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  • Annual Toilet Paper Tea holds fundraiser for SE Texas Hospice

    Updated Dec 15, 2015

    Dozens of area supporters and friends attended the annual "Toilet Paper Tea" fundraiser on Thursday at the Southeast Texas Hospice office in Orange. The yearly event helps support the organization through the donation of items such as light bulbs, paper towels, pens, cleaning supplies, cash, and, of course, toilet paper. This event allows the agency to utilize all of its budget for the care of terminally ill patients and their families. Photo by Tommy Mann...

  • Phone Calls Safer Than Emails

    Updated Dec 15, 2015

    Capt. Dickie Colburn - For The Record Okay, Mom……how many times since throwing away the last of the Thanksgiving turkey, have you asked Santa’s number one helper what he wanted for Christmas? The answer is always that same less than helpful, “I don’t need anything.” While that answer is not altogether truthful, more especially if you have a pot of money remaining after taking care of everyone from the kids to second cousins, it is at least honest and doesn’t necessitate a...

  • Kaz's Fearless Forecast

    Updated Dec 15, 2015

    State Championship Playoff Games This Week WEST ORANGE-STARK (14-1) over CELINA (15-0) 4 p.m. Friday at NRG Stadium in Houston—The Mustangs have been waiting more than 360 days for the opportunity to return to the state championship game. Ironically, they will be playing the Celina Bobcats who defeated 14-0 Gilmer—the team the ‘Stangs lost to in the 2014 state championship game—by a score of 49-44. If the Bobcats surrender 44 points to WO-S, the Mustangs, with their touted Chain-Gang defense, will have made their year-lo...

  • Kaz's Korner

    Updated Dec 15, 2015

    MANY TEAMS CLOSING IN ON NFL PLAYOFFS The two National Football League franchises from the Lone Star State found out first hand Sunday what it takes to be a playoff-bound team. The Dallas Cowboys went to Green Bay and discovered why the Packers are so good in the month of December. The two teams played the entire game in a rainstorm and unseasonably warm temperatures, which is very unusual at this time of the year in Green Bay. But the Packers are accustomed to using bad winter weather conditions to assist in their...

  • Mustang Insider

    Updated Dec 15, 2015

    Steven Tims leads the pack to stop Cuero's Jordan Whittington. Tims leads the defense in total tackles for the year with 195. Meri Elen Jacobs - For The Record In true fashion, the Mustangs came out and put on a show from the first play of scrimmage, but it wasn’t a one man show as every player, both offense and defense, had to do their part for the Mustangs to beat the stubborn Cuero Gobblers. The 41-28 win over the Gobblers sends the Mustangs to NRG Stadium this Friday to p...