Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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GHT The Dallas Cowboys have finally gotten the attention from the rest of the National Football League that they might be a force to be reckoned with in the very near future after posting their fourth straight win by upsetting the surging New Orleans Saints 13-10 before a national TV audience Thursday night that was the highest-rated Thursday night NFL game ever. The Saints were averaging nearly 40 points a game with quarterback Drew Bree’s throwing touchdown passes at a record pace while rolling up record-setting passing y...
Playoff Games This Week WEST ORANGE-STARK (9-4)) over SILSBEE (9-4) 7:30 P.M. Friday in New Caney—This is another meeting of two teams that faced each other during the regular season, in fact they finished first and second in the final District 10-4A-II standings. The Mustangs got to the Class 4A Regional Finals by nipping undefeated Jasper 21-14 while the Tigers cruised past Giddings 38-21. WO-S needed a last-minute field goal to subdue Silsbee during the regular season and both teams have gotten better since then. W...
Douglas Ray Stone, age 58, of Bridge City, Texas passed away on November 29, 2018. He is survived by his parents, James Richard Stone and Ruth Stone; sisters, Rhonda Sue Eibert and husband, Dale of DeLand, Florida and Theresia Keaton and husband, Gary of Orange, Texas. He is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Ricky Lee Stone and Charles Long, and his grandfather, Rev. Herbert Rice. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, December 5, 2018 from 10:00 A.M. until the...
Photo by Tommy Mann Jr. The holiday season is in full swing, and that means loads of special concerts featuring national artists over the next three weeks. Whether it is Houston or Lake Charles or right here in Orange, you can definitely find something to help make your holiday season special, including the annual Christmas tour from Trans-Siberian Orchestra which returns to Houston for two shows on Friday, Dec. 21. The Record There is no shortage of live music events...
Photo by Tommy Mann Jr. Legendary rock group Three Dog Night, featuring Danny Hutton, at left, and David Morgan, performed to a near-capacity crowd at the Jefferson Theatre in downtown Beaumont this past Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018. The group entertained the enthusiastic crowd with hit songs “Black and White,” “An Old Fashioned Love Song,” “Mama Told Me Not to Come,” “Celebrate,” “Shambala,” and “Joy to The World” among others....
“I have been waiting on colder weather to dig out my Corkies,” said Adam Benz, “and I guess this qualifies as colder weather!” The air temperature was only in the low forties, but the spray blowing off the tops of the white caps felt much cooler.A decent trout bite the evening before had convinced us to give the flat a second chance and it was proving to be a bad decision. Long casts directly into the stiff north wind were required to efficiently exploit a small patch of shell, but Adam had already experienced one too man...
Orangefield High School students in Mrs. Droddy's Graphics and Advanced Graphics classes took a field trip to the Stark Museum of Art to speak with their art directors and graphic designers. They had great discussions about graphic design and art. The students will be designing flyers for their spring family day....
The U12 Division II boys soccer team from Orange County completed an undefeated fall season with the Spindletop Youth Soccer League and earned an invitation to compete in the South Texas Youth Soccer District Playoffs near Katy this past weekend. United won all three games during the tournament on Saturday, advancing to the semi playoffs on Sunday. The team came in second place overall in their division, securing them one of only four coveted spots in the state playoff...
Harvey Glen Sterling, 72, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on November 24, 2018, in Beaumont, Texas. A celebration of life memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, December 1, 2018, at First Baptist Church in Bridge City. Officiating will be Pastor Douglas Shows. Born in Goose Creek, Texas, on March 10, 1946, he was the son of Gibson Brock Sterling and Harvie “Ellen” (Lowe) Sterling. Glen was a member of the Cosmopolitan Masonic Lodge #872 in Port Arthur and the...
Onita Abernathy, 87, a former longtime resident of Orange, Texas, passed away on December 3, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, December 8, 2018, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange, Texas with Pastor Rudy Guerrero officiating. Burial will follow the service at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be prior to the service beginning at 1:00 p.m. Born in Risen, Arkansas, on January 29, 1931, she was the daughter of Joseph Jackson Reed and...
BUSH HAD EARLY ORANGE CONTACTS A couple of weeks ago, attorney Nolan LeBlanc and I were visiting about politics in years gone by and he brought up the fact that George H. Bush, while running for U.S. senator against Lloyd Benson had held a rally and fundraiser in Orange. The event was hosted by Ben Briggs, president of County Bank, the Round Bank, owned by Edgar Brown, Jr., a Republican and a supporter of Bush. When the event ended, Nolan said his dad, Dr. Nolan LeBlanc, others all went for bacon and eggs breakfast at the...
Cutline: Mike Cordova and Nancy Blanchard work on packing one of the 650 bags of food to be given away over the holidays at Orange Christian Services. In addition to food, OCS is giving families a second chance to get toys for children who have missed the application deadlines at area organizations. For the Record Hope is not lost for those who for whatever reason missed the application dates at area organizations, such as Salvation Army, Blue Santa, the OCS Adopt a Family...
Cutline: Kelvin Knauf, interim Orange city manager, right, listens to a council member’s question regarding city improvements at Tuesday’s city council meeting. Dave Rogers For The Record Orange City Council members voted unanimously Tuesday night to issue $8 million in certificates of obligation for upcoming “quality of life” improvements. Before a full house at the Orange Police Department Danny Gray community room, they allocated most of that total to fixing Orange streets...
Dave Rogers For The Record Two hundred community volunteers are needed to come together for six hours Saturday, Nov. 8 – rain or shine -- to assemble from scratch a new kid-designed playground for Mauriceville Elementary School, 20040 FM 1130. “This is probably the most organized thing I’ve ever been a part of,” Carie Broussard, MVE principal, said. “KaBoom! is the project manager, and basically, they don’t send a crew, just a project manager and two or three crew chiefs. “We supply the 200 volunteers. We feed them breakfas...
Not a dry eye during heart wrenching testimony For the Record It was back to the courtroom for Kelvin Roy, 40, of Beaumont, who was given a second trial to face charges after he was involved in the death of 16-year-old Alexandria "Lexi" Bertrand in Feb. 2014. Initially, Roy was sentenced to 75 years in prison on charges of murder. However, the Texas Court of criminal court of appeals upheld a lower appellate court's decision to overturn his conviction. The appeals court ruled...
Cutline: Kevin Clement of the University of Houston explains preparations that are being taken to protect Southeast Texans in the wake of a terrorist attack. RECORD Photo: Dave Rogers Dave Rogers For The Record It isn’t anything fun to think about, but everybody needs to. “A terrorist attack may never happen here, but you want to be prepared,” said Steve Curran, Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attack Preparedness Planner. According to Tuesday’s briefing by the Southeast Texas R...
Orangefield's “Christmas in Orangefield” festivities have been postponed until further notice and parades in both Orange and Bridge City have been moved to the second full week in December. All three events were originally scheduled for Friday, Dec. 7 or Saturday, Dec. 8. The Orange Christmas parade, put on by the Kiwanis Club, has been postponed until 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10. Events that were to follow the Orange parade -- a Christmas tree lighting and market at Riverfront Pavilion -- have been canceled. The parade will beg...
Dave Rogers For The Record With more than 75 applicants checking in by noon Tuesday, the state’s Housing Assistance Program has been a big hit, Joel Ardoin told Orange County Commissioners Tuesday. In fact, he said he could have used five workers instead of the two the state sent to process applications on the first day of a three-day filing window. More than $205 million in Hurricane Harvey funds has been routed to Hardin, Jefferson and Orange counties from a $1.1 billion in Community Development Block Grants for Disaster R...
