Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Oasis Coffee House and Cafe was named as Bridge City's Business of the Month. “It is our goal to offer you a retreat; a place to rest and re-charge with food and drink,” says their Web site. Doug Ballard opened Oasis just a few short months ago, “as a way to come home.” Ballard had been working in Louisiana for the last decade and was ready to spend more time with his family. “Oasis has brought some great ideas to Bridge City. They offer a different kind of hang out for the w...
On Tuesday, Dec. 14, Pinehurst Police Chief Fred R. Hanauer III, observed a vehicle traveling East on Highway 12 near Breckinwood Drive in Mauriceville. The vehicle, a Green Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck, matched the description given of a vehicle believed to belong to a person of interest in at least two burglaries in Pinehurst. After observing several traffic offenses, Chief Hanauer conducted a traffic stop and identified the driver as Chadwick Alan McMillen, a 23 year-old...
WE CAN’T COMPLAIN ABOUT OUR WEATHER The weather keeps yo-yoing. I still don’t believe it will be a bad winter. Folks up north are really having a bad winter. Dr. Amber Dunn said it took her five hours to travel five miles from her Cleveland hospital job to her apartment. Some folks were stranded ten hours, even overnight with snow everywhere and sub-zero temperatures. Now, that’s a bad winter.*****Brett Favre’s consecutive starts streak came to an end Monday, Dec. 13 at 297, going back to 1992. We may never see him play again...
My first real deal encounter with striped bass was close to 15 years ago on the Sabine River, Capt. Dickie Colburn and myself were out scouting for an upcoming trip and we found much more than we bargained for to say the least. On a very popular stretch of the Sabine we came upon a huge group of gulls working over schooling fish chasing shrimp. Immediately we thought speckled trout and began to catch good solid keeper fish on nearly every cast. After landing several fish we...
O.J. Chelette, 76, of Bridge City, died Monday, December 13, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral will be at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 18, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be the Rev. Bob Boone of First Baptist Church in Bridge City and Dr. James Foster, Sr. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City.Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 p.m., Friday at the funeral home. Born in Colfax, Louisiana on February 12, 1934, O.J....
Jeanette "A.D." Boothe Gallien, 95, of Orange, died Wednesday, December 15, at her home. Funeral will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday, Dec. 17, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Pastor Kevin Inman of Grace Point Fellowship. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City.Visitation will be from 4:30-8:30 p.m., Thursday at the funeral home. Born in Tyler Co., Texas on July 30, 1915, Jeanette was the daughter of William Abraham and Ida Jeanette (Davis) Boothe. She worked as a seamstress with...
The Berkeley City Council put off a vote Tuesday night on whether to bestow hero status on a U.S. soldier who allegedly released classified information to WikiLeaks.Some council members in this famously liberal city said they were concerned about the way the resolution was written and wanted more time to investigate. Others said it was premature to hail Pfc. Bradley Manning as a hero when he has not admitted to being the source of the leaks. The proposed resolution is the latest in a long line of provocative political...
The Bridge City Public Library would like to congratulate Linda Rawlinson. Rawlinson had the winning ticket for the "Disney High School Musical" Bicycle. The Library would like to also thank the community for their support....
On Wednesday Dec. 15, at 3 p.m Chief Lane Martin promoted Officer J.E. Ellison to the rank of Captain. Ellison is a 1992 graduate of Buna High School, and attended Lamar University in Orange majoring in Criminal Justice. He started his law enforcement career with the Orange Co. Sheriff's Department in 1994 as a corrections officer. While still assigned to the jail division, he attended the Lamar Regional Police Academy in 1996, and obtained his peace officers license. Upon...
Hitter’s Inc. Baseball Academy in Bridge City will be hosting a Junior College Coaches Camp 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., Dec. 20. Camp will include a morning session of drills, instruction and a one on one workout with staff members from various junior college programs from Texas and Louisiana. Afternoon session will include a game at Bridge City High School whereby these coaches will be able to evaluate each player on the field. Camp is limited to 36 players who will be graduating in...
Sharon K. Melancon, 67, passed away on Monday, December 13, at her residence. She was a native of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; born on September 11, 1943 to parents Ogle Jobes and Margaret (Richardson) Jobes. She was a life long resident of Orange and Deweyville. She loved to go horse back riding, fishing, working in her flower garden. She had owned Elsie M Grocery Store on Highway 87 for 10 years; also loved to watch old movies and never met a stranger she did not like. She was...
Joey "Terry" Ortego, 51, of San Antonio was born in Grand Forks, ND., on Dec. 2, 1959. Terry died at Audie L. Murphy Veterans Hospital in San Antonio on Saturday, Dec. 11. He grew up in Vidor, attended Vidor schools from 1967 to 1977. He served his country in the U.S. Navy from 1977 to 1980 until his military disability. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, December 17, at Restlawn Memorial Park in Vidor under the direction of Memorial Funeral Home of...
