Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that Bridge City Lock & Key has been named Business of the Month for December 2019. Owners Billy & Martha Garrett accepted the award from Lifetime Ambassador Beverly Perry, Receptionist at Bridge City Bank, at the chamber’s December Networking Coffee hosted by Bridge City ISD. The Garretts received an acrylic award sponsored by Energy Country Ford and gifts from Tiger Rock Martial Arts of Bridge City, Mary Kelone of Barefoot Souls, Neches Federal Credit Union, O...
The Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce had the honor of presenting a certificate for Student of the Month for Bridge City High School to Keagan Smith, son of Brad and Johnna Smith. “Keagan has been an irreplaceable member of the Bridge City Band for seven years. He is a wonderful student, an outstanding student leader, and a gifted musician. He will leave a legacy for his younger peers to maintain, and his character is second to none. He has been a pleasure to know and w...
The 2019 Adopt a Beach calendars have arrived in Orange from Commissioner George P. Bush of the Texas General Land Office. The Grand Prize Winner, whose artwork is shown on the cover, was Grace Wimberley, a student at St. Mary Catholic School. Also winning a spot on the calendar was Dalton Hogan, another student from St. Mary Catholic School. 3,900 students across Texas entered the Treasures of the Texas Coast Children’s Art Contest, and both Miss Wimberley and Mr. H...
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church will be holding a Candlelight Worship Service with Holy Communion on Tuesday, December 24. The service will start at 5:45 pm. The church is located at 945 W. Roundbunch Road, Bridge City. Come and enjoy a joyous celebration of our Lord's birth!...
Photo: Regina Rogers, left, and Dr. Thomas Johnson, Lamar State College Orange President, right, present Dr. Suzonne Crockett with the Julie and Ben Rogers Community Service Award Thursday, Dec. 12 at Lamar University in Beaumont. Crockett, Associate Dean of Academic Studies at LSCO, was one of four recipients for 2019. One of the biggest cheerleaders always on the scene for Lamar State College Orange is also one of its biggest success stories. And the impact Dr. Suzonne...
Photo: John and Tammra Frederick were VIP guests Sunday at the US China International Film Festival in Houston. Penny LeLeux For The Record John Frederick Jr. of Mauriceville has worked on many films in the last two years. One of them presented a few challenges along the way. Frederick submitted for a film called “The Moment” earlier this year that was to be shot in Houston. He received a request for a video audition. Everything seemed normal until he got the “sides,” which i...
Photo: Lane and Michelle Mooney are pictured after Mooney officially filed for the office of Orange County Sheriff. Dave Rogers For The Record The worst-kept secret in local politics is now openly campaigning to be the next Orange County Sheriff. A state law kept Lane Mooney from announcing until early December his desire to be the one to replace retiring Sheriff Keith Merritt. But the Vidor native and current Precinct 4 Constable isn’t hiding his intentions anymore. “The dec...
Dave Rogers For The Record No fewer than eight news outlets sent reporters to Tuesday’s final meeting of the year for the Orange County Commissioners. But the story they were after, an up-or-down vote to approve a tax abatement agreement with Chevron Phillips Chemical for a possible $5.6-billion petrochemical plant, was a non-starter. “We’ve been working with the project over the last several months to work out some language that everybody is comfortable with,” Jessica Hill, director of the Orange County Economic Develop...
THE HISTORICAL IMPEACHMENT OF A PRESIDENT On Wednesday the full Houseof Representatives votes on two articles of impeachment against President Donald John Trump. The charges are on constitutional grounds. The first article is that Trump misused the power of his office by soliciting and pressuring a foreign government, Ukraine, to investigate his domestic political rival and interfering in the upcoming U.S. presidential election. The second article charged that the President categorically obstructed the congressional impeachme...
Capt. Chuck Uzzle For the Record Pardon me for just one moment while I steal a line from a great Texas country music drinking song by Roger Creager “It’s the invisible intoxicant….it’s call Everclear”. Ah, the wonders of clear liquid and what it can do to ones senses. Clear liquid doesn’t have to come in a bottle, be a zillion proof, or cost 10 bucks at the bar to do a number on your senses. The water in your nearest bay during the winter months can easily have the same effect. Catch clear water in your favorite fishing spo...
Photo: Bill Mello, former Orange city councilman, is surrounded by city leaders Tuesday as he grabs a shovel to celebrate the groundbreaking for the new Riverside Pavilion at the Orange Boat Ramp on the Sabine River. Dave Rogers For The Record Bill Mello was in a merry mood Tuesday. And he wasn’t alone. About 30 of the city’s movers-and-shakers showed up eight days before Christmas for the groundbreaking of Orange’s Riverside Pavilion. They were greeted by strong winds and b...
