Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Update: It took a jury about three hours Thursday to find Yovhanis Roque guilty of Capital Murder for the death of his 2 year old daughter Savannah. As a result, he will automatically be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Trial testimony began Tuesday in the case of Yovahnis Roque,28, who is accused of the February 2019 murder of his two-year-old daughter, Savannah. The state is seeking Capital Murder charges. If found guilty, Roque could face up...
Part of new Bridge City football coach Cody McGuire's promoting his new program to players involves championship aspirations, as depicted by a Michael Jordan six-ring photo and game balls from Austin Westlake's back-to-back state championships. RECORD PHOTO: Dave Rogers The Friday night lights go on for keeps this week as the 2021 Texas high school football season kicks off. At least one team – Bridge City – will be plenty familiar with the lights, though. Under new head coa...
Orange's City Council approved a proposed balanced 2022 budget of $25 million Tuesday night, and members expressed delight that the city, under City Manager Mike Kunst, had set aside another $12 million as a reserve fund. "I'm ecstatic we've hit the magic numbers we had discussed," Councilman Brad Childs told Kunst. That led to council's approval of a three-year plan by Kuntz to spend down an extra $1.7 million left in the kitty. Kuntz proposed spending $700,000 in 2022 for...
Carroll Holt wasn't born in Orange. His family moved to the city right after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. Holt was 6 years old. "My daddy worked the shipyards," said Holt. His family was part of the swell that swarmed the city when shipbuilding for War World II became a huge boom for the city. Orange grew almost overnight from a population of around 7,500 to over 70,000. It created a huge housing shortage, but the Holts were lucky. "We had a three-bedroom...
Sunday, First Baptist Church Bridge City will host a free Outdoorsman Banquet in the Family Life Center 5-7 p.m. open to the public. "It's a little something we're trying to do to gather men together," said Pastor Keith Royal. "It's a little fish fry banquet. There will be music." Royal said there are also plans for some classic cars to be on display and a few vendors will be on hand. "We've got someone that does duck calls...someone that does some wounded warrior events....
George Bohn has been a train ‘nut’ for more than 60 years, and says it’s an inherited trait, having picked it up from his dad, who began collecting model train sets in the 1930s. But Bohn, a board member of Friends of the Depot who could tell you weeks in advance all the details of Thursday’s visit to Orange by the largest-ever steam locomotive, is small potatoes when it comes to going the extra mile. “We’ve got a member of our model train club in Orange who’s a snowbird,” Bo...
School bells rang Wednesday morning, signaling the start of the 2021-22 school year for about 10,000 students on the south and east ends of Orange County. The first day of school for Bridge City, Orangefield and West Orange-Cove school districts is Aug. 11 and Little Cypress-Mauriceville schools open up Aug. 16. How many show up was the big question going in. “The biggest challenge right now is we don’t know what to expect as far as students,” Mike Kelly, Bridge City super...
After 35 years of doing everything from climbing poles to dealing with government leaders on its behalf, Johnny Trahan has a long history with Entergy Texas. And a new connection with Orange County history. Southeast Texas’ power company, Entergy Texas, announced late last month its intention to build a $1 billion clean energy Advanced Power Station in Bridge City. That news came approximately two and a half years after Trahan, newly retired as Entergy’s customer service manag...
Orange County Airport Manager Missy Pillsbury, center, was named the Texas General Aviation Airport Manager of The Year at last week’s Texas Aviation Conference last week in San Marcos. Pillsbury, a longtime tax office employee, has been Airport Manager since 2014 and took over as full reins of the operation in 2018. The state has more than 400 general aviation airports but Pillsbury’s nomination, sent in by the airport’s base pilots, flew to the top of the heap. “Oran...
Monday was 'Meet the Teacher' day at Orangefield with first day of class for students on Wednesday. Windee Jenkins, a paraprofessional at Orangefield ISD for 16 years has worked on all three campuses. "We help the special needs teachers with the children," said Jenkins. "We're an extension to the teacher." She has also driven a special needs bus for the district for 14 years. Jenkins also coached jr. high sports for four years in the mix - volleyball, basketball and track. She...
If you live on the East Side of Orange and always wake up with the sun, you’d better start putting money aside for a reliable alarm clock. The Orange County Coastal Storm Risk Management Project, or “Ike Dike,” could delay sunup for hundreds – nay, thousands – of expert home remodelers who have done it themselves more than one time lately. Instead of watching the sunlight poking through the trees, residents must now wait for it to first climb up over a 14-foot floodwall or may...
There is nothing like an impending 30th birthday to light a fire under some people. Such was the case for Jimmy Womack of Vidor. That and the fact that the pandemic gave him more time on his hands to think about it. “When I found out we were going into lockdown last year due to the Coronavirus, I thought this was the perfect opportunity for me to practice, by making a project. I thought why not do it by myself. I’m not going to have anyone to assist me,” he said. First, he ha...
Orange County is among nine Texas counties with the worst COVID-19 hospitalization rates. After pointing that out to her social media followers, Orange City Council member Terrie Salter said Texas Governor Greg Abbott “is reckless” for issuing orders that prohibit schools and businesses from requiring their students, workers and customers wear masks intended to slow the spread of COVID-19. “To issue an order to ban any business or government entities from making reaso...
The Bridge City-Orangefield Rotary Club took notice of how popular the Bridge City Chamber of Commerce Purse Bingo events have been the last couple of years. Since the Rotary’s main fundraiser, the Bunny Run, has been cancelled due to COVID the last two years, they decided to take the Chamber event and put a male twist on it with a Guys’ Game Night. “We saw how well the ladies did with the first Bingo,” said Eric Andrus, one of the event organizers. “We talked about it. We’ve...
As part of its plan to meet growing demand across Southeast Texas and modernize its generation fleet, Entergy Texas, Inc. has begun the process to seek approval to construct the Orange County Advanced Power Station, a 1,215-megawatt, dual fuel combined cycle power facility. The plant will be located near Bridge City, Texas and will be capable of powering more than 230,000 homes and use a combination of natural gas and hydrogen. Hydrogen produces zero carbon emissions as a...
Business looks to be booming in Orange County. Entergy Texas has chosen a site near the company’s Bridge City plant as the finalist for a new $1 billion power plant, County Judge John Gothia said. An announcement of the power company’s plan to begin the permitting for the plant could come as early as Wednesday, he said. Also, Orange County is set to hear an Aug. 24 tax abatement request concerning the new Eagle Point medical complex which hopefully could provide details about...
You could call Orange County Sheriff Deputies Brandon Mojica and Chris Arriola dog lovers. Their 3-year-old Belgian Malinois Shepherds definitely – to quote McGruff – take a bite out of crime. Bad guys won’t want to see their dogs up close. “Having them makes people second-guess whether they want to run from us,” Mojica said. “They can see and sense and smell a lot more than me and my partner,” Arriola said. Orange County had deployed dogs on patrol in the past, but when Lane...
When it comes to COVID-19 vaccines, Orange County, Texas, has one of the lowest rates of vaccinated residents in one of the least vaccinated states in the nation. In the last week, active cases in the county have more than doubled from 141 to 315, county officials revealed at Tuesday’s Commissioners Court meeting. Tuesday’s was the first public update since the county’s Emergency Management Office last posted figures, along with a breakdown by age groups and genders, on June 8...
Several members of the Orange County community will take the stage at Port Arthur Little Theater's (PALT) production of Grease which starts July 30 and runs for three weeks. Director for the production, Debbie Pletcher, had so many people interested in the production, she was able to have two casts, one primarily teen, the other primarily adults. The two casts will alternate beginning with the teen cast on opening night. Andy McCall, one of the staff members at Orange's...
Tuesday, at a red-carpet gala awards ceremony in Nashville, Tenn. the short film “Shhh” was awarded Best Female Director and Best Soundtrack in the shorts categories at the Music City Film Festival hosted at the Twelve Thirty Club, Justin Timberlake’s new upscale dinner club. “I’m so excited to be hosting the Music City Film Festival,” said Jenny G. Jackson, festival director. “The magic of movies is where music meets film.’” This was the inaugural event for the film festival...
It’s almost time for the 33rd OCARC fishing tournament. Registration is underway now. The tournament will kick off at Aug. 6 at 5 p.m., with weigh-in scheduled for 5 p.m. the following day. Certification for eligible winning fish will start at 3:00 p.m. This is the only fundraiser for the organization to fund needs for their special needs clients. Last year’s tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19, so a great turnout is critical for this year. “It’s one of the largest...
Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, Orange’s state representative, Texas State University System Chancellor Brian McCall, and Lamar State College Orange President Thomas Johnson announced at a joint press conference today that new tuition parity funding passed in this year’s legislative session will further reduce the cost of tuition at the Lamar State Colleges, including Lamar State College Orange, by 11.2%. The reduction will make tuition at Lamar State College Orange (LS...
Lamar State College Orange, Lamar Institute of Technology and Lamar State College Port Arthur, known collectively as the Lamar State Colleges, will further reduce tuition this fall thanks to an additional $17 million in funding in the recently approved state budget. This new funding allows the three public, two-year institutions serving Southeast Texas to reduce tuition and mandatory fees to $1,770 per semester (based on 15 semester credit hours). Combined with the first...
The Lutcher Theater for the Performing Arts 2021-2022 season ticket sales are ongoing. They announced spotlight packages of four or more shows are on sale now. “We’re very excited reopening,” said Leah Guillotte-Stark, the Lutcher Theater marketing manager. “It’s been almost two years since we’ve had shows.” The pandemic forced them to cancel the second half of the season in 2020 and the entire 2020-2021 season. The new season kicks off in October with Asleep at the Wheel. “It...
Although the number of COVID-19 infections in Orange County are a long way from their January peak, cases are once again on the rise in Orange County. This week's report of new cases includes the first confirmed case of the Delta variant of the virus in the county. Joel Ardoin, Orange County Emergency Management Coordinator, offered that report to The Record Newspapers Monday. A Vidor resident tested positive for the Delta variant of COVID-19, Sharon Whitley, the Hardin County...
