Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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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...
Hello, my name is Jay Odom. My wife and I, Mary Touchstone Odom and I are both 1973 graduates of West Orange High School. Careers moved both of us out of the area after graduating. After retirement I moved to Rayburn Country in Brookeland, TX and shortly afterwards moved back 'home'. I want to be involved in our community and being retired, I certainly have the time to put into serving you on the West Orange City Council as Alderman. In the past I served as the Deeds and...
Committed Leadership to Our Community and Dedicated to Progress My name is Terri Gauthier. Many of you may already know me as I have served our city on the City Council since 2015. I am running for re- election for my fourth two-year term as Bridge City Councilmember - Place 5 in the upcoming May 1st election. For the citizens I may not have met yet, I am a lifetime resident here in Bridge City. My husband David and I have been married 42 years and have two children, Aaron &...
To Citizens of the City West Orange, Texas My name is Randy Branch and I live in and am a homeowner in West Orange. I am running for the office of Mayor this year in the election that will be held on May1st. I write this short auto biography to give the people of West Orange an idea of who I am since they will be voting this year on electing a new Mayor. I grew up in Little Cypress, graduated from Little Cypress High School in 1968 and went to Blinn Jr. College. I married the...
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...
The Lloyd Grubbs American Legion Post #49 located at 108 Green Ave. in Orange will hold nomination for Officers on Saturday, March 12, 2021 at 2 pm. Election for Officers will be on Saturday, April 10th at 2 pm and Installation of Officers will be on Saturday, May 8th at 2 pm. The American Legion Post #49 hold their monthly meetings the 2nd Saturday at 2 pm each month....
The Orange County Sheriff's Office and Pct. 4 Constable Matt Ortego were recognized by VFW Post 2775 for their work in the Orange County community. District 2 Commander Kevin Bost and Post Chair Robert LaFleur presented the certificates of appreciation and a plaque to Sheriff Mooney. Sheriff Mooney, Constable Ortego and Deputy Bost received certificates for their continued work in the community. Sheriff Mooney also accepted two certificates of appreciation on behalf of Deputy...
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...
First Baptist Church in Bridge City will hold their annual Christmas presentation this Sunday, February 26 at 6 PM. Because of the Covid-19 pandemic the church was not able to hold it's annual Christmas performance in December. Rather than giving up and losing all the practice time, FBC Music Director, Debbie Anderson, rescheduled it for now. The public is welcome to come enjoy the beautiful celebration of Christmas. In the photo above are Christmas choir members Addison...
Osheree Simpson, left, keeps a close eye as Amir Gilmore climbs on a faux rock structure at Lions Den Park in Orange Tuesday afternoon. Please crop this one tight ... Arthur Batchan, left, takes a break while watching Everett Batchan at one of the swingsets at Lions Den Park Tuesday afternoon in Orange. Children go for a spin on one of the new playground installations at Lions Den Park on a sunny Tuesday afternoon in Orange. Nameless Guy and redhead, red-dressed girl Sunshine...
In the week leading up to the Super Bowl, The National Junior Honor Society and Student Council members of Orangefield Junior High sponsored a non-perishable food drive, The Souper Bowl, to help fill up the shelves at the Bridge City/Orangefield Ministerial Alliance. They asked their fellow students to bring enough items to block their classroom door to earn a day of class outside of the traditional classroom setting....
Harbor Freight Tools, America’s go-to store for quality tools at the lowest prices, will grand open its new store in West Orange on Saturday, March 6 at 8 a.m. The West Orange store, located at 3109 Edgar Brown Drive, is the 96th Harbor Freight Tools store in Texas. The new store brings approximately 25-30 new jobs to the community. As a designated essential service, the store will be open seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday. It will resume its regular hours o...
*The WOS softball team will not be playing in the LCM tournament February 18-20. *The WOS Track team at the PNG Meet on Thursday, February 18th, has been cancelled. *The WOS tennis team at the LCM Tournament on Friday, February 19th, has been cancelled. *The WOS Middle School Girls Track meet @ Vidor on Thursday, February 18th, has been cancelled....
The WOS Boys Basketball team (Visitors) will play the Huffman Hargrave Falcons in the Bi-District round on Saturday, February 20th at 5:00pm at Warren High School. Ticket prices at the gate are $5 with a 200 person capacity for the visiting side....
Piney Woods has confirmed that trash pickup in West Orange will be on Saturday this week instead of Friday. Please have your trash out early Saturday morning....
Public Health must reschedule the February 17th COVID vaccination clinic to February 21st due to the winter weather event. Those people scheduled for the second shot are still within their time period. Please report to the Orange County Expo, 11475 Fm 1442 Orange Tx 77630, at the same time you were scheduled for. This clinic is rescheduled due to the changing weather conditions....
In the week leading up to the Super Bowl, The National Junior Honor Society and Student Council members of Orangefield Junior High sponsored a non-perishable food drive, The Souper Bowl, to help fill up the shelves at the Bridge City/Orangefield Ministerial Alliance. They asked their fellow students to bring enough items to block their classroom door to earn a day of class outside of the traditional classroom setting....
Pinehurst Police Chief Fred R. Hanauer III announced that he would be retiring from the Pinehurst Police Department. Hanauer has been with Pinehurst since 2003 when he accepted an investigator position. Hanauer was appointed as interim chief in October of 2008 and was later appointed as chief of police in April of 2009. After a brief time off Hanauer will be accepting a position as a special investigator with the State of Texas and will continue helping others but in a civilian capacity. Hanauer stated, “This is one of the t...
Little Cypress-Mauriceville schools will all go virtual on Monday and Tuesday, February 15 and 16. According to LCM Superintendent Stacey Brister, “We would rather be safe than sorry, considering the possibility of buses, students and staff having to travel on icy roads to get to school.” District offices will also be closed due to the severe weather expected to produce icy conditions. Please look for additional notifications from the LCM District for any updates that may occur. The information will be sent through Sch...
Representatives of West Orange-Cove CISD were awarded the Citizen's Meritorious Service Award for their assistance in transporting inmates for the Orange County Sheriff's Office during Hurricane Laura. Pictured here receiving an award from Sheriff Mooney are Superintendent, Dr. Rickie Harris, WOCCISD Director of Transportation, Manuel Vera, and Higinio Gonzales....
A weekly column from Sen. Robert Nichols by Sen. Robert Nichols, Senate District 3 Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow on Groundhog Day, signaling 6 more weeks of winter. Since 1887, the groundhog in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania has been central to the legend of Groundhog Day, celebrated every February 2. Let's hope he's wrong this year. Here are five things happening around the state this week: 1. Texas Water Development Board authorized $44.5 million in Flood Mitigation...
The Orangefield High School district final of the Stark Reading Contest was held last night. All the contestants competed well. Congratulations to all the competitors. The winners were: Second place in declamation and earning a $1,500 scholarship is Kaitlyn Jenkins. First place in declamation earning a $2,000 scholarship and advancing to county is Mary Wernig. Second place in interpretive reading and earning a $1,500 scholarship is Brianna Moore. First place in interpretive...
The Bears Varsity golf team took part in the Vidor Pirate Invitational held at Brentwood Country Club. The boy's shot a team score of 318 to win the tournament by 12-strokes in the sixteen team/94 player field. 4A defending State Champ Jack Burke went under par again shooting a -2/70 to win his 2nd tournament of the year and his 20th varsity tournament win overall. Individual scores for the Bears were as follows: Burke (70), Will Van Pelt (80), Wyatt Wozniak (84), Timothy...
Chevron Phillips donated $500 to the Orangefield Jr. High Life Skills class to purchase new cooking supplies. The life skills students enjoy learning how to cook and are excited about purchasing new cookware and other items for their kitchen. Orangefield Jr. High is grateful to Chevron Phillips for their generosity. PIctured below are: Orangefield Jr. High principal, Timothy Reed and Orangefield ISD District Librarian/Grant Writer, Sunshine Copeland...
The VFW Auxiliary 2775 Orange will be holding their Spring Garage Sale in the VFW Hall at 5303 N.16th St on Saturday March 13, 2021 from 8:00AM to 2:00PM. The cost per table is $15.00, each cloths rack will be an additional $5.00. For more information contact Mary Snapp (409-697-0380). Payments can be mailed to Mary Snapp at 7927 Sandra Lane Orange Tx 77632. Please makes checks out to VFW AUX 2775....
