Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Sheriff’s Chaplain Mike Eaves opened Tuesday’s Commissioners Court meeting with a prayer thanking God for the easing of the COVID-19 pandemic. He’s not alone. Six weeks ago, new outbreaks of the coronavirus were popping up at alarming rates. And especially in school children. According to reports for Orange County, the number of “new” cases of COVID-19 in patients aged 5 to 18 went from 34 in the week ended Aug. 10 to 291 in the week ended Aug. 31. Bridge City High School had...
Nearly a half-million dollars in hotel-motel occupancy tax was in the process of being distributed to local non-profits Tuesday. Orange County designated $263,000 for 19 different upcoming events or destinations Tuesday afternoon while the City of Orange was looking to spend $185,000 on a dozen good causes. Orange County collects a 2 percent tax on overnight hotel and motel stays, while the City of Orange collects a 7 percent tax. From those funds, the county and city are...
A couple of parents pleaded for Orangefield's school district "to change with the times" Monday night. Ashley Petty and Scott Rollins want their sons allowed to wear earrings to classes, they said in the public forum portion of the October school board meeting. Currently, the school dress code for Orangefield Independent School District says earrings are prohibited for male students. "My 10-year-old little boy has his ears pierced," Petty told the board members. But the...
Mark White was the governor who succeeded Bill Clements' first term in office. White was a member of a prominent Houston law firm. On his first political venture he defeated Price Daniel, Jr. for attorney general. This was a surprise to everyone. It was believed Price Daniel, Jr. was shoo-in to be elected following in the footsteps of his father, Governor Price Daniel. White went on to defeat Bill Clements in a close race for governor, running primarily on promises to enhance...
IS THIS THE YEAR OF THE ASTROS I’m just going to prop my feet up, sit back and enjoy the games. Every year I look forward to the World Series but it’s even sweeter when the Houston Astros are in it. Tuesday evening the Astros and Atlanta Braves held the first game of the series. I’ve enjoyed watching the playoffs and glad that Atlanta won for the National League. I believe Houston has a better chance than they would have against the LA Dodgers. I believe they are probably the...
Week 9 Results WO-S 73 Liberty 7 Orangefield 23 Bridge City 14 LC-M 33 Lumberton 31 Vidor 40 Livingston 7 Evadale 26 Deweyville 22 PA Memorial 51 Baytown Lee 20 United 33 La Porte 7 Summer Creek 51 West Brook 33 Barbers Hill 66 Nederland 28 Crosby 69 PN-G 28 Hull-Daisetta 38 Burkeville 8 Colmesneil 40 West Sabine 28 Hemphill 34 Warren 7 Hargrave 41 Splendora 7 Jasper 28 Shepherd 0 Silsbee 36 Hamshire-Fannett 35 Texas City 35 Dayton 7 East Chambers 34 Kirbyville 17 Woodville...
One of perhaps the most anticipated hunting days of the year is upon us; Saturday morning starts off the annual youth hunting weekend in Texas. Young hunters and adults alike look forward to this very special weekend for a variety of reasons. For many young hunters this is their opportunity to take center stage and reap the benefits of all the practice and preparation they have been through during the off season. The trips to the range, the work at the hunting lease, or...
The Legislature adjourned Sine Die for hopefully the last time this year after completing our third special session. While we accomplished many great things for the state over the past ten months, I’m glad to be back in East Texas. Here are five things happening around your state: 1. Redistricting maps finalized, sent to the Governor The Legislature has finished the third called special session of the year and completed the challenging redistricting process. The state grew substantially over the past decade which forced t...
Mary Ann Cruse, 88, passed away peacefully at home in Bridge City, Texas, on October 22, 2021. She was born on July 24, 1933, to Collis Melvin Williamson and Gladys Ola Dimsky Williamson. Mary Ann began studying piano at an early age and developed a lifelong love for the piano and sacred music, which she expressed faithfully for over sixty years by serving as Church Pianist, particularly at First Baptist Church of Bridge City, where she was a member since 1958. She is...
On Tuesday, October 26, 2021 the Bridge City Chamber of Commerce held a Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for MKC Solutions and Easy Oil to celebrate their business being here in Bridge City and welcome them as Chamber members. Business Owner Kelsea Carrion cut the ribbon to officially start the celebration. MKC Solutions offers residential and commercial heating, ventilation, and air conditioning to all of Southeast Texas. Give us a call for maintenance to keep your system in top perfo...
Bees of the Big Thicket captured the attention of Dr. Daniel Bennett of Stephen F. Austin State University and Dr. John Pascarella of Sam Houston State University. Beginning in 2017, Bennett coordinated research culminating in the documentation of 130 species of bees. Bennett and SFA graduate student, Archie Sauls, collected and compared species diversity in various habitats of the Big Thicket National Preserve. Bees were sorted, pinned, and labeled with the assistance of...
Over the last forty years, the rich have gotten richer, the poor have gotten poorer, and the acclaimed American middle class has shrunk in size. Incomes for the lower ninety percent of the population have either remained flat or have fallen while the wealth of the top one percent, has grown to almost fifty percent of the nation's total income. And of that figure, four hundred families own almost half of the top one percent. That is just wrong. The rest of the people of upper income brackets have managed to stay relatively...
Orangefield Superintendent Shaun McAlpin, right, presented his school district's Bravo Awards to school nurses during Monday night's board meeting for their hard work the past year during the coronavirus pandemic. Nurses, from left, are Ozhny Scogin, Connie Dorman, Sandy Frye and Lauren Hollier....
Two weeks remain in district play for our local football teams, and there is still plenty on the line for each team as all six could potentially make the post season. However, each team needs to take care of business this week before looking ahead. The No. 4 state-ranked West Orange-Stark Mustangs (7-1, 5-0) pummeled district rivals the Liberty Panthers this past Friday 73-7 and the score probably could have been much worse. Mustangs running back Elijah Gales set the all-time...
Games This Week LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE over LIVINGSTON—The Battlin’ Bears looked really good when they had to Friday night at Lumberton, edging past the Raiders 33-31 and taking sole command of second place behind undefeated Vidor in District 10-4A-II. The visiting Lions are only a game behind the Bears and should treat this game Friday night as their “Super Bowl”. BRIDGE CITY over LIBERTY—The Cardinals battled Orangefield all the way down to the final gun before lo...
I was walking out the gate at the end of a recent junior varsity game when a young man called out my name. He was already asking a question as he approached which was of no use since I now strain just to hear a train whistle. “I would like to ask you something,” he said in a much louder and clearer voice. “I have these two soft plastic tails that are my favorites, but the trout aren’t biting them. Are they the wrong size or wrong color or what?” I don’t know how many high school youngsters are walking around with plastic tro...
This year’s Life Chain will be Sunday, October 31, 2:30pm – 3:30pm. Ecumenical participation has always been critical in assuring a good turnout of caring pro-life Christian people. Encourage your congregation to stand for life at First Baptist Church-Bridge City. Texas is closer than ever in shutting down abortion in our state. The Texas Heartbeat Act needs public support and prayer....
The next meeting of the Friends of the Orange Depot will be held on Thursday, November 4, 5:30PM at the Depot at 1210 Green Avenue. Refreshments will be served beforehand to celebrate the success of Depot Day 2021! All interested volunteers are welcome to attend, to help us with upcoming events such as Christmas at the Depot on Sunday, December 7. On the agenda is an election of officers so all board members are encouraged to attend so we will have a quorum. For information, call 409-330-1576 or click www....
Clarence Alton Droddy, age 83, passed away October 21, 2021, near Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Clarence was born in Call, Texas on January 8th, 1938, to parents Lexie Droddy and Vivian (Smith) Droddy. Clarence loved Texas and spent much of his life in and around Orange County. He graduated from Buna High School in 1955 and, in 1956, married the love of his life, Barbara Strahan, with whom he shared over 62 happy years of marriage. He served in the United States Air Force before...
