Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Destin Paul McKay, 23, of Orange, passed away Dec. 27, in Orange. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 1, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Pastor George Gau of Turning Point Church in Vidor and the Rev. Kevin Brown of First Baptist church in Mauriceville. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 31, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Orange, April 14, 1991, Destin was the son of Brewer McKay and Deidra...
The year 2014 was an eventful and busy year. Here are some the news highlights from The Record archives. January Some of the first articles of the new year were the flu spreading around in Orange County and R.C. Slocum, Orange native and former Texas A&M head football coach, being honored with the Amos Alonzo Stagg Coaching Award. Jerry Jones, city manager for Bridge City was named as Citizen of the Year by the Bridge City Chamber of Commerce and Lucy Fields, former city councilwoman, was named as president of the chamber....
Dallas In, Texans Out Of 2014 NFL Playoffs It took 17 grueling weeks but the 2014 National Football League season is over with 12 of the league’s 32 teams extending their season in the NFL playoffs which begin Saturday and Sunday in the Wild Card Round. The season ended on a high note for both Texas franchises, with the Dallas Cowboys flying through the month of December with a 4-0 mark while the Texans won three-of-four to be just one of seven teams to go from 2-14 to a winning record (9-7) in a season. But that’s were the...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting to welcome ABC Counseling and Educational Services, LLC to its membership Dec. 30. Owner Jill Hazlip-Freeman offers individual, couples, and marriage counseling as well as behavior modification for children, life mapping, goal setting, cognitive behavioral and grief therapy. She works with special needs children to teach coping and social skills, as well as typically developing children. Tutoring for kids up to 5th...
(For teenagers in Orange in the 1960s, going to Zack’s was the most important part of their social life) Casablanca had Rick's Cafe as the place to be. My hometown, Orange, Texas had Zack's. Zack's was a drive in on MacArthur Drive the main way into Orange from the west. MacArthur Drive turned into Green Avenue going through downtown Orange. Green Avenue ended at Simmons Drive where you turned left on to Simmons to go to the highway, Interstate 10, to Louisiana across the S...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is accepting bids through Jan. 7, for lawn care service for the chamber grounds including: - mowing - edging/trimming around all curbs, sidewalks, trees, and structures - removal of all debris from concrete and grass - trimming shrubs/ornamentals as needed - weed control as needed - Bids should be submitted in writing to the Chamber Office - 150 W. Roundbunch Rd, Bridge City, TX 77611 or emailed to [email protected]@sbcglobal.net. If you have any questions, please call the...
Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls between Dec. 29 and the morning of Dec. 30: Public intoxication, 608 Strickland Dr./Baptist Hospital Fraudulent activities, 201 8th St. Violation of protective order, N. Lutcher and Tejas Theft, 2032 Monterrey Traffic accident, 3024 16th St. Burglary, 1506 4th St. Theft, 3709 16th St./Market Basket Warrant service, 225 Schley Ave. Assault/family violence, 1010 S, Hwy. 87 S. /Cypresswood Crossing DUI/alcohol, 100 Harry Reed...
Men’s hoops looks to keep momentum in non-conference finale One of the hottest teams in the Southland Conference, the Lamar men’s basketball team is in the midst of its best stretch since the 2011-12 season. The Christmas holiday was made a little brighter after the Cardinals come-from-behind overtime victory over Rice. Lamar now looks keep the momentum as it closes the non-conference portion of its schedule Tuesday against Huston-Tillotson. The Cardinals enter the fourth gam...
With 2014 gone, many people will be contemplating how 2015 will be different than the year gone by. Some people want to lose weight, read more, travel the world or stop biting their nails. New Year’s resolutions are supposed to give us tangible goals to better ourselves for the year to come. Resolutions however are not just for people, I believe that there are six important things that the church needs to do in 2015, if the church is to thrive, grow and be relevant in the 2...
Houston police say a missing child whose mother was found dead has been found safe in Arkansas where his father has been discovered dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. A Texas-wide Amber Alert had been issued for 14-month-old Tyemetheus Pack after his mother, Angel Jackson, was found dead earlier Tuesday in Houston. The 26-year-old woman last was seen on Christmas Eve and had texted a message that she'd been shot. The child's father, Tumetheus Pack, believed...
Twelve year old, Liz, wasn’t speaking at that exact moment, but the look on her face said it all as another big redfish buried the tip of her rod in the water and stripped line much too fast for the drag to be of any use.The rod tip predictably snapped back and the slack line only confirmed what she feared from the moment the big fish zeroed in on her lure. What should have been the highlight of the trip was quickly turning into a better reason to go home rather than continue fishing and further compound her frustration.Her d...
The tradition of eating blackeyed peas on New Year’s Day is an old tradition among Southern families. When General William T. Sherman’s troops encountered Southern families they ate or stole everything that appealed to them. The only thing they left alone were the patches of blackeyed peas they found along their route of destruction. The pea is actually a bean that was domesticated in Africa and brought to America aboard slave ships. They were used to feed the slaves on the...
William Bryce “Bill” Matthews, Sr. of Orange passed away peacefully in his sleep Dec. 29, at 7:50 am. His son and daughter-in-law were at his bedside. The funeral service will be held at 1:00 pm, Friday, Jan. 2, in the chapel of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Interment will follow the service at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Preceding the funeral, the family will receive friends for visitation at the funeral home beginning at 11:00 am, Friday. Bill was born April 9, 1927 to Louis and Mamie Matthews in Houston....
Cliff Hall, 54, of Orange, died Saturday, Dec. 27, at his residence. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 3, at Eastgate United Pentecostal Church in Vidor with the Rev. G.R. “Bobby” Edwards, pastor, officiating. Born in Orange on March 1, 1960, Cliff was the son of Charles Edward Hall and Billie (Turner) Hall and had worked as a helper in local shipyards. He was a true friend who was greatly loved and will be missed my many. Cliff was preceded in dea...
Rushia Mae Cooper, 98, of Orange, passed away Dec. 29, at her home in Orange. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 3, at First United Methodist Church in Orange with the Rev. John Warren officiating. A graveside service will follow at 2:00 p.m. at Oakdale Cemetery in Oakdale La. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Friday, Jan. 2, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Oakdale, Dec. 25, 1916, Rushia Mae Cooper was the daughter of Dr. George E....
The regular meeting of the Orange County Commissioners Court was canceled Monday due to the meeting's agenda not being posted on the county's website, according to County Judge Carl Thibodeaux. Thibodeaux said open meetings law states for counties with a population greater than 65,000, agendas must be posted online 72 hours prior to the start of the meeting. County personnel forgot to post the agenda. Thibodeaux said this is the first time for this to happen in 20 years with...
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is encouraging Texans to prepare for a strong cold front impacting parts of Texas through Friday. Forecasts indicate the possibility of sleet and freezing rain, with light ice accumulations possible in portions of Texas. “DPS is asking Texans to prepare for winter weather as a cold front moves into areas of the state before the New Year’s holiday. Drivers may encounter freezing rain and sleet in some areas, which could create dan...
Mayor Kirk Roccaforte said it's been no reply at all regarding a tentative proposal in building a new Mini Super Walmart in Bridge City. A Mini Super Walmart doesn't have an automotive service center. Roccaforte and other city officials last met with a development group a year ago. The group was not with Walmart Corporation. The city is still waiting to hear from them. “There's been no answer,” Roccaforte said. “We want Walmart to stay in Bridge City. The last thing we've...
Well, it's that time again where people make New Year resolutions in hopes of starting anew with a clean slate for a brighter future. For most of my adult life, my resolution has been to lose weight. Each year was going to be the one where my weight loss was going to a success. But, I learned that even if I did lose weight, it would come back and often with more than I lost. However, year after year, it remained to be my biggest challenge and I was not going to be one of the eight percent who actually succeeded on their...
