Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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It's down to one. The West Orange-Stark Mustangs stand alone as the Orange County representative in the 2020 high school football playoff race after dominating Sweeny this past Friday night. The Orangefield Bobcats finished their season with a loss to Sealy. West Orange-Stark 59, Sweeny 8 The West Orange-Stark Mustangs started their Class 4A, Region III bidistrict bid with a punt on their first offensive possession against Sweeny this past Friday night. Then the Mustangs...
Orange County is casting its net after another big industrial expansion. Commissioners Court members voted 4-0 last week to create a 490-acre reinvestment zone near the east bank of the Neches River and Rose City and then posted notice they will consider an abatement agreement with Optimus Steel during their Dec. 22 meeting. Optimus, which bought the old Cargill Steel mill from Brazil's Gerdau SA in 2018, is planning a $40 million investment in an expansion to accommodate a...
Bridge City's school district is on the hunt for new leadership after this week's announcement by Superintendent Todd Lintzen that he plans to retire at the end of the current school year. "After a great deal of thoughtful consideration I have decided to close out my 36-year career in education and retire at the end of this school year," Lintzen said in a letter he wrote to school staff and the community. "I will make my retirement official at the [Thursday] November 19, 2020...
In its third decade of operation, few Orange County social service operations have been as appreciated as the Bridge City/Orangefield Ministerial Alliance. But 2020 has tested everyone's reserve and so the agency with a lengthy record of fulfilling unmet community needs found itself in a time of want. The non-profit that provides food and living expense help to more than 4,000 clients has for years been the beneficiary of the Chamber of Commerce's Bridge City Christmas...
The nearly year-ago explosion at the TPC Group's chemical plant in Port Neches that blew out windows, front doors, brought ceilings tumbling down in hundreds of homes and ruined Thanksgiving weekend for thousands was mostly a Jefferson County event. But don't' tell that to 128th District Court Judge Courtney Arkeen. Her office is overseeing the hundreds of lawsuits against the owners of the 1940s rubber plant that produced more than 900 million pounds of butadiene and...
The green bow tie may have tipped off onlookers that this wasn't your normal heavy machine operator about to tear into the roof over the deserted bank drive-thru teller structurer in downtown Orange Tuesday morning. And there was a twinkle in his eye when he climbed down from the big excavator after ripping the first chunk off the structure that will be cleared away to make room for a new pedestrian plaza at Lamar State College Orange. "That was a lot of fun," Dr. Thomas...
Three Little Cypress-Mauriceville athletes signed on to play softball and golf with colleges on Tuesday, November 17. Lady Bears softball standouts, Madeline Stephenson signed with Blinn Junior College and Bailey Frenzel with Angelina Junior College. Jack Burke, current 22-4A State Golf Champion, has committed to Texas State University. Madeline Stephenson is a four-year Varsity Letterman named as 2019 District 22-4A First Team Infielder, 2019 KOGT Newcomer of the Year and...
Playoff/Week 12 RESULTS WOS 59 Sweeny 8 Sealy 41 Orangefield 0 Lindale 29 Vidor 13 Deweyville 44 Cushing 8 Bellville 41 Hardin-Jefferson 10 China Spring 45 Jasper 19 Woodville 41 Coldspring 28 Silsbee 50 La Marque 6 Lovelady 50 Evadale 12 East Chambers 49 Trinity 12 Kilgore 42 Splendora 0 Diboll 59 Buna 22 Newton 78 Harleton 6 Hargrave 19 Palestine 10 Chapel Hill 49 Livingston 37 West Sabine 22 Hull-Daisetta 6 Crockett 41 Anahuac 21 Elysian Fields 50 Hemphill 38 West Brook 40 Kingwood 28 PA Memorial 48 Baytown Lee 28 Bmt...
Area High School Playoff Games This Week WEST ORANGE-STARK (8-0) over CHINA SPRING (8-2) 7:30 p.m. Friday at Magnolia’s Bulldog Stadium—The Mustangs took it to fourth-seeded Sweeny last week and merely overpowered them. Although this week’s opponent is a third seed in its apparently strong district, the Cougars had a relatively easy time defeating a good Jasper team 45-19 and should give the ‘Stangs all they can handle. DEWEYVILLE (8-2) over CHILTON (6-4) 6 p.m. Saturda...
As college football’s regular season heads into its final month in the Lone Star State, all but one of the 12 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools have played at least six games on their respective coronavirus-abbreviated schedules. Rice didn’t open its 2020 season until early October. Nine of the 12 have had at least one game on their revised schedules affected by their own positive COVID-19 tests or those of an opponent, according to an article appearing in Sunday’s editi...
Louisiana duck season opens as Texas hunters continue red hot start. The glow from L.E.D. lights lit up all the local boat ramps as trucks and mud boats got cranked up for an early morning run to the marsh. Local hunters who cross the Sabine River to hunt in Louisiana finally got to begin their season a week later after Texas kicked theirs off last weekend. As expected it was a very hit and miss proposition to say the least. The current state of the marsh is very different...
THE PITIFUL STATE OF THE NATION In a couple of months we will put the most failed government in the last 100 years behind us and start to put our nation on a normal track. Because of so much sickness and 300,000 deaths, it's far worse than I had predicted four years ago. January 20, 2021 seems so far away and one can't predict the damage Donald Trump will inflict on this nation before we are rid of him. There will be plenty time to write about his legacy. First and foremost...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce has announced that the November student of the month for Orangefield High School is Gunner Jones. Gunner was presented her certificate by Bridge City Board of Director, Kim Smalley. Gunner is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Shon and Christy Jones. He is ranked 4 th of 119 and has a GPA of 4.7. Gunner’s awards and honors include: Various Big “O” Awards All District Football 2019-2020 Highest Honors Awards- Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior year...
LCM bass clubbers, Dakota Posey and Brendon Brones, teamed up to take care of business early last Saturday. Their third place finish on Sam Rayburn qualified them for the FLW National High School Championship tournament set for this summer on Lake Hartwell in South Carolina. The duo finished only one three-pound bass out of first with a 13-pound 1-ounce catch. The early qualification not only takes the pressure off the youngsters for the remainder of the upcoming season, but gives them plenty of time to gather information on...
The Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD had a visit today from Holly Smith, CFO and Water Resources Manager with Sabine River Authority (SRA), who delivered a check for $10,000 to be used for disaster recovery from Hurricanes Laura and Delta. According to Ms. Smith, "The Board of Directors of the Sabine River Authority of Texas (SRA) has approved special funding to provide disaster recovery assistance grants to counties, municipalities, and other entities located within the...
4 has been a trying year for everyone. With that being said the Christmas in Orangefield Committee has elected to cancel this year’s festival and parade for the safety of all those involved, volunteer or participant. Many options were discussed but the committee felt there was truly not a safe option. This was not an easy decision. This event is one that brings not only the entire community of Orangefield together but also the County of Orange. The festival and parade will return in 2021 with all the fun activities, g...
Roberta "Bobbi" Cecile Miller was born on October 31, 1949 in Port Arthur, Texas at St Mary's Hospital. "Bobbi" passed away in Kerrville, Texas on September 11, 2020. A memorial Celebration of Life service will be held in her honor on Saturday, November 21st at 10:00 am. The service will be held at Lamar State College Orange, Shahan Event Center, located at 410 Front St, Orange, TX. All family, friends, and all those whose lives were touched by her are invited to attend. She...
Last spring, State Farm awarded $7,762.58 to the Orangefield ISD Agricultural Department. The money was used to purchase a welding machine; students will learn welding skills. OISD desires for students to have a skilled trade upon graduation from high school. We appreciate State Farm for their investment in our students' careers after high school. Pictured from left to right are: OHS Assistant Principal, Timothy Tremont, OHS Principal, Rea Wrinkle, State Farm Agent, Heather...
OHS debaters competed at the UIL Region Congress Meet on November 7, 2020. The meet was a virtual event held via Zoom this year due to UIL guidelines. Debaters include, left to right, Cody Strause, Leroy Bergeron, Bella Morgan, Natalie Romero, and Aiden Taylor. Strause, Morgan, and Romero authored legislation that was debated at the meet. Special thanks to Mrs. Bellard and Mrs. Hyatt for chaperoning the meet. Photo by Misty Bellard...
West Orange-Stark High School Engineering program is excited to move forward with Project Lead the Way curriculum and new materials within its growing engineering program. Mr. Gilson's engineering classes are currently organizing a new STEM lab including 3D printers, lab tables, and space for robotics. Thank you, Mr. Gilson, for leading our future engineers into an advanced field of study in Engineering. Students pictured here Kaiden Berry, Troy Cunningham, Courtney Davis,...
