Hometown News For Orange County, Texas

Articles from the December 22, 2017 edition


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  • Orange County arrests McGlothlin after Vidor shooting

    Updated Dec 22, 2017

    James Derrick McGlothlin surrendered to authorities and was booked into the Orange County Jail Friday, Dec. 22, after investigators secured a murder warrant for arrest of the 31-year-old from Vidor. McGlothlin is accused of shooting and killing 51 year old Christopher Eric Sharpe inside McGlothlin's residence after the two possibly had a disagreement this past Tuesday night, Dec. 19. McGlothlin will be arraigned Saturday, when the judge will set a bond....

  • Pleasant Grove snaps Mustangs win, title streak

    Updated Dec 22, 2017

    The streak is gone. Texarkana Pleasant Grove won the Class 4A Division II state football championship Friday afternoon, ending a 40-game win streak for West Orange-Stark. Pleasant Grove scored on back-to-back pick-sixes in the final 30 seconds to finish with a 41-21 win over the two-time defending state champions at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. WOS, which allowed only nine points per game in a 13-0 run to its fourth straight state championship game, trailed 21-6 at halftime and 28-6 in the fourth quarter. But the Mustangs...

  • Mary Joyce Guidry, 82, Bridge City,

    Updated Dec 22, 2017

    Mary Joyce Guidry, 82, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on December 21, 2017, in Orange, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, December 23, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Greg Edwards. Burial will follow the service at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be prior to the service beginning at 9:00 a.m. Born in Kaplan, Louisiana, on March 2, 1935, she was the daughter of Milton Toups, Sr. and Rozita Bourque Toups. Joyce was a member of St....