Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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The country came to a stand still awaiting Kennedy’s fate… For more than a year, President John F. Kennedy had sought the trip to Texas that ended tragically the afternoon of Nov. 22, 1963. The national pain and trauma that followed his assassination produced the Kennedy legend. Kennedy had two distinct purposes in mind, and wanted the visit to Texas to achieve them. The first was to raise money. The second was to improve his own political position in a state that pro...
High School Playoff Games This Week WEST ORANGE-STARK (7-4) over SWEENY (10-1) 1 p.m. Friday at New Caney—The Mustangs aren’t facing a fourth-place, 3-7 team this week. The 10-1 Bulldogs lost only one district game to playoff-bound Wharton 17-15 and only gave up 85 points this season including a 21-13 nipping of La Grange in the bi-district playoffs last week. The only advantage the Mustangs might have for this area contest is an extra day of preparation. LAMAR over NORTHERN IOWA—Thanks to the Cardinals’ great finish this se...
Photos by Tommy Mann Jr. Texas country music artist Cody Johnson mesmerized an audience of more than an estimated 6,000 country music fans on Saturday, Nov. 17, at Ford Park Arena in Beaumont as the “Cody Johnson and Friends” event returned to Southeast Texas The Record Ford Park was the place to be this past Saturday night as several thousand country music fans from Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana turned out for what can arguably be considered the best country music c...
Elizabeth Faye Parish, 67, of Orange, Texas, passed away on November 16, 2018, in Orange. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, November 20, 2018, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Keith Meyer of Old First Orange Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m., prior to the service, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Port Arthur, Texas, on December 21, 1950, she was the...
It could only happen to Andy Wright.I picked up the phone and even before I could say “hello”, Andy was begging for a short trip on the river.“Have you got even an hour open this afternoon,” he pleaded.“I am headed to a job in Alabama and I would love to bounce a Hoginar off the bottom one more time.” A growing number of fishermen fish the bladed bait all year long, but outside of throwing it at schooling redfish, I reserve the deadly little bait for deep jigging in the bayous and the river from late October to early March...
AMERICANS IN THE REAL WORLD The Mid-term Election brought some silver linings. The election bought an end to “Rubber Stamp” government that is akin to dictatorship. The election of a new congress will bring checks and balances. Some of the military battle troops, sent to the border in a political ploy of an immigrant caravan coming to invade the country, will get to go home. President Trump had tweeted that “Criminals and unknown Middle Easterners are mixed in the caravan.” The claim was to justify using the military for pol...
Photo: WO-S Chavon Crawford scores in the third quarter. The Mustangs had nine different players score. RECORD PHOTO: Abigail Stephens Dave Rogers For The Record A 72-6 bi-district win will do a lot for a team’s confidence, but the going figures to be a bit tougher for West Orange-Stark when it takes on Sweeny Friday afternoon at 1 p.m. in a Class 4A Division II area round game at 1 p.m. Friday. The neutral site for the Class 4A Division II game is Texan Drive Stadium in N...
Cutline: The Bridge City Police Department is getting ready for their annual Bikes for Kids Christmas event. They are still collecting bikes, gifts and looking for volunteers. Pictured from a previous event is: Santa, Brittany and Steve Hilton, Izzabelle Brooks, Khloie Brooks and Kiersten Hilton. For the Record After a Hurricane Harvey forced the Bridge City Police Department to cancel the Bikes for Kids in 2017, the festivities are back on track and everything is looking...
Cutline: Tricia Stroud shows off some of her photographs transformed into Christmas cards for sale by the Service League of Orange. RECORD PHOTO: Dave Rogers Dave Rogers For The Record If you live in Southeast Texas, you usually have to settle for dreaming of a white Christmas. But thanks to Tricia Stroud, residents can share a white Orange with their loved ones this Christmas season. Stroud, a local portrait photographer who doubles as a West Orange-Cove school board member,...
For the Record The Bridge City streets will soon be filled with twinkling lights, Christmas cheer and laughter when the annual Christmas parade rolls through. Although the parade has been occurring for many years, the 10th annual lighted parade is slated for 6 p.m. December 8th. The theme this year is "One starry night." The theme was chosen by the parade committee. The float with the best use of the theme will be awarded the Mayor's Trophy and receive a $200 prize. There will also be first, second and third place awards...
It’s really strange how momentum can change the whole outlook of a National Football League team. A break here, a break there and the goals every team sets for itself before the season begins all of a sudden pop into focus. At the halfway point of the 2018 season two weeks ago, the Dallas Cowboys were floundering with a very sub-par 3-5 record with games coming up with the defending world champion Philadelphia Eagles and the not-so-shabby Atlanta Falcons. One loss of those two games would really make it very difficult to e...
Cutline: Ryan Chandler, pastor of Orange’s Trinity Baptist Church, wife Amy and 3-year-old son Beckham, pose for a photo in the backyard of their new home. Dave Rogers For The Record Ryan Chandler lit the kindling in his fireplace for the first time in the first home he and wife Amy had ever purchased just a few days ago. As he did, the pastor of Orange’s Trinity Baptist Church told how he looks forward to an open house for church members so he can give thanks to the fol...
Dave Rogers For The Record Orange County Commissioners agreed Tuesday to the idea of a forensic audit to follow the county’s money – if it doesn’t cost too much. With Commissioner Jody Crump absent, Commissioners Johnny Trahan, Barry Burton and John Gothia joined County Judge Dean Crooks in voting 4-0 to have Purchasing Agent Connie Cassidy advertise for proposals. “Given some discrepancies in some of the things we’ve had over the past year or so, given the fact that we have a fairly new auditor, a new legal advisor,...
