boats are stocked up with an array of tackle that would make most anglers drool with envy. It is the same scenario in each bay system any and...
Officers from the Orange County Sheriff's Office responded to the following calls between Sept. 29-Oct. 6: Sept. 29: Death investigation, 4630 Monroe St., Vidor Theft, 9399 FM 105, Orange Theft, 380 Waddell St., Vidor Sexual assault, 1455 Mohawk, Vidor Burglary of building, 2345 N. Tram Rd., Vidor Assault/criminal mischief, 3574 Lawn Oak Dr., Orange Sept. 30: Assault, 10058 FM 105/Orangefield High School, Orange Assault, Cherokee St./1400 block Houseman Rd., Vidor Disturbance/possession, delivery paraphernalia, 1435 Aery...
The WO-S High School Homecoming Parade is scheduled for Monday, Oct.12 at 6:30 p.m. Organizations interested in participating in the parade should contact Meri Elen Jacobs at the High School at [email protected]@woccisd.net or at 882-5570. The homecoming court and other organizations and/or groups will line up at Calvary Baptist Church parking lot at 5:45 p.m. on the street between the water tower and park. The parade will travel the same parade route, west on Western to Newton, left on Newton to the high school. The...
David Ball - For The Record The Bridge City City Council probably came away with a better understanding of where the Bridge City Public Library is with their projects. Mary Montgomery, library director, gave statistics, some ongoing events, and a construction update at the regular meeting of the city council on the evening of October 6. Montgomery said for 2015, there have been 697 new members, 3,800 active members, 22,599 patrons and volunteers worked 409.5 hours. The system keeps members for three years before they are...
The old Joe Bailey's Fish Camp on the banks of Cow Bayou near the swing bridge in Bridge City and a possible site for the Bridge City Waterfront Park and Museum. The Bridge City Waterfront Park and Museum was added to the wish list after the RESTORE meeting was held on September 15 at Lamar University. The meeting dealt with different governmental entities making project proposals as a result of the BP/Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the settlement that resulted. David Ball -...
Murder victim's mom wants to keep her promise October 15th will mark 30 years since 26-year-old Thomas "Tommy" Bates was murdered. His mother, Mary Bates, 89, refuses to let it go and still wants to see justice served. One of the reasons she wants to see justice served is because of a promise she made to her son as he lay in his coffin at the funeral home. "I told him I promised to see justice served," Mary Bates said. According to reports, at 10:02 p.m. patrol units were...
