Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Santa Claus shares a laugh with one of the OCARC clients at Tuesday's Christmas party put on by GOALS Literacy program and Lamar State College Orange. Each client received a stocking full of candy and other goodies plus gifts like computer tablets and blankets....
Orangefield High School FCCLA members organized a toy drive benefiting the 65th annual Toy Coffee. Students were able to tour a beautiful home in the historic area of Orange for their efforts. All donations go directly to the Salvation Army....
Wednesday, INVISTA representatives visited the West Orange-Stark HS Career Center. They toured the STEM lab and generously donated $5000 to the Project Lead the Way-Engineering program at WOS High School....
A new set of memories are in store for Bridge City students and sports fans. The school district has ripped up the 70-year-old playing field at Larry Ward Stadium, as well as the track and nearby tennis courts. But look for a shiny new artificial turf football field and surrounding track and new tennis courts to be unveiled in the spring – hopefully as soon as March, says Dr. Mike Kelly, schools superintendent. "We should be finished the first week of March," he said. "O...
Did you know there is a coffee that comes from Alaska? Did you know the darker the roast, the less the caffeine? Did you know this Alaskan coffee is available in Orange? You can find it in an outhouse display at Sweet Creations located at 3515 Mockingbird, Suite 1. Coleen James built the display with the help of her daughter with 150-year-old wood from a house in Jasper that was being demolished. She rescued the wood because it was set to be burned. James decided to add the...
The latest real estate acquisition at Lamar State College Orange speaks to how fast things are moving in growing the downtown campus and its offerings. "All we ever wanted to know was, 'Can we go faster?' 77-year-old Quincy Procell recalled, speaking of his time at Procell Brothers Performance Center at 105 Green Avenue, the property sold to LSCO. The lot at the corner of Green and First Street was for years headquarters for a company internationally known for its racecar...
The 2021 football season finally concluded for the last two teams in Southeast Texas, as the Bears and Mustangs both lost in the Regional Finals this past Friday night. The No. 4 state-ranked West Orange-Stark Mustangs finished the season with a record of 11-2 following a 31-14 loss to the No. 5 state-ranked China Spring Cougars this past Friday night at Tomball ISD Stadium in Tomball. China Spring (14-0) moves on to the State Semi-finals to face Cuero. The Mustangs jumped out...
This past weekend, the Orangefield Junior High Lady Bobcats traveled to Hardin-Jefferson for a tournament. Both teams had a strong showing, as they brought home 1st and 3rd place finishes! The 7th grade A-team took on Hardin-Jefferson for the first game on Friday night. The Bobcats went up early and never looked back! The leading rebounder and leading scorer, Madison McCormack, made sure the Bobcats stayed on top throughout the game. Coming out of the half, Olivia Smith...
The amount of national artists performing in Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana for the rest of the month is amazing, and the quality of those acts is equally impressive. Take a look at the list below to schedule some weekend fun or a possible holiday present for someone special. Dec. 8 Sammy Hagar and The Circle, House of Blues, Houston Dec. 9 A Beatles vs Stones Christmas, Jefferson Theatre, Beaumont Dec. 11 Neal McCoy, The Oaks Event Center, Vidor Dec. 11 Chicago,...
Orange County Commissioners did something Tuesday their predecessors had whiffed on for over a decade. County Commissioners Johnny Trahan, Theresa Beauchamp, Robert Viator and Kirk Roccaforte joined County Judge John Gothia in approving a collective bargaining agreement between the county, the sheriff and his deputies. Gothia added his signature to Sheriff Jimmy Lane Mooney and Dustin Bock, president of the Orange County Sheriff’s Office Employees Association, and the c...
Carol Joyce Meyers passed into the arms of her Heavenly Father on Monday morning, October 25, 2021. She joins her parents, her three sisters, and her beloved grandmothers, "Ma" Ola and Arbie. Cremation arrangements have been entrusted to Dorman Funeral Home in Orange, Texas. Carol was born on February 14, 1943, in Converse, Louisiana, to Helen Rogers and John Hugh "Nima" Mahfouz. She grew up a country girl in the hills and fields of Northwestern Louisiana, and was always very...
Jury selection and trial testimony began Monday in the manslaughter case of Valyn Rose Faulk, 21, of Orange, in the 128th District Court with Judge Courtney Arkeen. Faulk is accused of killing Derrick Cane, 28, in November 2018 in the 3300 block of Martin Luther King Drive. According to court testimony, Faulk was driving a 2013 Hyundai Sonata when she struck the sanitation worker crushing and severing his legs as she struck the back of the sanitation truck. Dean Nance, an...
LOCAL CANDIDATE YET TO FILE FOR CONGRESS I have a bad head cold that I picked up from one of the snotty nosed great-grandbabies on their Thanksgiving visit. They headed home leaving their germs, passing them to our daughter, who passed them on to my wife and it finally to me. I have used a box of Kleenex and am about to sneeze my head off. I'm not much in the mood for writing and can't think straight. Anyway, next week, on Dec. 13, all filing for elective office ends. I'm disa...
The Friends of the Orange Train Depot are hosting a photo shoot with Santa Clause. Anyone who wants to take a photo with Santa are welcome to stop by The Depot in Orange on Sunday, Dec. 12, 2 pm - 4 pm. Bring your own camera for the shoot. The Christmas Train will be running and Santa will give everyone who poses with him a free candy cane....
Congrats to these students as part of Mrs. Bellard's BIM 2 class for passing the MOS PowerPoint Certification Exam. Back row: Bryce Blacksher, Kaitlyn Jenknis, Ethan Smith Front row: KayLeigh Roebuck, Georgia Jones...
Matthew 1:18a "Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise:" From the time of the tragedy in the Garden of Eden, God began to announce the saving of what was lost. The whole world present and future was suddenly lost in that one act of disobedience, sin. At that moment mankind was cast into a helpless situation. Fully conscious and making decisions, he still could not remedy what he had done to His very soul and the soul of every human born through Him after that. It not...
Western Avenue, between Foreman Road and Newton Street, will be closed to through-traffic on Wednesday, December 8, 2021 from 6:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. to allow work to be done on the Union Pacific RR crossing. Residents are encouraged to avoid Western Avenue during this time. Motorists are asked to observe all detour and warning signs during this closure. Eastbound traffic will be detoured south on Foreman Road at Western Avenue to Burnett Street and then east on Burnett to Newton Street, turning north onto Newton and back to W...
Major League Baseball is on the verge of its first work stoppage since 1994--when the World Series was canceled for the first time--and will likely put a halt to all offseason activities such as signing free agents, extending existing contracts, modifying the 40-man rosters, players not being able to work out at team facilities and players having to rehab at a non-team facility. The lockout officially began at 12:01 a.m. last Thursday, but management negotiators left the MLB...
Some of the best days I have ever had as a fisherman happened in the Sabine River so to say I hold a fondness for that place would be an understatement. I have seen all manner of fish caught in those waters from bream to sharks and everything in between. I enjoy seeing other fishermen find success in the deep water and I really like it when it happens in the winter. For years we had such a solid program starting in the summer months and going all the way to January at times,...
State Semifinal High School Playoff Games This Week CLASS 6A Div. I—Southlake Carroll (14-0) over Duncanville (12-1), Austin Lake Travis (12-2) over Galena Park North Shore (13-1); Div. II—Denton Guyer (13-1) over Tomball (11-3), Katy (14-0) over Austin Westlake (14-0). CLASS 5A Div. I—College Station (14-0) over Mansfield Summit (11-3), Paetow (13-1) over Flour Bluff (12-2); Div. II—Dallas South Oak Cliff (12-1) over Lubbock Cooper (13-1), Crosby (12-2) over Liberty Hill (1...
West Orange-Stark senior Elijah Gales was named Most Valuable Player and Cornel Thompson Coach of the Year on the District 10-4A Division II All-District team. Two other Mustangs – Carmello Jones and Keyshawn Robinson – were named Defensive Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year, and 10 other Mustangs were named first-team All-District, including two in two positions. Cristian Quiteno Polio was named first-team kicker and punter; Dakarion Judge was named first team wid...
