Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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At some point on virtually every fishing trip a client will invariably ask, “How many days a week do you fish?” If that question is asked on the second day of a two day booking, it is usually because everything but the catching part is less fun than it was the day before. Not a whole lot of folks spend eight hours on the water two days in a row and their body parts tend to balk the second day. I would be very comfortable with four days a week, but unfortunately it never wor...
Members of the Orange County Sheriff’s office and the Orange Police Department spent the day Tuesday searching for three suspects from Louisiana who allegedly ditched two stolen vehicles from a Lafayette dealership. Law enforcement began looking around 8 a.m. when the stolen vehicles were discovered at a gas station at the corner of Interstate 10 and Simmons Drive. One suspect was quickly taken into custody while law enforcement began their search in nearby areas. Two of the s...
If one were to scrutinize the starting offensive lineups of the 32 National Football League teams, it would be revealed that more than half of the teams are dependent on young quarterbacks who have been out of college five years or less. In the old school, a drafted quarterback would serve as a bench-warmer for at least five years or longer, studying reams of information from a playbook that resembles a reference encyclopedia. Or he would be the quarterback for the scout team—the one imitating the upcoming opponent-- and r...
The 2013-2014 hunting season has now officially begun and it could not have opened under better conditions. The weatherman cooperated and Texas hunters were greeted to chilly temperatures and plenty from the deer blind to the duck blind. The annual opening morning for deer hunters is much anticipated event that thousands of hunters look forward to each year. The amount of traffic headed out of town and to parts unknown is staggering as hunters loaded with gear filled the highways starting early last Friday in anticipation of...
Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls between Nov. 5, and the morning of Nov. 6: Follow-up investigation, Wickard Stolen vehicle, IH-10 at Simmons Larceny from building, 201 8th St. Stolen vehicle, 610 Market St. Assist other agency, 7411 IH-10 Damaged property, 305 Burton Ave. Warrant service, 1201 6th St. Warrant service, 4020 Sikes Rd. Public intoxication, 1201 6th St. Escape/harboring a fugitive, 1201 6th St....
The Service League of Orange will hold their annual Toy Coffee from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm, Thursday, Dec. 5, in the home of Larry and Jan Jacobs. The Jacobs home is located at 304 Waterwood Dr., in the Waterwood Subdivision in Orange. In the annual tradition, guests are asked to bring a new, unwrapped toy, or donation to be given to the Salvation Army, so all children may enjoy a merry Christmas. For more information, please contact toy coffee chair, Rosemary Higgins at 735-6472, or co-chair, Joyce Sonnier at...
Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown, on the Lamar University campus, will celebrate Yount-Lee Equestrian Day on Nov. 16, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., with a day dedicated to learning about different breeds of horses. “The Younts became famous in both Texas and Kentucky for their American Saddlebred horses,” said museum director Mark Osborne. “By welcoming a variety of owners and their horses to Gladys City, we have a unique opportunity to share another exciting chapter in the S...
The Bayou Bowl Banquet started off with a cheer Monday night with both the Bridge City Cardinal and Orangefield Bobcat Cheerleaders performing and getting the large crowd motivated for the upcoming football game Friday night. More than 100 people arrived to support the teams during the annual scholarship banquet. They were served gumbo and there were two cakes for dessert. One was topped with a cardinal while the other had a bobcat. A friendly rivalry surrounds the Bayou Bowl...
