Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Two of Lamar State College Orange's Fishing Club anglers have earned spots in the FLW National Championship. Brett Fregia and Jack Tindel placed 11th in the FLW Tournament on the Ouachita River on Friday, October 2, ranking them high enough to participate in the National Championship next March. Fregia and Tindel's winning weigh-in was 9-7. Two other LSCO anglers, Trent Buchholz and Grady Doucet, already qualified for the FLW National Championship. They also fished on the...
President Donald Trump undoubtedly was suffering some effects of early-stage COVID-19 when he said it last Tuesday. And it has certainly gotten lost in the weekend hubbub caused by his Friday announcement that he had the disease that he's often downplayed while it killed more than 200,000 Americans. But his call during his televised debate with Joe Biden for "my supporters to go into the polls and watch very carefully" to make sure ballots aren't "manipulated" in the Nov. 3...
Orange County's first and for-a-long-while only mother and daughter team of county commissioners have a date Sunday, Oct. 11. Former Precinct 2 Commissioner Marcelle Adams and her daughter, current Precinct 2 Commissioner Theresa Beauchamp are going out to dinner in Houston to celebrate Adams' 97th birthday. "My grandson, Brad Beauchamp, is cooking my birthday dinner," bragged the woman who twice beat three opponents in elections and served Orange County from 1987-94 as its...
The Bridge City Hall council chambers were full again Tuesday night – at least as full as they could be with the seats spread far apart for social distancing. Not only did COVID-19 forced the monthly city council meetings to move to telephones, but there was a little thing called Hurricane Laura at the end of August. October's meeting featured lots of thank-yous from Mayor David Rutledge and the city to the folks who helped the city get days without electricity and for some t...
IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY It's just outrageous what is happening to our country. What started with just one case of coronavirus has led to a recession and a sick nation. Life at every turn is a far cry from what we enjoyed as normal. We are four percent of the world's population and yet because of ill prepared leadership we own 20 percent of all COVID-19 cases and world deaths despite many deaths in the United States being undercounted. In Texas, a Houston Chronicle...
First Baptist Church of Bridge City members and other volunteers, including some high school football players, formed a human chain Wednesday afternoon to unload an 18-wheeler from New Mexico and set up the church's Pumpkin Patch on West Roundbunch Road. Pastor Keith Royal says the pumpkin sale, which benefits the church's water-well drilling mission work, is open from 10 a.m. to dark on weekdays, from 9 a.m to dark Saturdays and from noon to dark on Sundays while supplies...
Bridge City Citizens, we need to keep our Community involved! Some of the best ideas and solutions actually come from our citizens. Our City Council needs to hear from you, our citizens, the good news, the bad news, and even the ugly news. Just remember that you fund it and it is owned by you, our hard-working, tax-paying citizens of Bridge City! My name is Kenneth Prosperie. I am retired from Gulf Oil/Chevron after 29 years of service. My wonderful wife, of 38 years, and I...
The Bridge City Cardinals picked up their first win of the season, Little Cypress-Mauriceville is still looking for its first victory, and West Orange-Stark just keeps on winning as the most recent week of high school football play is in the books. The Cardinals, now 1-1 overall, is undefeated in District 11-4A, Division II play after topping Hamshire-Fannett 27-20 in Bridge City. The Bears, now 0-3, fell to Jasper 35-0 but the Mustangs moved to 2-0 with a 47-7 win over...
WEEK 6 RESULTS WOS 47 Hardin Jefferson 7 BC 27 Hamshire-Fannett 20 Jasper 35, LC-M 0 Deweyville 50 Legacy 6 Silsbee 14 Liberty 7 Buna 38 Tarkington 31 PA Memorial 27 Barbers Hill 23 PN-G 40 Bmt United 37 Lufkin 31 Nederland 28 Newton 62 Anderson-Shiro 0 Woodville 34 Kirbyville 14 Splendora 52 Shepherd 0 Hemphill 34 Kountze 0 Montgomery 36 Dayton 14 Anahuac 24 Hardin 14 Overton 35 West Sabine 29 Tomball Mem. 66 West Brook 63 Huffman Hargrave 42 La Marque 0 Week 7 (Oct. 9) WO-S at Silsbee Huffman at LC-M Bridge City at Hardin-J...
Games This Week WEST ORANGE-STARK over SILSBEE—This could very well determine the District 11-4A-II champion. Both teams are loaded with talent, great defenses and stellar quarterbacks. Silsbee has the home-field advantage, but will probably need more than that Friday night. HUFFMAN over LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE—The Battlin’ Bears have had a difficult time putting points on the scoreboard and will have to in order to keep up with these explosive Falcons. But it’s a brand-n...
Kaz's Korner I have to apologize to the area’s Houston Astros fans for portraying them as a feeble team in their Wild Card Playoffs against the AL Central Division champion Minnesota Twins last week. I watched a Minnesota team that was feebler than the Astros ever were accused of being. But I really think the Astros merely remembered how well they have played in previous post-season years. I gained a lot more respect for Manager Dusty Baker by the impressive way he used the As...
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 ever hope for with cool temperatures, little to no humidity, and light winds that made it really 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...
Lauren Frederick's 6th Grade Math students are enjoying working in their outdoor classroom. Mrs. Frederick wrote a proposal to Donor's Choose to provide seating for the outdoor classroom and Donor's Choose fully funded the project. All students at Orangefield Junior High will be able to enjoy the outdoor classroom....
What a difference a week can make. “Last Monday I was hoping I could catch a few decent bass in the bayou or maybe a redfish or two in Coffee Ground Cove,” said Jarrod James, “and now its hard to choose between Sabine Lake and Toledo Bend!” He and his wife, Carley, decided on Toledo Bend and caught fifty white perch and a pile of two to five pound bass in two days.They apparently made the right decision. Jason said they caught white perch as quickly as they could lower a black...
October 9 is the Homecoming game for Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School and the Battlin' Bears will take on Huffman. The number of tickets available is still limited. For details on obtaining tickets for this and other games, go to https://s3.amazonaws.com/scschoolfiles/488/2020_home_football_game_ticket_plan_media_release.pdf Photos of the Homecoming Court include: Seniors, back row from left, Traevin Nelms, Jesse Doucette, Cameron Smith, Oscar Dorantes, Colton Smith,...
The art club and art students from St. Mary Catholic School have been working on a special project for Texas Total Care Home Health & Hospice (TTC). TTC provides home health, palliative care to patients in homes or facilities, as well as community outreach. The art students created and matted artwork for over 100 patients. Student's hope this will comfort the patients to know someone is thinking about them during these trying times, especially when only a few visitors are...
Members of the Orangefield High School Homecoming Court are: Back Row: Football Beau Tyler Washington, Football Sweetheart Bailee South, Freshman Finley Green, Sophomore Jalynn Alfaro, Junior Ashleigh Greenwood, Band Sweetheart Kathryn Scott, and Band Beau Bode Fountain Front Row: Seniors Hadley Psencik, Codie Sorge, Ryden Stanfield, and Bella Morgan...
