Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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The back-to-school season can bring excitement for young people as they prepare to see their classmates again, meet new teachers and students, and explore new subjects. For youth in foster care, however, starting a new school year can feel scary and uncertain, because the odds are stacked against them when it comes to their educational success. Children enter foster care not because of any fault of their own, but because their families are in crisis. Once they're in foster...
Bruce Lockett, Director T.A.S.A. In discussing the Indians of the Southern portion of the United States it is strange that some of the first Indians to meet the Euro-Americans are barely mention in the context of Indian history. This Indian group was known as the Atakapa Indians of Texas and Louisiana. The Atakpa Indians were a loose federation of Indians on the coastal shores of Texas, and Louisiana, from the San Jacinto River, of Texas to Vermilion bay, of Louisiana....
The Kiwanis Club of Orange is excited to announce that a bit of normal is coming our way in December. Mayor Larry Spears has given the Kiwanis Club of Orange permission to hold the 71st Annual Christmas Parade, “A TEXAS CHRISTMAS!” There will be, of course, special COVID-19 guidelines that are not optional. According to Kiwanis Club President Shane Johns, “We were not sure that the event was going to happen this year since the Governor’s restriction of social gatherings on city property included parades. Luckily, he gave ma...
When you buy Honey at the store Local does not mean the honey came from American Bees. Honey is a unregulated industry so the packagers can put just about anything on the label. The honey packers make a big deal about pure honey. They brag on testing and purity, yes they are selling honey from bees. They might be Asian bees or South American bees but they are definitely NOT American bees. The honey packers purchase 450,000,000 pounds of honey from outside the U.S for much lower prices than we can produce. Honey from Vietnam...
Ronda Dishon and staff at High Tides prepare poboy sandwiches for City of Bridge City employees in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura....
Active cases of COVID-19 in Orange County have jumped from 3 to 317 since June 3, according to statistics posted on the Orange County Emergency Management Facebook page Thursday afternoon. Confirmed cases have risen by 183 since the last report, dated July 1, for a grand total of 487 Orange County confirmed cases since the respiratory virus first surfaced locally in March. Two new deaths -- one Vidor resident, one Orange resident -- have been added to the latest report,...
In the midst of the worst spike yet in local coronavirus cases, Orange County Judge John Gothia has tested positive for COVID-19, he told the County Record and Penny Record newspapers Tuesday. Gothia missed last Tuesday's every-other-week meeting of Commissioners Court because he was ill, then canceled a meeting with city mayors Friday because he wasn't feeling well. He missed Tuesday's specially called Commissioners Court meeting. "I found out [Monday] night," said the county...
