Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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It may have appeared on Friday night that the Mustangs were getting a slow start, but it was hard for quarterback Jimmy Salter to decide which “weapon” he was going to use first. However, once he chose John Scott to get the scoring started, there was no looking back in the 49-0 romp over the Hardin Jefferson Hawks. “Give Hardin Jefferson credit. They played well and they played hard,” Head Coach Cornel Thompson said. “They had two weeks to prepare for us and we definitel...
The Orange Community Players present The Full Monty, the smash Broadway musical comedy with a lot of heart, at 7:37 p.m. on Oct. 18-20, at 2:37 p.m. on Oct. 21, at 7:37 p.m. on Oct. 25-27, and at 2;37 p.m. on Oct. 28. In this Americanized musical stage version adapted from the 1997 British film of the same name, six unemployed Buffalo steelworkers decide to put on a “Chippendales” style dance show after seeing their wives’ enthusiasm for a recent tour groups production. As they prepare for the show, working through their...
The Orangefield Classroom Teachers’ Association will be hosting a forum for the candidates running for positions on the Orangefield Independent School District School Board. The forum will be held 7 – 8: 30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 15, in the gym of First Baptist Church in Orangefield. This forum will consist of predetermined questions being asked of candidates and will allow the community to become more familiar with the candidates for more informed voting choices. Running for Place 1 is Van H. “Bo” Henley and Jaun Gonzale...
Orange native Brian Cloyd Mouton was recently promoted to the rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy. Brian began his Naval career in 2002. After graduating from Electronic Warfare School in Pensacola, Fla., he became Leading EW Specialist Training Instructor at the Center for Information Dominance-Corry Station, Pensacola. His first ship assignment was the USS Donald Cook. The years that followed Brian completed his degree in Electronics and Instrumentation,...
Facebook is one of the most popular websites to date with nearly 500 million users from all over the world. From its humble beginnings in the dorm room of Harvard University, Facebook is now everywhere. From your personal computer to your smart phone, one is never too far away from social “interactions” found within Facebook (or as a friend of my calls it ‘faceless book’). Facebook connects us to the world around us and we are able to share things from vacation pictures to memorial pages for those who have died. Faceboo...
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 every place you look, yes all those hot...
Raising and showing animals is an educational process that many area students participate in. The Orange County livestock show and auction is one of the venues in which they participate. The annual event is held for members of Orange County 4-H and local FFA members to show animals in a local environment. Marie Kenney, the County extension agent covering 4-H, invited commissioners and the public to the show and auction scheduled Oct. 19-20, this week at commissioners’ c...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce held its monthly networking coffee Tuesday at Geaux Mail located at 1152 Texas Avenue. The Chamber awarded Business of the month to Sabine Federal Credit Union and Employee of the Month to Amber Segura from Total Impressions Salon. Sabine FCU began in 1948 to serve the employees of the DuPont SRW plant in Orange, Texas. Since then, they’ve grown to serve anyone that lives, works, worships, or attends school in Orange, Hardin and Jefferson co...
7/08/94 ~ 9/18/11 You’re still here in our heart and mind. Still making us laugh, because your stories live on. We hold you in thought and we can feel you. We can feel you and this gives us strength and courage. The tears we have cried for you could flood the earth, and we know you have wiped each one away. For you son, we promise you this, we will go on our life and make you proud. We will always hold you in our heart. We promise you we will be missing you everyday until t...
After more than two years since the fatal shooting of James Whitehead by Orange Police Officer Robert Arnold, the family has settled out of court. According to Diana Franken-Whitehead, James Whitehead’s mother, after lawyer’s fees and court costs, the family received $610,000. Whitehead’s 5-year-old HeavenLeigh, received 60 percent of the settlement which will be placed into a trust until she turns 21 years old. The remainder has been split between Whitehead’s mother, his fat...
Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls between Oct. 9, and the morning of Oct. 10: Evading detention, 111 Pine Damaged property, 1703 Link Forgery/Counterfeiting, 2310 Hw. 62 Warrant service, 201 8th St. Traffic hazard, 5300 block Meeks Warrant service, 3rd and Burton Evading detention, Brownwood Warrant service, 8th and Bilbo Public service, 612 W. Cypress Warrant service, 201 8th St. Miscellaneous incidents, 201 8th St. Possession of marijuana, 901 Dupont Miscellaneous incidents, Sunset...
The Texas Book Festival schedule, announced recently and available online at www.texasbookfestival.org, is the largest in the Festival’s 17-year history, with more than 250 authors plus live music, cooking demonstrations, children’s activities, the return of the Lit Crawl Austin event, and more, Oct. 27 and 28 in and around the State Capitol. The Festival is free and open to the public. “The Festival is a place to engage in ideas, and to have a dialogue that both reflects and influences our culture,” says Lidia Agraz, Texas B...
Coming into week seven, the playoff picture gets a little murkier after several of our local area schools posted district wins a week ago. Had some of these same football squads taken those losses, it would have been really difficult to regain traction in time to save their respective post-season hopes. Hoping other teams lose doesn’t count. The Orangefield Bobcats (2-4, 1-1) had a huge district victory 54-28, on the road, against Hamshire-Fannett last Friday. Bobcat nation e...
Vicki Brackens, 50, of Orange, was always very health conscious and usually went for her yearly mammograms and annual exams. But, like most women, she got caught up in everyday life of two children in college and grandchildren when she found a lump on her right breast. Brackins was laying on the couch watching TV in March 2009 when she found the hard lump on the right side of her breast. She usually did her self breast exams in the shower, but when she realized it had been...
Last September, the independent Newsmax surveyed 3,660 doctors nationwide in all 50 states. Their political affiliations were mixed with 35 percent Republican; 24 percent Democrat; 26 percent Independent; 6 percent Libertarian; and 7 percent unaffiliated. This survey showed that if the election were held today, 55 percent would vote for Romney and 36 percent for Obama. The remaining were undecided or claimed to support another candidate. The survey, conducted by Jackson & Coker, a division of Jackson Healthcare, said...
“What a way to end the show! You brought it home,” Howie Mandel told them, going on to declare that they deserved to go to all the way to the finals. Sharon Osbourne agreed, calling the act “spectacular.” Added Howard Stern, “No disappointments here…. That’s a big stage show. That’s a million dollar act, no ifs, ands or buts.” Such went the comments of the America’s Got Talent judges in response to the artistry of a Lightwire Theater performance. Now, area residents have the...
First Baptist is not the name it bore when it was first organized and its history predates the 72 years it celebrated in July. First Baptist Church has been an integral part of Bridge City’s history and has been recognized by the Texas Historical Commission. Sunday the church will unveil a new historical marker. “The designation honors the church as an important and educational part of local history,” said Brenda Woodall, a longtime member of the church and president of the c...
Two area teachers are under investigation for improper relationships between an educator and student. They each could face up to 20 years in prison for the second degree felony. Most recently was a teacher from Community Christian School located at 3400 MLK Drive. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office received a call from the administration personnel at Community Christian School on Oct. 1 concerning an improper relationship between a 30-year-old female teacher and a male high school student. The accused teacher formerly taught...
Bear Boosters are planning to “Pink Out” at this week’s Friday volleyball and football games against Nederland. Little Cypress-Mauriceville Athletic Boosters are turning Texas size Bear Pride into Texas size hope this week by wearing Bear pink instead of Bear green shirts to the games. A portion of the proceeds from the pink out t-shirt sells will be donated to the Julie Roger's Gift of Life Foundation. For details, contact Ellen Reed at [email protected]...
A husband and wife were arrested Tuesday for possession of marijuana when Orange Police Dept. Narcotics Division executed a search warrant at 901 Dupont. Michael David Bellon, 34, and Jennifer Hickey Bellon, 32, were arrested when officers recovered approximately one pound of marijuana, along with a scale and assorted paraphernalia used in distribution. The couple have both bonded out of jail on $5,000 bonds each. The charges are a state jail felony offense...
Arthur Claude “ A.C.” Benson, 41, of Orange, passed away Sunday, Oct. 7, at Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth in Beaumont. A.C. was born on June 23, 1971 in Groves, to his parents, Claude Clinton Benson and Arlene (Young) Benson, he was a lifelong resident of Orange and he worked as a security guard for Ambassador Security Services. A.C. was of the Baptist faith, he enjoyed sports, watching the Cowboys, Astros and the Rockets. A.C. was a big hearted guy who enjoyed spending tim...
