Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Max Blake and Ron Smith with Solvay Polymers Orange, Texas presented a check to Orangefield ISD for Hurricane Harvey relief of approximately $8,500.00. With this gracious donation the school district will be able to replace flood damaged classroom and other necessary items. Orangefield ISD greatly appreciates this thoughtful donation....
Angie Smith’s PreK4 students at St. Mary Catholic School are getting ready for Valentine’s Day. Their Art teacher, Cindy Claybar, taught them how to cut and paste their beautiful Valentine creations. Pictured are (left to right) bottom: Brylee Castino, Cadynce Bellon and Zoe Wolfford....
Sheriff Keith Merritt said several citizens have called in the past hour reporting they received a call from someone stating they were a deputy with the Orange County Sheriff's Office and were asked to send money to prevent being arrested for failing to appear for jury duty. The caller is asking for a credit card number or for prepaid money cards to be purchased and those card numbers be given to the caller. Sheriff Merritt stated that the Orange County Sheriff's Office is NOT making calls regarding warrants or arrests and...
Bobby Dean Tuter, 80, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 20, 2018 at 7:11 a.m. at St. Elizabeth Hospital with his family and friends by his side. Bobby was born on December 10, 1937 in Springfield Missouri to his loving parents, Bob and Gladys (Bodenhamer) Tuter. In 1948 he relocated with his family to Orange, Texas where his dad worked as a Supervisor for U.S. Steel. Orange became the place where Bobby planted his roots and grew up to start a family of his own....
Photo by Tommy Mann Jr. The rock band Styx, featuring James “J.Y.” Young, at left, and Tommy Shaw, returned to Southwest Louisiana this past Friday (Jan. 19, 2018) and electrified a sold-out crowd inside the Grand Event Center of the Golden Nugget Casino in Lake Charles with a 13-song, 75-minute set of new material and classic hits. By Tommy Mann Jr. The Record Iconic rock act Styx left little doubt the band is still on top of its game after 40 years of making music. Rockers Tommy Shaw and James “J.Y.” Young, along with th...
Entertainment for the week The Record Another week of quality entertainment is on tap for residents of Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana. Take a look at the lineup below and find something to enjoy! Wednesday, Jan. 24 Three37 @ Blue Martini The Recycles @ The Boudain Hut Mike and Aubrey Powell, Cliff Sumerall @ Brick and Barley Andrew Duhon @ Courville’s 27B-6 @ Rush Lounge Blake Sticker @ The West Thursday, Jan. 25 “A Night with Janis Joplin” @ Lutcher Theater David St. Romain @ Blue Martini Brad Broussard @ Coconuts C...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce held its 58th Annual Banquet Monday, January 22, 2018 at the Bridge City Elementary School. The Chamber strives to make this event fun and lively every year. Good old Cajun music provided by the Gulf Coast Playboys band set the tempo for the “Taste of the Bayou” as attendees sampled food from several local restaurants. Don Bonnin provided a Sports Memorabilia Auction with a wide variety of items for guests to bid on. Neches Federal Cre...
“Just about the time you think you have them figured out, Mother Nature serves up another unhittable curve ball,” said L’Rod Theriot, one of several southwest Louisiana bass fishermen currently spending a lot of time fishing the Sabine River. “I don’t chase bass as hard as we used to back in the 70’s and 80’s,’ laughed Theriot, “but there’s a long list of things I no longer do as aggressively.I thought I was going to have to drive to Jasper to find a crankbait that I have been using, but a friend told me about Rambo’s Tackl...
Photo by Tommy Mann Jr. Rocker Joan Jett, along with her band The Blackhearts, will return to the Golden Nugget Casino in Lake Charles on Saturday, Feb. 24. Tickets start at $45 and go on sale at 10 a.m., Friday, Jan. 26, at all Ticketmaster outlets. Jett is best known for her trademark snarl, youthful smile and raunchy rock hits such as “Bad Reputation,” “Do You Wanna Touch Me,” “I Hate Myself for Loving You,” “Cherry Bomb” from her time in the Runaways and her classic tun...
Mrs. Richard's 5th grade class attended the JASON project at Lamar University. Students learned about Newton's laws, then participated in experiments that went along with this year's theme - Forces of Nature....
FACING ANOTHER TOUGH WEEK Another week has come around and it’s time to produce new issues of the County Record and Penny Record. We are not at full speed at this time. Roy got out of the hospital over the weekend against the doctor’s recommendation. He’s not well and struggling not to go back. Hopefully, before long, he will make a recovery. He has suffered extreme dehydration that will take some doing to restore muscle tone. He is being helped by nurses and rehab therapist. We’ll keep you informed. He and Ms. Phyl were both...
Dave Rogers For The Record Bridge City’s perpetual motion machine got a surprise Monday night at the Taste of the Bayou 58th annual Chamber of Commerce banquet. Thirty minutes after Scot Shaffer, the insurance agent and local church leader who was everywhere delivering relief after Hurricane Harvey, accepted the award for 2017 Citizens Non-Profit of the Year on behalf of his group Jeepers4Jesus, he was called back to the podium. And then, Shaffer was named the Chamber Ambassad...
Photo: Bridge City students, from left, Hannah Huff, Jordan Janis, Jaelyn Nichols and Chris Quilon show off their western paintings that will be featured in the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo’s Hayloft Gallery from Feb. 27 to March 18. (Photo by Debbie Gregg) Dave Rogers For The Record Four Bridge City art students beat the odds and will have their western art displayed at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo’s Hayloft Gallery. The works might even be chosen for auc...
Dave Rogers For The Record Orange will have a new mayor this year and Larry Spears, Jr., wants to be that new mayor. Filing for the May 5 local elections began last Wednesday and runs through Feb. 16. Spears, Orange mayor pro-tem the past 18 months, filed on the first day. Mayor Jimmy Sims said Tuesday he isn’t running for re-election. “I want to do what’s best for every citizen in Orange -- not just for my family – so I put my name in the hat,” Spears said. A Safety He...
Marcelle Adams, holds dog Noel at their Orange home. Thirty years ago, Adams became the county’s first female commissioner. Her daughter, Theresa Adams Beauchamp, wants to be the second. (Photo by Dave Rogers) Dave Rogers For The Record A leader in the fight for equality as America entered its third century, Marcelle Adams beat the odds and many a male opponent in her 10-year political career. “It takes more than being smart,” she said. “You have to be nice to people. “That co...
Photo: Campaign signs for the March 6 Orange County Republican primary fight for eyeballs along Strickland Drive in Orange Tuesday. Dave Rogers For The Record Dean Crooks came out of the gate as the top spender and Robert Viator took in the most contributions, according to the first set of campaign finance reports filed for the 2018 Orange County elections. Crooks, a first-time office-seeker set for a March 6 showdown with County Judge Stephen Brent Carlton in the Republican...
Dave Rogers For The Record Like Mattress Mac, the Orange County commissioners want to “save you money!” and they think they have. John Dineen, project manager for HDR and the county’s courthouse restoration consultant, said Tuesday that Orange County could qualify for 50 percent matching grants from the Texas Historical Commission for $900,000 of repair to the building and its roof. He said some 85-15 grants were also available for general courthouse renovations, noting the county faced a Feb. 5 deadline on some paper...
