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AUSTIN, TX – Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 52 into law on Monday, officially granting Lamar State College Orange (LSCO) $37,435,695 to construct a new academic building on the LSCO campus in Orange. "We couldn't be more grateful to Governor Abbott, our own State Representative and Speaker of the House Dade Phelan, Senator Robert Nichols, and the Texas Legislature for providing this much-needed infrastructure funding for our beautiful college on the Sabine," LSCO P...
The Daughters of the American Revolution, William Diamond Chapter, recognized the Bridge City Volunteer Fire Department on National First Responders Day. In 2019, October 28 was designated to honor the men and women putting their lives at risk. This includes firefighters, police, EMT, paramedics and 911 operators. Prior to the firemen's meeting, the DAR ladies presented cookies and snacks in appreciation of their service to the community. Photo shows Rodney Mosier, Chief...
Sheriff’s Chaplain Mike Eaves opened Tuesday’s Commissioners Court meeting with a prayer thanking God for the easing of the COVID-19 pandemic. He’s not alone. Six weeks ago, new outbreaks of the coronavirus were popping up at alarming rates. And especially in school children. According to reports for Orange County, the number of “new” cases of COVID-19 in patients aged 5 to 18 went from 34 in the week ended Aug. 10 to 291 in the week ended Aug. 31. Bridge City High School had...
Nearly a half-million dollars in hotel-motel occupancy tax was in the process of being distributed to local non-profits Tuesday. Orange County designated $263,000 for 19 different upcoming events or destinations Tuesday afternoon while the City of Orange was looking to spend $185,000 on a dozen good causes. Orange County collects a 2 percent tax on overnight hotel and motel stays, while the City of Orange collects a 7 percent tax. From those funds, the county and city are...
A couple of parents pleaded for Orangefield's school district "to change with the times" Monday night. Ashley Petty and Scott Rollins want their sons allowed to wear earrings to classes, they said in the public forum portion of the October school board meeting. Currently, the school dress code for Orangefield Independent School District says earrings are prohibited for male students. "My 10-year-old little boy has his ears pierced," Petty told the board members. But the...
Donors ear-marking their funds for the March 2022 Republican Primary election in Orange County might want to double check their precinct lines first. The release earlier this year of the 2020 Census figures is causing, as they do every decade, a redrawing of precinct lines. The idea is to have each of the four precincts contain about 25 percent of the county's population, so that the county's resources are spent equitably. County Commissioners, Justices of the Peace and...
A new immunization clinic near Baptist Hospital Orange at 1502 Strickland Drive is opening later this week, county officials say. The clinic will be open daily, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and offer a selection of vaccines, not just COVID-19 immunizations, said Joel Ardoin, Emergency Management Coordinator for Orange County. "It will offer all of the immunizations people typically need, like school shots and flu vaccines," Ardoin said. "But you have to call to make an appointment."...
It's official. Columbanus Motor Sports cut the ribbon on their dealership at 3500 IH-10 West in Orange on Friday. The grand opening and ribbon cutting was followed by a blessing of the new facility by Reverend Daleo of Saint Mary Catholic Church in Orange and a weekend of fun, entertainment and festivities. The new dealership for motorcycles, utility vehicles, all-terrain vehicles, trailers, lawnmowers and generators is massive compared to owner Mark Frey's previous...
Texans have a chance to have their say on a couple of emotional issues for many that were created by government intervention to fight the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The eight propositions to be voted up or down in the Nov. 2 Texas Constitutional Amendment Election include one (No. 3) that will, if passed, keep the state or any lesser political entities – counties or cities – from limiting or prohibiting religious services. Another proposition (No. 6) establishes a rig...
The first-year Bridge City schools superintendent looks into the future and sees more and more young people. To make sure the schools have room for them, Dr. Mike Kelly is proposing a building program that will not require any new tax dollars. He wants to add six classrooms at Bridge City Elementary and a new career and technical education building at Bridge City High School. "None of these projects have anything to do with new taxes," Dr. Mike Kelly says. "They would all be...
For at least the third time this year, a business owned by a City Hall insider has been awarded a high-dollar Economic Development incentive by the City of Orange. Everyone involved says there's nothing wrong with it. "We run it by our lawyers. We do everything by the book," Orange City Manager Mike Kunst said. "They're business owners, and just like anybody, they're trying to take advantage of an opportunity for an incentive." Any current or potential Orange business can...
Quentin Tarantino doesn't have anything on Orange. He may have written "Pulp Fiction" but, Margaret Toal said, "Orange has Pulp History." Mark Twain said, "Truth is stranger than fiction," and Orange's colorful past is certainly that. Last year the Pandemic canceled the Heritage House Ghost Walk, but it returns this year 4:30-6:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 23 with all new tales of Orange's checkered past. "Margaret Toal who serves as one of our board members was the driving force...
Orange County will get a new representative in Congress, barring a huge shift in a redistricting plan put forth by a committee of Texas lawmakers. Under the plan, which still must be passed by the full Texas Legislature and signed by the governor, U.S. Rep. Randy Weber’s 14th District would include Orange County instead of the county being a part of Texas House District 36, represented by U.S. Rep. Brian Babin. Since 1842, Congress requires every state to draw single member d...
Little Cypress-Mauriceville's football team is sitting pretty as it enters District 10-4A Division I play this week. After slogging past Jasper 13-0 last week, Coach Eric Peevey has his first Battlin' Bears squad off to a 4-1 start. That's three wins more than LC-M garnered last year in a season affected by storms and the coronavirus pandemic. "The thing about sports is you can have an incredible preseason, but it can go down fast," Peevey said. "[Undefeated district foes]...
Gloria Marcelle Adams has had "a good life," though the last few weeks have not been what she planned. Since around Labor Day she has been in a rehab facility after a fall broke her hip. She fell in the garage, but luckily, she was discovered by her daughter she lovingly calls "Teesey," after only 30 minutes. "I'll be home for my birthday," she said excitedly. She turns 98 next week on Monday. Adams was born Oct. 11, 1923, at home in the East Texas Piney Woods. She later...
A second open meeting to hammer out a new work contract between Orange County's leaders and their sheriff's deputies is expected soon. Dustin Bock, president of the Orange County Sheriff's Office Employee Association which represents about 85 of the county's 120 deputies, said the lawmen were waiting to hear back from the county and settle on a meeting date and time. The first open meeting between the Orange County Sheriff's Office Employee Association and the county took...
After being sidelined for a year and a half, first by the pandemic, then weather, the Depot Day midway will open for family fun Saturday at the Orange Train Depot Museum, 1210 Green Avenue in Orange. "Depot Day is an annual fundraiser for the Friends of the Orange Depot to help sustain this important building for the citizens of Orange and surrounding area," said Friends of the Orange Depot founder, Carrie Woliver. "This year, after two rainouts, Depot Day will be held this...
New Bridge City Football Coach Cody McGuire didn't waste much time waking up the echoes in his football program. In fact, he's waking up the heroes of the Cardinals' Glory Days and having them visit with current BC football players at 7:30 a.m. on Mondays. "It's just important to get the young guys with the guys who've been there and won state," McGuire, Bridge City's first-year coach, said. "For kids who have heard about that state championship team all their lives, it's...
Republican U.S. Representative Brian Babin, the Woodville dentist who represents Orange County in Congress, signed on to help lead an effort to impeach President Joe Biden. Passage of the resolution, led by Ohio Rep. Bob Gibbs, isn’t expected to succeed as the Democrats control both houses of Congress. The resolution accuses Biden of breaking his oath of office by failing to secure the border, failing as Commander-in-Chief in the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan a...
Orangetober Festival is coming to Orange’s Riverside Pavilion Oct. 1-2. Highlights include an insane number of pumpkins -- more than 11,000 – trucked in from the Panhandle and the Gumbo Cook-Off put on by the Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce. The free community event kicks off at 11 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 1 and tours of the Pumpkin Village will show off the melons and gourds. Of course, a field of pumpkins means photo opps for the entire family. Kids’ games and activ...
Bridge City ISD recognized students from Bridge City Intermediate and Bridge City Elementary schools who won local UIL academics awards at their Tuesday night meeting. Categories included spelling, mathematics, reading, writing, chess, numbers sense, maps, charts and graphs, listening and dictionary skills. First- through sixth-place finishers were honored....
Come for the pancakes. Make a commitment for the kids. The Bridge City ISD Education Foundation is hosting an Alumni Pancake Breakfast from 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 9 in the Bridge City High School Cafeteria. It’s the first official fundraiser for the BCISD Education Foundation, local citizens aiming to support BCISD faculty and students. Friday, Oct. 8 is Bridge City’s homecoming football game against Hardin-Jefferson. Wake up Saturday, come out and visit with fel...
Orange County will hold open deliberations for a new bargaining agreement between the county, its Sheriff, Lane Mooney, and the Sheriff's Office deputies' association at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22 in the commissioners courtroom. The three sides have been operating under a collective bargaining agreement created in 2009 and only partially amended since because the deputies refuse to give in on two primary features of the CBA. At the same time, the deputies agreed to a "me too"...
Big boys' toys in two-, three- and four-wheel models and power equipment to get the job done once you get where you're going. It's all under one very big roof at the new Columbanus Motor Sports that opened Wednesday at 3500 IH-10 West in Orange. It's located at the turn from the service road that goes to the winery at Free State Cellars. Grand Opening will be Friday and Saturday, Oct. 15-16, featuring two days of food, music, live radio remotes and at least a half-dozen local...
Orange County taxpayers receiving their 2021 property tax bills next month will like that this year's tax rates are staying the same or even being reduced. They'd hate to think how much their tax payments would have gone up otherwise. Oh, those tax payments will be going up. Because of a lofty 13% rise in property valuations across the county, the owner of an average homestead will see their taxes rise about $200 per year. The City of Orange was going to be one of the last...
