Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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The Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony for Pinehurst Gallery. The business is locally owned by Phyliss and John Nazworth. They frame most anything you can think of. Services include diploma framing, custom picture framing, shadow boxes and canvas stretching just to name a few things. Pinehurst Gallery is located at 2498 MLK Jr. Drive, Suite C, Orange....
The 13th Annual Vidor Classic Christmas Cruise will be Saturday, Dec. 13, at Capital One Bank, 1255 North Main Street, from 2:00 pm until 8:00 pm. Over 150 classic cars will participate and of course Santa will be along for the ride. NaNaSha, a 1950's-1960's group will entertain the crowd with tunes we all love from yesterday. The community is invited to enjoy a hometown Christmas with vendors, a cruise and street dancing. Children from VISD elementary schools will sing Christmas carols and the city Christmas tree will be...
Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls between Dec. 1 and the morning of Dec. 2: Jail commitment, 201 8th St. Damaged property, 201 8th St. Stolen vehicle, 6965 Guy Ln. Missing person, 201 8th St. Warrant service, 406 Cypress Resisting/interfering with police, 3333 Ridgemont Dr. Damaged property, 3615 Edgemont Dr. Warrant service, 4750 Meeks/International Apt....
Keep Orange County Beautiful has presented its Quarterly Beautification Award to Scott Hasty, owner of J Scotts Aflorist in Pinehurst. The presentation was made by Harry Vine, Sandra Cash, Shirley Zimmerman, and J David Derosier from KOCB, to Scott and his staff including Kay Stone, Adam Potts, Alaina Morris, and Troy LeBlanc. Also present were Amy Comeaux and Lee Reeves from Sabine River Ford. Sandra Cash, a longtime member of KOCB said, “Ever since Scott moved his design s...
All West Orange – Cove CISD campuses will release early on Friday, Dec. 5 and Friday, Dec. 12. All students and staff will be released early this Friday, Dec. 5. The Mustangs will play LaGrange in the Quarterfinal Round of the State High School Football playoffs. The game will be played at 7:30 p.m. in Conroe. Only students will be released early on Friday, Dec. 12. West Orange – Stark Elementary will host the UIL District Academic Meet Friday afternoon; all other District staff will observe work day activities. Early Rel...
$1000 in prize money being awarded in Facebook-based contest. Whether it’s the decades old family recipe for a casserole, or your own version of a sweet dessert; Bruce’s Yams, America’s number one seller of canned sweet potatoes is looking for the best recipes featuring any of its delicious sweet potato products in the “Bruce’s Yams Holiday Recipe Contest.” “We know Americans consume nearly five pounds of sweet potatoes per person per year,” says Annie Ham Marketing Direc...
Chris Votava is a 2013 graduate of Little Cypress –Mauriceville High School. His sister, Haley is an eighth grade student at LCM Jr. High. Haley thought her brother was in Norfolk, Virginia after returning from a deployment to Bahrain on his ship the USS George H. W. Bush. She walked into her art class at school Tuesday morning to see smiling students, her parents, and assorted news media in the room. She was attempting to figure out what all the fuss was about when someone s...
Christmas excitement has been in the air at Trinity Baptist Church of Orange. Sunday, Nov. 30, the church started their celebration of the Christmas season with “The Hanging of the Greens”. The service included several members reading scripture and explaining why the traditional flowers and greenery are used at Christmas. During the service the children decorated the Christmas Tree at the altar with Ancient Christian Symbols known as Chrismons. The symbols represent a var...
This is Reuben, and his Christmas list to Santa includes - a family of his very own, a nice warm bed to sleep in at night, a full belly when he gets hungry and a fenced yard filled with toys to run and play in. Reuben is a lab/pit mix and is about a year old. This handsome fellow is strong, loving and playful. He plays well with other dogs, but we aren't so sure about cats. Reuben, who is still hanging on to his puppy traits, is learning that it isn't very nice to jump on the...
The first half of duck season sputtered to a merciful end for most local hunters on Sunday and will not re-open until Dec 13th for the south Zone. Reports from all along the coast were almost mirror images of one another, the combination of few birds, high bluebird skies, and little wind was the kiss of death for most hunters. The lack of any “hunter friendly” weather was easily the biggest problem most waterfowlers faced, the steady stream of cold fronts that kicked off the opening of the season basically disappeared and...
The Mustangs are used to breaking records, but the record that they broke Friday night with their 34-0 win over the LaMarque Cougars will be one that goes down in the Cougars books that they might not want to remember. For the first time in 18 years, since 1996, LaMarque was shut out, held to zero points. That is definitely something for the WO-S Chain Gang to hang their hats on. “I told the kids to savor the win,” Head Coach Cornel Thompson said. “It’s been 18 years since they have been shut out, so we had a reason to cele...
The West Orange – Stark Elementary Student Council recently sponsored a canned food drive for Orange Christian Services. The campus collected more than 2000 cans during the food drive. WO-S Elementary classes that collected the most cans were: - First place -- Heather Mathews: 257 - Second place -- Brandy Downey: 155 - Third place -- Yokishia Hope: 131 - Third place -- Melissa Dearing: 131 The West Orange – Stark Elementary Student Council is sponsored by Annely Domas and Cal...
The Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School Bear Stage Players, under the direction of Cory Broom and Caroline Hennigan, will present their second fall production Thursday, Dec. 4, Saturday, Dec. 6 and Sunday, Dec. 7. Show times are 7:30 p.m. for Thursday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. for the Sunday matinee. Tickets for all performances at the LCM High School auditorium may be purchased at the door and are $4 for students and $6 for adults. Pictured are students, from left, are...
Santa is coming to town and he is joining us for pancakes and a good cause. Santa Clause is coming to town to help raise money for the River City Hospice Foundation. Saturday, Dec. 13, join Santa at Old Orange Café with the kids to have breakfast. Tickets are on sale now and are $10 per person. Reserve your seats online at https://itrulycare.com/events/breakfast-with-santa. Seating is limited and an adult must accompany children. The menu includes pancakes, bacon, fruit and a...
Orange County Health Inspector James Scales made the following inspections on area businesses from Nov. 1 through Nov. 30: Star Stop #6, 1101 Green Ave., Orange - Store name and address are needed on all bags of ice at stroll; pulled several expired (2013) food from shelves; chemicals stored above pet foods; area under drink station needs to be cleaned of old syrup/trash and mold and slime found inside ice machine need to be cleaned and need to replace damaged ceiling tiles. Score - 86 Sonic Drive-In, 2805 MacArthur Dr., Oran...
The WOS (Visitors) vs. La Grange, Quarterfinal Round Football game will be played on Friday, Dec. 5, at 7:30 pm, at Buddy Moorhead Stadium in Conroe. Tickets will be on sale in the WOS Athletic office the following days: Thursday, Dec. 4, from 9:00 am-12:00 and 1:00-3:00 pm and Friday, Dec. 5 from 9:00 am-12:00 pm only. Ticket prices are $6 for adults and $4 for students. All tickets at the gate are $8. Directions to Conroe - Moorhead Stadium (3200 West Davis -- Conroe, Texas 77304) - I-10 to Beaumont - Take 69, 96, 287 exit...
