Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Bridge City High graduate Chase Shugart moved up to Major League Baseball this week as the Boston Red Sox promoted him from their AAA team the Worcester Red Sox. Local fans may get to see him soon as the Red Sox will be playing in Houston next week against the Astros. Games are set for 7:10 p.m. Monday, August 20, and Tuesday, August 21, then at 1:10 p.m. Wednesday, August 21, all at Minute Maid Park. Shugart, 27, is a right-handed pitcher and for the past three years has...
Annette Payne lives in the Cove neighborhood of Orange and went to the old Cove school there. For years, she watched as the abandoned, sprawling school buildings deteriorated with broken windows. But that decay is gone and Monday, she helped the city of Orange and local industries celebrate the rebirth of neighborhood with a sprawling park and recreation area on the land where the school once stood. "We had a lot of people here that went to school here, that still live here, l...
The Texas Historical Commission has approved two new local historical markers, one for the City of West Orange, and the other for the Orange Paper Company, founded in the early 1901 that operated more than 90 years. Meritta Kennedy, who is on the West Orange City Council and a member of the Orange County Historical Commission, did the research and wrote the application for the marker for West Orange. Ken Steppe, a retired paper mill executive who helped open the...
Bridge City can expect more traffic problems this week as the Texas Department of Transportation plans to close one lane of the Rainbow Bridge on Thursday and one lane of the Veterans Memorial Bridge on Friday. TxDOT warns to expect delays in travel time and to be cautious of road crews. The closures are for contract inspectors to check the bridges. The Rainbow Bridge lane closure will be from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 15, with the lane closure on the Veterans Me...
The Bridge City school district this year is letting all students at the elementary and intermediate school have a free breakfast and lunch each day, thanks to a program f rom the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the community eligibility program. Students at the middle school and high school will need to apply and meet family income or special needs like being in foster care to qualify for free or reduced-price meals. BCISD Food Service Director Maggie Joubert said in a...
It’s that time of year again in which the Orange County Commissioners’ Court certified property tax values and determined early voting locations, dates and times. Here are the property tax figures that were presented in commissioners' court on Tuesday morning. Octavia Guzman, interim tax assessor-collector, said at the meeting the 2024 Orange County taxable value is $8,769,549,099; up $506,933,866 from last year’s taxable value. The 2024 Orange County No New Revenue rate...
It was standing room only at the screening of the freshly made entries for the Boomtown Film and Music Festival Music Video Competition Monday night at the Logon Café in Beaumont. Some people were standing outside, looking in the windows. Kudos to this year's festival director Stephanie Orta. The competition was part of July's "Halfway to Boomtown" event. On July 26, they held a concert event with three music acts and had the music video challenge kickoff in-between acts....
Dry weather is helping move the construction along on the new Bridge City Middle School. The project, started last year, is part of the 2022 bond election voters approved. A new, 160,000 square foot building to accommodate 900 students is going up on the site where the former middle school, built as the high school 60 years ago, once stood. The contractor is G&G Enterprises of Orange County with Claycomb Associates as the architect....
Brush up your dance steps and show off your shag. You might win money. A shag dancing contest with a $100 prize is part of Blues Fest on Saturday, August 10, at the Orange Boat Ramp's Riverside Pavilion. The dance contest will be part of a day and evening of music featuring local musicians and professional blues bands. The headliner is LJ Echols, known for his blues and Southern Soul. He grew up in a small town in Mississippi in a musical family and started a gospel group....
After noticing an abundance of new businesses opening in Bridge City recently, The Record decided to check in with Mandy Lyda, executive director of Bridge City Chamber of Commerce to see just how many businesses have opened since the first of the year. “It’s exciting to see all the new businesses in Bridge City,” said Lyda. She went through the membership list to see how many have joined the chamber since January. Brooke and Catherine Lending Company (aka: FBC Mortg...
Teachers at Orange County public schools are back to work for the 2024-25 school year with students to begin classes next week. West Orange-Cove students will start on Monday, August 12, with the other districts, Bridge City, Little Cypress-Mauriceville, Orangefield, and Vidor getting students on Wednesday, August 14. On Tuesday for the first time, teachers and administrators from all five school districts gathered for a convocation at West Orange-Stark High School's new...
Bill Nickum and Dr David Olson recently received recognition from the Bridge City/Orangefield Rotary Club on their 50th Anniversaries as charter members of the Rotary Club....
H.B. Neild Construction expanded its reach in Southeast Texas and beyond by welcoming the community to the grand opening of its Orange County location. The new facility sits on nearly 2 acres and includes an 8,000-square-feet main office and warehouse. There is also a 2,100-square-feet equipment bay and secondary warehouse. At capacity, the location is going to employ a dozen professionals and serve as an Orange County hub for H.B. Neild services within its construction,...
Karen Fisher jokes that she even hates herself when she writes her self a check to pay for her property taxes. "I hate that Karen Fisher," she jokes. Fisher has been the elected Orange County Tax Assessor-Collector for nearly eight years and Wednesday is her last day after working in the office for 32 years. It's been a tradition for decades for checks to pay property taxes and the vehicle registrations collected in the office to be written to the personal name of the tax...
The OCARC Fishing Tournament provides more than a chance for local amateur anglers to win money for their catches. The supports clients at the sheltered workshop and brings people together to celebrate the special adults. The tournament is always held on the first Friday and Saturday of August and this Saturday will be the 36th. Thanks to local businesses, prize money this year is going up with $500 for the top prize in the four major categories, bass, speckled trout,...
Orange will be getting a new $20 million plant to produce fertilizer using waste products from the seafood industry. Construction of the plant is to begin "immediately," according to news releases. The plant will be the second for Tidal Grow AgriScience, which currently has a production facility in Pacific County, Washington. The Orange plant will be built with a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The products include brand names Oceanic and SeaPhos. They are...
When Constable Jeremiah Gunter isn't out busting illegal game rooms or smoke shops violating laws, he's been brainstorming a way to encourage more local kids to get a career in law enforcement. His ideas have led to a way to raise scholarship money, showcase area musicians, and create a community gathering all at once. This coming Saturday, August 3, the inaugural Orange County Music Festival will be held at the Mauriceville Community Center pavilion. Entry is $10 and people...
Brent Coon and Associates will be holding the second of three Town Hall Meetings to discuss the recent chemical leak in Orange County. Brent Coon & Associates law firm has already filed over 500 lawsuits emanating from the major gas leak in Orange County that sent dozens to the hospital and left thousands stranded away from their homes or worse in their homes with no air conditioning as part of a massive “shelter in place” notice from local government agencies dealing wit...
The Bridge City Strutters earned many awards at the American Dance/Drill Team Camp adding to their list of impressive accolades and wins. Individual Awards: JV Kick Company Tarah Bradley Bryleigh Cummings Caroline Pachar Sgt. Bella Sanchez Lilee Underwood Alaina Wheeler JV Miss High Kick: Tarah Bradley Varsity All-American Kick Company Lt. Raely Ply Lt. Addisyn Watts All-American Dancers: Marleigh Boyd Zoee Buchanan Brooklyn Landry Raely Ply Olivia Romero Taylor Tran Addisyn...
Schedule Change for Disaster Recovery Centers in Texas All Disaster Recovery Centers operating in Texas will operate 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and will be closed on Sundays, effective July 29. The centers help Texans with recovery from two disasters, Hurricane Beryl and the April 26-June 5 storms and flooding. To find the location of the nearest center go to fema.gov/drc. Texans can shorten wait times at the centers if they apply to FEMA online, by phone or...
Cheryl Warren has become experienced in speaking before Orange County Commissioners Court, but Tuesday she was shaking and near tears. Her son and his family live on Foreman Road, the heart of an air-borne chemical accident Thursday, July 18. At least 150 people went to hospitals in Southeast Texas because of the exposure, according to Beaumont lawyer Brent Coon, who has already filed a lawsuit. "That was an epic failure in information to the residents," Warren told the...
Octavia Guzman will officially become the new Orange County tax assessor-collector on July 31 as Karen Fisher retires. Commissioners Court Tuesday accepted Fisher's resignation after she worked in the office for 32 years, with eight of those as the top official. The court took only a few minutes in a closed door session to name longtime employee Guzman as the interim tax assessor-collector. Guzman ran unopposed for the position in the March Republican primary and has no...
John Cash Smith, a local lawyer and head of the Orange County Democratic Party, said he thinks putting Kamala Harris in as the candidate for president "turned the tables" on Trump, who had been campaigning against the age of President Joe Biden. "He's the one man too old in the campaign now," Smith said. The longtime Democrat is a close follower of local, state, and national politics. He had been on vacation in Colorado Sunday when his oldest son texted him about Biden's...
As a precautionary measure a shelter in place has been issued by Orange County Emergency Management due to an unknown chemical release in the areas for residents of West Orange, Bridge City and Orangefield. To shelter in place – get inside, turn off air conditioning and try to block air from entering the room you are in and tune into local radio, television and social media for updates. Do not leave your shelter unless authorities tell you it is safe to do so. Emergency M...
Following rigorous testing and continuous air quality monitoring, the unified command of all agencies involved has determined that there are no longer detectable levels of ethyl acrylate in the affected area. As a result, the shelter-in-place order imposed earlier today will be lifted effective 8:00 PM, July 18, 2024. Ethyl acrylate, the product identified as the cause of concern, has been successfully mitigated, ensuring the safety of our citizens. A comprehensive report...
