Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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I, Meritta Kennedy am running for one of the 2 seats for Alderman/Councilwoman for the City of West Orange. It's my belief that public service is a responsibility that we all share and we should all be willing to participate toward the well being of our community. Having lived in West Orange for 60 years and presently live on the street I grew up; I am well aware of the needs, available resources and community concerns that face our city. My previous service to the community...
The Strutters Spring Revue is an exhibition of the Fine Arts programs at Bridge City High School. It will be held at the Julie Rogers Theatre in Beaumont, Texas, on April 1st and the show begins promptly at 6:30 with the Strutters opening number. Tickets may be purchased beginning March 19, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. from ticketmaster.com for $10.00 + a service fee or at the Julie Rogers Theatre Box Office for $10 and no service fee. All online tickets are for reserved seats. Performances include Jazz Band, Cardinal Singers,...
The City of Orange has been blessed immensely over the past several years with new business and employment opportunities as well as the addition of parks, pavilions and other family friendly events for all to enjoy. The community has stepped forward to embrace and encourage a positive atmosphere that I truly believe has helped us to move forward. When this assignment began the first order of business was to rededicate and to publicly confess that the Lord was in control of...
The Little Cypress-Mauriceville Education Foundation, Inc. was not able to hold its annual Prize Patrol, when it caravans from campus to campus, to surprise teachers and their classes with balloon bouquets and big checks due to COVID restrictions. However, Board members did divide into smaller groups and each group delivered presentation checks to the teachers, most of whom have already received the grants for which they applied. The grants that were given this year are the on...
I am not a politician. I am just a Bridge City citizen who wants to work hard for our community. I, Kenneth Prosperie, have filed to run for Place 5 on Bridge City Council. Our City Services such as clean, safe drinking water; good drainage; and good roads are what you deserve, and I have been actively working to get these issues repaired or improved through the City Council for years. My wonderful wife of 38 years, Peggy, and I have lived in Bridge City for over 22 years at 8...
The Orangefield High School One-Act Play competed at the district competition on Saturday. The entire cast and crew did an awesome job and took home alternate. Individual awards went to Shelby Eason for All-Star Cast, Gavin Scott for Honorable Mention Cast, and Sadie Prouse for Orangefield’s Tech Award. Cast: Shelby Eason, Gavin Scott, Samantha Vahsholtz, Kira Merendino, Catalina Walters, and Brenlea Rogers. Crew: Chloe Padilla, Sadie Prouse, Mary Wernig, Kiley Boyd, Rylie K...
Kindergarten Roundup for Little Cypress Elementary is coming up in April. It is a two-part process. Parents can pick up registration packets from April 5 to April 9 between 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. We hope to provide more individualized attention when registering the children by dividing the Round-Up into smaller groups. On Tuesday, April 13 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., we will register incoming students with last names beginning with letters A-M. Thursday, April 15, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., we will register incoming...
The Stark Museum of Art is pleased to announce the opening of our 7th annual juried student art exhibition. Home Is… : 2021 Juried Student Art Exhibition is on view Wednesday, March 17 – Saturday, May 15, 2021. This year’s theme was inspired by the upcoming special exhibition The West as Home at the Stark Museum of Art, as well as the student experience during the COVID-19 pandemic. Students were asked to create original, hand-crafted works of art that explored the idea of ho...
April 13th, 20th, & 27th: Intro to Beekeeping: The topics that will be covered in this series are Equipment, Personal Protective Gear, Hive Products, and Basic Biology & Starting Concerns. The cost for the whole series is $25 if paid prior to the class and $30 if paid at the door. This will be held at the AgriLife Extension Office on FM 1442 in Orange. Please reserve your spot by April 10th by calling the Extension Office at 409-882-7010. April 17th: Cooking Class for Adults with Rocky: Have fun while cooking healthy...
First Baptist Church - Orange is excited to announce Josh Fults as our new Pastor. Josh began his first sermon series at FBCO on Sunday, February 28th. Excitement fills the air at FBCO, as the church has been praying for more than two years for the new leader that God would send. In September 2018, the church’s longtime Pastor, Barry Bradley, announced his plan to retire. A Pastor Search Committee was selected to find a new Pastor. The committee, led by Liz Morris, used a b...
5 CASA Classic Golf Tournaments set for Wildwood Golf Course & Sunset Grove Country Club. CASA of the Sabine Neches Region, which provides advocacy services for abused and neglected children across six counties, will be hosting its first series of CASA Classic Benefit Golf Tournaments on Friday, April 9th & Saturday, April 24th. The inaugural tournaments will include breakfast, lunch, on-course contests and prizes, and an awards reception. Hole-in-One Contest prizes include $10,000, a Scotty Cameron Special Select Putter,...
Students participated in the BCHS Stark Reading Finals Thursday evening. 1st place winners won a $2000 scholarship, and 2nd place winners won a $1500 scholarship. 1st Place Declamation: Tuyen Le 1st Place Interpretive Reading: Waverlee Cooper 2nd Place Declamation: Raven Hankins 2nd Place Interpretive Reading: Emily Haynes. The 1st place winners will compete at the county level on April 25th and will have the opportunity to win more scholarship money....
Orangefield Independent School District Media Release March 9, 2021 Recently, the Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, modified his executive order GA-34 in relation to face coverings and masks due to a reduction in positive COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations for the disease beginning March 10, 2021. Although we believe this is a positive sign in the fight against COVID-19, many schools including Orangefield ISD have worked diligently with students, faculty, staff, parents, community, and our board of trustees to protect...
Celebrate Spring with a free cooking class at the pavilion at The Field of Plenty 2120 Wickard Orange, Texas starting at 10:00 on Saturday March 27, 2021. The Field of Plenty is directly behind Orange Christian Service which is on West Park. Participants will learn ways to cook healthy vegetables for their family, taste all that is cooked, receive a folder of healthy vegetable recipes and a kit with soil and seeds to plant a personal vegetable garden. Seating is limited to 8-10 and masks are to be worn and social distancing...
The City of Orange has been blessed immensely over the past several years with new business and employment opportunities as well as the addition of parks, pavilions and other family friendly events for all to enjoy. The community has stepped forward to embrace and encourage a positive atmosphere that I truly believe has helped us to move forward. When this assignment began the first order of business was to rededicate and to publicly confess that the Lord was in control of...
The Orangefield High School Sophisticats competed in the Galveston Island Festival this past weekend and received the following awards: Sweepstakes winners for both officers and team Judges Awards for Officer Jazz and Officer Contemporary Judges Awards for team jazz, team contemporary, and team novelty Best Overall officers received a bronze Best Overall team received a bronze Small Division Best In Class for officers Small Division Best In Class for team Out of 20 Soloist,...
The Lady Bear Iron Powerlifitng team of Chloe Jacob, Evelyn Aldaco, Abbigail Hudnall, and Haylee Lebouef competed in the regional meet in Bay City. They all put forth great effort, and Evelyn Aldaco placed 5th within her weight class....
Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School Tennis hosted their first Varsity Tournament on Friday and earned six medals in the 8 brackets. Dax Rodgers and Tex Collier brought home the Second Place medal in Boys A Doubles, Ella Roy and McKenzie Freeman won the consolation bracket for Girls B doubles, and Kaitlyn Ewing and Evan Barborek brought home the Second Place medal in Mixed B Doubles. Tracy Qi won the Girls B Singles consolation bracket and Richard Ammean won the Boys B...
BCE Cardinals of Character for the 4th Marking Period are: Pre-K - Leonardo Escobedo, Emma Pipps, Cayse Faulk, Ella Wolford, Beckette Huebel Kindergarten - Julian Lizardi, Shya Wortham, Nicholas Gilliam, Avery jackson, Mackenzie Leemhuis, Weldon Tucker, Amelia Ward-Cooper, Haven South, Oscar Jimenez, Samuel Cantu, Hannah Champine, Arantza Carranza 1st Grade - Reid Trimble, Alex Riojas, Grayson Garner, Osmar Mendoza, Baelyn Roberts, Jennika Triana, Deegan Williams, Westin...
The Orangefield High School Sophisticats competed in the Galveston Island Festival this past weekend and received the following awards: Sweepstakes winners for both officers and team Judges Awards for Officer Jazz and Officer Contemporary Judges Awards for team jazz, team contemporary, and team novelty Best Overall officers received a bronze Best Overall team received a bronze Small Division Best In Class for officers Small Division Best In Class for team Out of 20 Soloist,...
From Coach Lauren Martin… The Lady Bears played a very physical game against the Lumberton Lady Raiders on Tuesday night in Bear Stadium. The Lady Bears played their hearts out and left it all on the field despite the 1-0 loss. The game was back and forth for the entire first half. During the last four minutes of the first half the Lady Raiders looked to capitalize on a Lady Bear foul in the box. Junior goalie Matalyn Hill held her ground, blocked the penalty kick, blocked t...
Kiwanis Club of Orange presented $1,000 to the Little Cypress-Mauriceville District’s three elementary schools today. The funds will help the librarians provide books for individual students through the schools’ Book Fairs. In the photo from left, is Harry Vine – Kiwanis Vice-President, Sommer Reynolds – Mauriceville Elementary Librarian, LCM Superintendent Stacey Brister – accepting for Little Cypress Intermediate Librarian Samantha Arrington, DeeDee Windham – Little Cypr...
LSCO President Meets with Speaker Phelan and TX Senate Finance Committee, Asks for Funding for New Industrial Technology Academy, Hurricane-Related Improvements, and a New Academic Building President Thomas Johnson testified before a full Texas Senate Finance Committee last week, illustrating the resilience of Lamar State College Orange (LSCO) to maintain enrollment and student success during the pandemic and multiple hurricanes and requesting funds to develop an Industrial...
As Texas recovers from the destructive storms last week, the legislature is back at work and focused on finding answers to what happened last week. This week we also resumed work on the budget in the Senate Finance Committee. We heard from Article III agencies, including TEA and all of our institutes of higher education. To finish the week, we will hear from Article II agencies, including Health and Human Services Commission and the Department of State Health Services. Here...
