Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Nothing makes an Orange County Commissioner's day like a call from a constituent complaining about potholes. Clark Slacum wants to help – and says he can, thanks to FEMA. The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced last week that federal assistance will be made available for those affected by Hurricane Laura, which raked this area with winds as high as 100 mph on Aug. 27. President Trump signed the authorization needed last week so a five-county area including J...
Vaccinations for COVID-19 should be available to the general public in Orange County by the end of the year, officials say. That's little more than two weeks away, so the three-staged rollout will have to hurry. No vaccines had been given out in the county as of Tuesday afternoon, a day after Beaumont and Houston hospitals took delivery of their first vax kits. But both County Judge John Gothia or Joel Ardoin, the county's Emergency Management Coordinator, said they were in...
“Over the moon,” was the way Bridge City’s high school band director described the mood on the bus ride home from San Antonio Tuesday morning. “It was a great time. A little bit of stress wrapped up with excitement,” Tami Goss said after the band finished seventh out of 20 teams at the University Interscholastic League’s Class 4A Marching Band State Championships. The competition was held in the Alamodome in San Antonio. It was the first time Bridge City had qualified f...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's doing it. So is Russian President Vladimir Putin. And so does the Orange County Republican Party chairman. David Covey joined McConnell and Putin on Tuesday in recognizing Democratic Sen. Joe Biden as the president-elect, one day after the Electoral College certified Biden's 306-232 win over Donald Trump in November's election. It was the exact vote count Trump bragged was a landslide when he won office four years ago. "He is the...
LARGEST HEALTH CARE UNDERTAKING EVER The United States wasn’t the first to release the coronavirus vaccine; eight other countries beat us out, but now the U. S. has taken on the largest distribution of vaccine ever. Pfizer is a German owned company producing the vaccine. The U.S. has recorded more than 16 million cases of COVID-19 with 300,000 deaths and counting. The U.S. leads the world in deaths that have been averaging nearly 3,000 a day. The virus plays no favorites. Charley Pride, one of country music’s biggest stars, w...
If you’ve got the drive, Lamar State College Port Arthur has the money to help you, thanks to a substantial scholarship donation by the Port Arthur Industry Group. The PAIG recently donated $60,000 to fund a scholarship that will enable students to earn a commercial driver’s license, something that in Southeast Texas almost immediately presents career opportunities. “Local industry leaders are looking for people with CDL certification. The jobs are there for the taking,” Dr. B...
Decorating with holiday candles? Consider the flameless kind — as December is the peak month for candle fires. The risk is so common that nearly one-third of us have left the room or fallen asleep while burning candles, according to a 2020 national American Red Cross survey. If you must use candles, never leave them unattended, keep them away from anything that could burn and place them out of reach from children and pets. The American Red Cross Texas Gulf Coast urges everyone to follow these decorating safety tips to p...
Winter time fishing can be worth the effort when everything comes together. To the casual observer or holiday traveler the sight of a fishing boat during winter is a cry for help, somebody has lost their mind and needs psychiatric evaluation. The raw elements associated with this time of year are no place to place enjoy a sport meant for warm weather. To the hard core fishermen pulling that boat all the traffic on the roads means less on the bay and that brings a smile to...
Today Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School senior, Karson Friar signed to play softball for East Texas Baptist University. The Lady Bear’s standout left-handed pitcher had a great start to her 2020 season last spring before it was cut short by the Corona Virus Pandemic. Karson and the Lady Bears are looking forward to being able to play the entire season in 2021. Karson’s parents are Matthew and Amanda Friar....
A few years ago, I was playing in a bridge tournament and during one of the breaks I got to talking with a gentleman from the Houston area about high school football. "So, you're from Orange," the man said after reading it on my name tag. "You must be proud of the team from West Orange-Stark that has won all those state championships," he asked already knowing the logical answer. I told him that I had the opportunity to watch several young men play well enough to go on to the...
Area Playoff Games of Interest to Southeast Texas—Carthage (13-0) over Gilmer (14-1), Hallettsville (13-2) over Tuscola Jim Ned (14-1), Franklin (11-2) over Canadian (14-1), Mart (14-0) over Windthorst (14-1), Argyle ((14-0) over Lindale (13-2, Shiner (13-0) over Post (15-0). Class 6A and Class 5A Bi-district Games---Beaumont West Brook over Pasadena Memorial, Manvel over Port Arthur Memorial, Barbers Hill over Galena Park, Beaumont United over Goose Creek Memorial, Crosby o...
Neches Federal Credit Union partnered with Compassion Hospice to collect new blankets to donate to area seniors and the homeless in need. Neches FCU collected 200 blankets to donate to the Warm Winter Wishes Blanket Drive— organized by Compassion Hospice’s Paula Baxter, Community Educator. Compassion Hospice provides compassionate comfort and care to patients in the Southeast Texas area. The idea of a blanket drive was to extend the comfort and care they provide daily, dir...
Students in Mrs. Bellard's Business Information Management 2 class recently took the Microsoft Office 2019 PowerPoint Certification exam. Students pictured passed the exam and will prepare for the Excel exam next semester. Pictured left to right: Jezlyn Matlock, Zoe Haley, Gracie Castro, Kade Bryant, Kevin Luong, Xander Lee...
If you are headed to the lake this weekend and you are looking for a hot tip, you would be hard pressed to do any better than talking with Tyler Shearin or Kameryn Henderson. The Orangefield duo just blew the rest of the field away in last week’s Texas Elite Student Anglers Tournament hosted on Rayburn. Shearin and Henderson’s 18.81 pound bag earned them a $400 check and their 6.83-pound bass took big bass honors as well. Two of the LCM teams managed top ten finishes as wel...
Luke 2:1-11 "And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. 2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) 3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) 5 To be taxed with Mary his espou...
Cedar fever season is almost upon us, and at a time when having a fever – or even catching a slight cold – is borderline taboo, it’s more important than ever to understand the symptoms and the source of this common, central Texas allergy. For starters, cedar fever isn’t a flu or a virus – it’s an allergic reaction to the pollen released by mountain cedar trees. In Texas, the predominant species of mountain cedar is the Ashe juniper. “Cedar fever is the worst west of I-35, where you have primarily juniper mixed in with oaks...
George Alexander, 82, of Bridge City, passed away on December 8, 2020, in Beaumont. A graveside service will be held at the Creel Cemetery in Bel, Louisiana. Visitation and graveside service times are pending under the direction of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Leesville, Louisiana, on July 3, 1938, he was the son of Gus T. Alexander and Callie Mae (Young) Alexander. George “Buddy” Alexander was a faithful member of the Bridge City United Pentecostal Church for 54...
In keeping with a tradition that started last Christmas at the suggestion of Pinehurst Police Dispatcher Leslie Werner, Pinehurst officers have been out in force this week but not for the usual reason. Although they were stopping motorists for minor traffic infractions, instead of issuing citations, they are issuing gift certificates donated by 11 Pinehurst businesses. The businesses participating in the giveaway are Robert’s Meat Market and Steakhouse, Hippie Chix B...
Orangefield Junior High students in Ms. Ashlee Broussard's 6th grade social studies class completed a variety of projects to culminate the end of their Egyptian Unit. Student projects incorporated their knowledge of the Egyptian history and culture....
Mauriceville Elementary teacher wins Horace Mann’s 2020 “You Are Awesome” Sweepstakes Ms. Candice Shafer, Fine Arts teacher at Mauriceville Elementary received $486.67 to fully fund her DonorsChoose project during Horace Mann’s You Are Awesome Sweepstakes. DonorsChoose provides a way for teachers to post classroom project requests, allowing donors to identify and choose projects to support. According to Shafer, “My students and I are excited to receive the generous donation...
On November 28, 2020, Debra (Debsy) Nadine Nunley Burleigh passed away at her home in Ingram. Debra fought a fierce courageous battle with Lupus for many years. Debra was born in Port Arthur, Texas to Stanley and Patsy (Hughes) Nunley on Feb. 25, 1975. She was the youngest of three daughters and grew up in Bridge City, Texas. Debra graduated from Bridge City high School, where she was on the National Honor Society. She worked at Wal-Mart while in high school and continued afte...
