Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Orange County will get a new representative in Congress, barring a huge shift in a redistricting plan put forth by a committee of Texas lawmakers. Under the plan, which still must be passed by the full Texas Legislature and signed by the governor, U.S. Rep. Randy Weber’s 14th District would include Orange County instead of the county being a part of Texas House District 36, represented by U.S. Rep. Brian Babin. Since 1842, Congress requires every state to draw single member d...
Little Cypress-Mauriceville's football team is sitting pretty as it enters District 10-4A Division I play this week. After slogging past Jasper 13-0 last week, Coach Eric Peevey has his first Battlin' Bears squad off to a 4-1 start. That's three wins more than LC-M garnered last year in a season affected by storms and the coronavirus pandemic. "The thing about sports is you can have an incredible preseason, but it can go down fast," Peevey said. "[Undefeated district foes]...
Gloria Marcelle Adams has had "a good life," though the last few weeks have not been what she planned. Since around Labor Day she has been in a rehab facility after a fall broke her hip. She fell in the garage, but luckily, she was discovered by her daughter she lovingly calls "Teesey," after only 30 minutes. "I'll be home for my birthday," she said excitedly. She turns 98 next week on Monday. Adams was born Oct. 11, 1923, at home in the East Texas Piney Woods. She later...
John Connally was succeeded as governor by Preston Smith who served from 1969-1973. Smith had been lieutenant governor from 1963-1969. Smith was from Lubbock, Texas and while serving both as lieutenant governor and governor had a reputation for being very friendly to the business lobby in Austin. Smith was more of a caretaker governor than any other. Generally, he did not try to influence or meddle with what was going on legislatively. And, was well liked by the great...
TIME FOR ABBOTT TO 'MAN UP' TO TRUMP The Texas audit saga of four counties continues. A measly review of four counties, in a state that has 254 counties, is not enough for Trump. He kept pushing Abbott to add audit legislation to the special session agenda. To Abbott's credit he didn't budge on calling for legislation and has not agreed to let an outside firm conduct audits. That made Trump go into a full blown tantrum, suggesting that Abbott is weak and not a patriot, but...
Week 6 Results WO-S 54 Hardin-Jefferson 7 LC-M 13 Jasper 0 Hamshire-Fannett 56 Bridge City 21 Bay Area Christian 32 Deweyville 22 Nederland 31 Santa Fe 0 PN-G 42 Dayton 35 Silsbee 20 Liberty 7 Buna 55 Tarkington 3 Splendora 36 Shepherd 6 Anahuac 49 Hardin 6 West Hardin 34 Burkeville 8 Newton 58 Anderson-Shiro 0 Woodville 7 Kirbyville 0 United 16 Galveston Ball 7 PA Memorial 33 Goose Creek Mem 0 Crosby 53 Barbers Hill 46 New Waverly 35 Warren 0 Kountze 38 Hemphill 36 West Sabine 48 Overton 12 Week 7 (Oct. 8) Silsbee at WO-S...
Another opening weekend for Texas bowhunters has come and gone and the again the weather man is at the front of the conversation. Saturday morning started off as good as you could hope for this time of year with slightly cooler temperatures and light winds that made it almost feel like fall. Most years it seems the first good push of cold air always happens a week before the season opens only to give way to the heat for opening day. This was definitely not the case as it was b...
Some local football teams have already been facing the heat of district battle for a couple of weeks now, while others begin district play this Friday night. Regardless of the situation, all teams have their collective sights set on a victory this Friday and a trip to the playoffs in November. The West Orange-Stark Mustangs (4-1) are doing what they do well and that is use a stubborn, punishing defense to hold opposing offenses in check and an offense determined to put points...
It's always great going into the playoffs on a roll. And that's how the Houston Astros will be tomorrow at Minute Maid Park when they play Game One in the best-of-five American League Divisional Series playoffs against the Chicago White Sox. Home-field advantage was quite a tussle as both teams went into the final week of the regular season battling for that honor, which gives the team with the best won-loss record the privilege of starting the first two playoff games at...
Games This Week WEST ORANGE-STARK over SILSBEE—After getting off to an unusually slow start this season, the Mustangs appear to be on their usual course at this time of the season. But they will be hosting the Silsbee Tigers, a team a few people (idiots) picked to win District 11-4A-II. The Tigers did beat a former state champion three weeks ago, but were upset by Orangefield in the district opener the following week while basking in their glory. HUFFMAN over LITTLE C...
“No excuses for not joining us,” was a rude way to open a phone conversation. “We are driving over Monday or Tuesday and prove to you that the trout bite is better than you have been reporting,” announce David Simon of Pearland. “Johnny caught and released two trout over four pounds somewhere around Garrison’s last Thursday and that was good enough for us to hold our first mini-tournament in over a year,” he stated. I agreed to fish with them and the field grew to a whopping...
This week, the Texas Legislature is meeting to discuss everything from redistricting to electricity and the grid. We’ve only got a few more weeks left in this special session, hopefully we will get everything done! Here are five things happening around your state: 1. Governor’s Broadband Council report released This month the Governor’s Broadband Development Council released their annual report to the Legislature as required by a bill passed in the 86th Legislative Session. Th...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that the September Student of the Month for Bridge City High School is Keelin Finley. Keelin was presented her certificate and gift bag by Bridge City Chamber Ambassador, Elyse Thibodeaux, President of Tiger Rock Martial Arts of Bridge City, at the September coffee hosted by COS Printing. Keelin is the daughter of Heather and James Finley. She is ranked 1 of 196 with a GPA of 4.77. She received gift certificates and...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that the September Student of the Month for Orangefield High School is Zoe Martin. Zoe was presented her certificate and gift bag by Bridge City Chamber Ambassador, Elyse Thibodeaux, President of Tiger Rock Martial Arts of Bridge City, at the September coffee hosted by COS Printing. Zoe is ranked 1 of 138 with a GPA of 4.89. Future Plans Zoe plans to attend Texas A&M University with the intent to pursue a major in...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is delighted to announce that Lanie Crowson, Employee of Leslie’s Place, has been named September Employee of the Month. Lanie was presented her award, sponsored by Energy Country Ford, by Ambassador and Board Member Dave Derosier, Owner of OhainWeb, at the September Networking Coffee hosted by COS Printing. Lanie was nominated by Dave Derosier who said, “I met Lanie Crowson the first time my wife and I went to Leslie’s Place. She is full...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is delighted to announce that Lumpkin Premier Services has been named Business of the Month for September 2021. Gary Lumpkin was presented the award, sponsored by Energy Country Ford, by Ambassador and Board Member Candace Mulhollan, Owner of Re/Max One, at the September Networking Coffee hosted by COS Printing. The Board of Directors has chosen Lumpkin Premier Services as Business of the Month for September 2021. The Board selected Lumpkin...
Sheral Preston Kay, 79, of Bridge City, passed away on September 20, 2021, in Beaumont. Born on November 17, 1941, he was the son of Solomon Kay and Margaret (Scoggins) Kay. Sheral served bravely in the United States Marine Corps. In addition to being a member of the Pipefitters Union Local 195, he owned Kay's Auto Repair. He adored his family more than anything in the world, and would go above and beyond to provide for them. Sheral could often be found telling stories about t...
The Bridge City Middle School 7th and 8th grade red teams traveled to Hamshire Fannett and came away 1-1 on the night. The 7th grade red team lost 26-8. The offense was led by Keagan Trahan and Bryce Breeden. Defensive leaders were Alex Chappell, Breeden, and Joel Williams. The 7th grade team falls to 1-2 on the season and 0-1 in district. The 8th grade red team won 20-16. Mid way through the 3rd quarter they fell behind 16-6, but continued to keep playing hard to keep HF scoreless the rest of the way, allowing the offense...
Hilda Marie Turner Mire, 88, of Bridge City, passed away on October 3, in Port Arthur. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, October 9, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Brian Gibbs. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Friday, October 8, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Born in Milton, Louisiana, on November 16, 1932, Hilda was the daughter of Leonce...
Tuesday night, the Bobcats took the show on the road to Vidor, and the rain stopped just long enough to get in all three games. The B-team had another great showing and came very close to getting their first victory of the season, with the help of several beautiful throws by Seth Smith. In the end, the Cats tied 0-0 with the Pirates. The defense had another shutout, which was led by Cane Ritchey and Kellen Hawthorne who kept the Pirates at bay all evening long. The offense was led by Emmanuel Zepeda, again, rushing for close...
