Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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First Presbyterian Church, located at 902 Green Avenue, Orange, Texas, will host its Annual Christmas Open House during the Orange Christmas Parade on the evening of Friday, December 6, 2019. Doors of the Frances Ann Lutcher Memorial Building will open at 5:30pm and remain open throughout the parade. Be our guests, watch the parade and indulge in cookies, cocoa and coffee. Bags of popcorn will be served on the sidewalk in front of the church. For any questions contact the church office at 409-883-2097....
November 7, 2019 marks grim anniversary of the last deathless day on Texas roadways AUSTIN – November 7, 2000 was the last deathless day on roadways in Texas. That means for 19 years straight, at least one person has died every single day. That’s why TxDOT and Texas Transportation Commission officials are launching the #EndTheStreakTX campaign this month, asking all Texans to join the effort to end this deadly 19-year streak. An average of 10 people die every day in crashes in the state, which has prompted TxDOT and the Tex...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that the November Student of the Month for Orangefield High School is Remington Coy Bryant. Remington was presented his certificate and gift bag by Bridge City Chamber Ambassador/Board Member, Rani Dillow, Mortgage Loan Originator at Westin Mortgage Group, at the November coffee hosted by Bridge City Bank. He received gift certificates and gifts from: COS Printing, Wellspring Credit Union, Tiger Rock Martial Arts of Bridge City, Sabine Federal Credit Union, Neches...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is delighted to announce that the November Student of the Month for Bridge City High School is Erin Ramsey. Erin was presented her certificate and gift bag by Lifetime Ambassador, Dave Derosier, Owner of OhainWEB.com, at the November Networking Coffee hosted by Bridge City Bank. She received gift certificates and gifts from: COS Printing, Wellspring Credit Union, Tiger Rock Martial Arts of Bridge City, Sabine Federal Credit Union, Neches...
The only reason I was even on the road was to purchase some covers for the outdoor faucets before it really got cold.At that particular moment, my temperature gauge read thirty-seven degrees and the north wind was blowing a bone chilling 15 to 20 mph. I was waiting on the light to change when I spotted Dale Kent gassing up his Center Console at a convenience store on the opposite side of the highway.“What are you doing,” I asked with my window cracked just enough to hear his reply. “C.J. and I are headed to Big Lake to see i...
Photo by Tommy Mann Jr. Metal quintet Five Finger Death Punch, featuring vocalist Ivan Moody, at left, and guitarist Zoltan Bathory, returned to Beaumont for the first time since 2011 with a spectacular 16-song, 85-minute set of hard rock and metal to the roaring approval of several thousand fans this past Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019, inside Ford Park Arena in Beaumont. The Record For the better part of four-and-a-half hours on Sunday night (Nov. 10, 2019), several thousand hard...
TRUMP IMPEACHMENT TESTIMONY BEGINS At 9 a.m. on Thursday, July 25, aides in the White House Situation Room gathered around a speaker-phone, pens in hand, to document what they heard. The call was from President Trump to Volodymyr Zelensky, the new Ukrainian president. By the end of the conversation Trump asked Zelensky, in dire need of U.S. military aid to fight Russian led invasion, for a favor. He said, “You have to do us a favor though.” He wanted dirt on Joe Biden and wanted Ukraine to find evidence that Russia was...
Fourth grade students at Orangefield Elementary gave a fabulous performance this morning with their annual Veterans' Day Program. The program is a tradition at OES and is under the direction of Susan Bollich, music teacher, and Annette Allen, counselor. Students will have another performance Monday evening, November 11th, at 6:00 PM in the Elementary School Gym. All Veterans are invited to attend. Orangefield Elementary students and staff wish to extend their heartfelt...
Photo: Martha Hughes of Orange pays tribute to the many military service members in her family during a Veterans Day assembly at St. Mary Catholic School Monday, Nov. 11. RECORD Photo: Dave Rogers Dave Rogers For The Record Orange’s Martha Hughes wore red, white and blue Monday and wasn’t the least bit shy about showing off her patriotism. It was Veterans Day and her grandchildren in Orange and Deweyville were taking part in their schools’ annual tributes to the men and women...
Photo: Holly Bush runs Holly’s Cookie Corner out of her home as a cottage business. She was one of the new vendor booths at Taste of the Holidays Tuesday benefitting Orange County Disaster Rebuild. RECORD PHOTO: Penny LeLeux Penny LeLeux For The Record The 2nd annual Taste of the Holidays was held Tuesday at the Orange County Convention and Expo Center benefitting Orange County Disaster Rebuild. The event was created last year to raise money to help Tropical Storm Harvey f...
Lamar State College Orange lived up to its vision of being a place of hope and opportunity today when the college signed a student transfer agreement with Texas Southern University. The transfer agreement was only part of the celebration, though, as Texas Southern University President, Dr. Austin Lane, offered full scholarships to a group of LSCO’s Early College High School students from West Orange-Stark High School. Tears and cheers filled the Shahan Events Center as Dr. L...
Dave Rogers For The Record The City of Orange appears ready to steal a page from Vidor’s playbook. Orange City Council members agreed Tuesday morning to consider a resolution that could create a Residential Tax Abatement Program to promote the building of new homes and the renovation of existing homes in yet-unspecified Orange neighborhoods. “What we’d do is offer residents tax abatements for new homes, of modernization of the homes,” explained Mike Kunst, Orange city manager...
PHOTO: Tony Dallas took advantage of some great weather conditions to take this magnificent buck. Capt. Chuck Uzzle For the Record A steady stream of boats, hunters, and dogs crowded the local launches Saturday morning as the Louisiana duck season officially opened while Texas hunters enjoyed their second weekend of the season. Adams bayou, the Vinton Drain ditch, Cow Bayou, Hiway 73 and Hiway 82 towards Holly Beach looked like a parade route as local hunters descended on the...
Photo: Bridge City Cardinal Jackson Tims wrestled down a Splendora ball carrier during Big Red's 24-20 victory propelling them to the playoffs against the Navasota Rattlers on Friday. RECORD PHOTO: Lisa Kay Anderson Gerry L. Dickert For the Record The West Orange-Stark Mustangs are in familiar territory as the 2019 regular season ends, taking home the District 10-4A, Division I championship with a 42-7 shellacking of Hamshire-Fannett this past Friday night. The Mustangs, who...
Fourth-grade students at Orangefield Elementary School sang and danced their way through a patriotic program for Veterans Day Monday, Nov. 11. The program is a tradition at OES and is under the direction of Susan Bullish, music teacher and Annette Allen, counselor. RECORD Photo: Dave Rogers...
File Photo: Jessica Hill, executive director of the Orange County Economic Development Corporation Dave Rogers For The Record So much for tearing down and replacing the pavilions for day-campers at Claiborne West Park. County commissioners heard Tuesday that with FEMA failing to fund the total effort, Kurt Guidry, county maintenance director, has found an architect who says a total tear-down is no longer required. “We had a structural engineer declare the buildings were unsafe and had to be torn down,” Guidry reported. “We...
A baker’s dozen of World War II veterans gathered at Robert’s Meat Market Wednesday, Nov. 5 to celebrate the 98th birthday of Bridge City’s Cedric Stout, a sailor in the U.S. Navy who survived the Japanese Attack on the Pear Harbor Naval Base on Dec. 7, 1941. From left, they are Millard Cox, Burdette Oldbury, J.D. Dixson, Lennie Benoit, Ruby Parks, John Pittman, Cedric Stout, J.B. Arrington, Tom Brooks, Ray Fontenot, Eugene Goudeau, Robert Rothrock, Athanase “Juni...
