Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Creating a perfect outdoor oasis — the first step toward a summer filled with carefree entertaining — requires careful planning for the entire space. While the arrival of spring is the perfect time to start thinking about landscape elements, don’t overlook the finer details, such as the furniture and accessories, that truly bring an outdoor space to life. Whether you’re looking to create a family-friendly space for entertaining, a serene poolside retreat or a secret garden...
Officers from the Orange County Sheriff's Office responded to the following calls between March 18 and March 24: March 18: Death investigation, 5169 Old Hwy. 87, Orange Criminal mischieft, 3575 E. Railroad St., Vidor March 19: Suspicious Circumstances, 2840 N. Main St., Vidor March 20: Juvenile problem, 2090 Carla St., Vidor Theft, Tulane R. (East of Hwy. 62), Orange Unauthorized use of motor vehicle, 1575 Cheyenne Dr., Vidor Burglary of habitation, 798 Idylwood, Bridge City Medical, 1325 Ricky St., Vidor Traffic/driver's...
I ducked under an abandoned vendor tent to dig out my cell phone and check on the time.It was 1:45 and the ankle deep water covering most of the park was rushing into the streets on its way into a muddy and steadily rising Sabine River. Police officers and local volunteers sloshed their way through the driving rain helping hard core spectators navigate the flooded streets and avoid ever widening mud holes in the parking lot. In a word, the Saturday edition of the prestigious B...
Jeff Fults Sports Commentary For The Record As the weather has heated-up, so has our area’s Dist. 24-4A baseball and softball action lighting up diamonds all over Orange County. Coach Dena Adkins’ Little Cypress-Mauriceville Lady Bears played three games in three days leaving the Bears with a district record of 3-1 at weeks end. The lone-loss came last Thursday at the hands of the Bridge City Lady Cardinals (3-0), with a solid pitching performance by Kellyn Cormier, mak...
Chris Lane, a professional angler from Alabama, may soon change his tune to Sweet Home Orange, Texas after winning the 2015 Bassmaster Elite Series on March 22. “OHH Baby,” were Lane’s first words after winning the competition. Lane started Sunday not far from the launch point because he had caught two fish there the previous day. The event was held March 19-22 at the City of Orange Boat Ramp with a variety of other activities in addition to the fishing in spite of a rain-...
St. Mary Catholic School 7th and 8th grade leadership classes visited the Angela House in Houston, to deliver the items that were collected for the 100th Day of Service Celebration the Student Council sponsored. The Angela House is a house where women who have left prison are able to live and work their way back into society in a loving, spiritual environment. Items collected were; paper towels, toilet paper, deodorant, note pads, stamps, money, tooth brushes and tooth paste,...
St. Mary Catholic School recently prepared for a St. Joseph Altar. The St. Joseph Altar or St. Joseph Table is an old tradition from Sicily. St. Mary Catholic School displayed the artistic quality of the breads, cookies and pastries, which are baked in such shapes as chalices, staffs and pyramids, often rivals the exquisite flavor of the food offerings. Father Joseph Daleo from St. Mary Catholic Church provided the blessings of the altar for this event. Pictured: Father...
Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls between March 23 and the morning of March 24: Traffic accident, 2200 Simmons Dr. Burglary, 2201 Link Ave. Traffic accident, 1000 Cherry Ave. Robbery, 4710 Meeks Dr. Weapons offense/evading detention, 802 1st St. Possession of marijuana, 2300 block Alden Terroristic threat, 300 block Azalea Traffic accident, 1521 37th St. Warrant service, 1st and S. Farragut Public intoxication, 7112 IH-10 Driving while license invalid, 1820 24th St...
Lynda Gunstream has been the face of the Orange County Tax Assessor/Collector's office for two decades, but now she says it's time for her to end her term. “I'm definitely not running again (in the November 2016 General Election),” she said. “I've been in here for 34 years and this is my 19th year as tax assessor/collector. It's time for me to move on to a new chapter. There are other things in life.” She said one particular thing she's proud of accomplishing during her ten...
I can’t tell you how many times I have seen this happen, Joe Angler reads the fishing report in the paper or hears about one at a local tackle shop and decides he better get down there because the fish are literally “ jumping in the boat, or so the story goes. Well Joe Angler gathers up all his gear the next morning and at sunrise he is at “the spot”, only problem is he is not alone, not by a long shot. Joe Angler now has dozens of boats all in the same small area all expecting to do a number on the fish; they are all sad...
With thousands of people attending the 2015 Bassmaster Elite series tournament in Orange, it would make sense that some of them would need a place to eat, or sleep, or shop. Many Orange County businesses contacted reported an upturn in traffic last week, even if they didn't have specific numbers. For instance, Bruce Self, owner of Burger Town in Orangefield, said he already noticed a slight increase in traffic on Thursday. He added, though, the foot traffic always depended on...
One Bridge City dentist's generous donation will save the city some time and money. Dr. Mark Messer donated some land at Lake Street and Texas Avenue to build a new Bridge City Police station, according to City Manager Jerry Jones. The lot is behind the RaceTrac filling station. Jones said Messer approached him nearly three weeks ago about donating the land, free of charge. The city is in the process of surveying and transferring the deed. “He wanted to do something for the c...
Lady Bobcat Gabby Kespelher has committed to continue her education and softball career at Faulkner State Community College. She will join teammates Ashton Gautreaux and Kylie Bradley. Gabby is the daughter of Rebecca Kespelher of Orangefield, and George Kespelher of Shreveport, Louisiana. She has the unconditional support of her brother Brennan Kespelher and uncle and aunt Matt and Jami Vincent of Orangefield. Her signing will be Friday, April 10, at 3:15 pm in the new gym lobby....
Each week The Record Newspapers features a pet, or pets of the week for adoption through local shelters and rescue organizations. This week’s pets are again rescues from Pups in Peril. Beau is the newest Pups In Peril pup. Beau is a 2 year old mix between a Dachshund and Lab. He is neutered, up to date on his vaccines and HW negative. Contact us at [email protected]@gmail.com for a adoption application. Miss Zoey is a little shy. Zoey and alll her siblings w...
Tent Allen Coats, 26, of Bridge City, died Saturday, March 21. Born in Galveston May 18, 1988, he was a life-long resident of Bridge City who loved fishing, camping, building cars, and searching for bargains at any flea market he could find on his many road trips. Allen was survived by his parents, Derek and Angela Coats of Bridge City; brother, Thomas Wilcox of Bridge City; sister, Destiny Coats of Bridge City; nephews, Braylen Lance Wilcox and Carson Ryan Fredieu; niece,...
DESPITE WEATHER BASSMASTERS A SUCCESS Despite five to seven inches of rain falling on Orange over the weekend, over 30,000 braved the weather. Had it not been for the bad weather officials predict those attending the Bassmasters festivities would have gone well over 40,000. Some great events had to be canceled. Art in the Park and its 130 booths remained closed and the Tracy Byrd concert was also canceled. The media and community had really backed this year’s Bassmasters Elite Series. I don’t believe this publication had eve...
The Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission (THGC) hopes to educate citizens about the circumstances that led to the Bosnian Genocide through the 34-panel, Prijedor: Lives from the Bosnian Genocide exhibit. The exhibit opens April 2 at Lamar University’s Mary and John Gray Library and will run through April 30. Genocides begin when intolerant and hateful individuals dehumanize others in a society by putting them into separate and unequal classes and deliberately harming t...
