Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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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...
Shangri La's annual Scarecrow Festival will return Oct. 12 through Nov. 6, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Registration for entries is now underway online at Shangri La's website. Deadline to register is Oct. 6. Participation is free and open to individuals (18+), youth groups, businesses, organizations and families. This would be a fun family activity, both to build a scarecrow scene, then later, check out all the creations from other families and organizations. It is also a great way...
Orange County Judge John Gothia disagreed Thursday with allegations that he and Commissioner Johnny Trahan were at fault for holding private bargaining sessions aimed at a new contract for the county’s deputy sheriffs. Gothia acknowledged Thursday that the Orange County Sheriff’s Employees Association was seeking more pay and the continuation of a “just cause” clause, which allows for arbitration in disciplinary circumstances inside the department. He said the non-pos...
Lamar State College Orange (LSCO) is thrilled to welcome Keith Jones, Ed.D., to the Gator Family as the new Associate Dean of Technical Studies. Kristin Walker, Dean of Health, Workforce, and Technical Studies, has charged Dr. Jones with leading the technical education programs, including Instrumentation, Industrial Technology, Maritime, Process Technology, and Welding, developing new programs, ensuring students and faculty have resources to be successful, connecting faculty...
School boards and message boards have all seen an overload of angst over COVID-19, cases of which are skyrocketing among school-aged youngsters. While four parents opposed to schools imposing a mask mandate appeared at an Orangefield board meeting in August, others are voting for everyone to wear a mask. Or to just stay at home. "A concerned parent" emailed her plea to a Little Cypress-Mauriceville board meeting a week ago. "My son tested positive today for Covid after one...
If you’re scoring at home on the secretive backroom meetings between Orange County and its sheriff deputies, well, chalk up one for the deputies. County Judge John Gothia said Tuesday afternoon that Commissioners Court had agreed to extend the pre-impasse deadline for an additional 15 days to Sept. 22 and proposed three dates, at 2 p.m. Sept. 13, 2 p.m. Sept. 15 and 2 p.m. Sept. 16 for open-to-the-public negotiations. Tuesday’s announcement came after the issuance of two gri...
Kirk Roccaforte, longtime Bridge City mayor, recalls his first look at his hometown after Hurricane Ike made landfall on Sept. 13, 2008. The mayor and other key city personnel spent the night of Sept. 12-13 in a school building in Little Cypress, away from the storm's worst but close enough to get back in a hurry. "When I topped Cow Bayou Bridge, all I saw was water. "It was a really sinking feeling. I didn't know what was going to happen. I didn't know if we could survive...
NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA OF THE COMMISSIONERS’ COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY, TEXAS, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 Notice is hereby given that the Commissioners’ Court of Orange County, Texas, will hold a Public Hearing regarding the Proposed Orange County Budget of Fiscal Year 2021-2022 on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Commissioners’ Courtroom of the Orange County Administration Building, 123 South 6th Street, Orange, Texas for the following purpose to-wit: HEARI...
Thankfully, Hurricane Ida didn't come Texas' way, but that didn't stop the Orange County Sheriff Office from pitching in to help. Sheriff Lane Mooney sent two teams to assist in disaster recovery efforts in an area where winds wiped out nearly all of the infrastructure. The first team included the department's drone unit, members of the department's narcotics unit and Jasper Constable Joe Sterling. This team assisted the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Office located in Houma,...
Legendary lawyer and philanthropist, Walter Umphrey, who led the Texas trial team that secured billions in a landmark settlement with Big Tobacco and who donated millions of dollars to charitable causes over the course of his lifetime, has passed away. The 85-year-old died of natural causes in Beaumont, Texas on September 7, 2021. "Walter Umphrey was more than just a lawyer," said Joe Fisher, Managing Partner of Provost Umphrey, the law firm Mr. Umphrey co-founded. "He was a...
Mandy Lyda is in her third week as the new director of Bridge City Chamber of Commerce. She's been busy learning all the procedures and gearing up for upcoming events, the first of which will be the monthly coffee to be held next Tuesday at COS Printing in Texas Ave at 8 a.m. Lyda is an Orange County native. She was raised in Mauriceville and graduated from Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School. Lyda moved away from the area for 20 years when she and her husband ministered...
Bridge City ISD will be hosting renowned motivational speaker Damon West in a free community event next Tuesday, September 7 at 7 p.m. The event will be held at the Bridge City Elementary School cafeteria. The public is invited to attend. Sentenced to sixty-five years in a Texas prison, Damon West once had it all. Damon West, M.S. Criminal Justice, is a college professor, nationally known keynote speaker and best-selling author (with best-selling author and motivational speake...
Jo Harris says her family's Orange Mercantile store is having a run on horse, cattle and swine de-wormer. "Normally, I'll keep six or seven bottles on the shelf, and when I run out, I just order six more bottles and they come in a few days," Harris said. "I have ivermectin ordered since Aug. 9, and every week, I order some more. I've ordered 36 bottles one size, 18 bottles another size and two more of a third size. "But I haven't had any on the shelf to sell since Aug. 9." Ive...
Allen Romero has hunted alligators, "since I was born." His earliest memories of going on hunts with his father and grandfather were at the age of 4. "My daddy and my grandpa hunted alligators all their life." Romero just celebrated his 79th birthday last week and currently lives in Bridge City. That equates to a lifetime of hunting. "My grandpa came over to Johnson's Bayou in 1924," said Romero. "My daddy was about 8 years old. Daddy was born in 1916. They lived there till...
Josh Smalley’s 10th season as Orangefield’s head football coach and athletic director opened with a bang last week. His veteran Bobcats, coming off back-to-back postseason berths, walloped Anahuac 46-13, with a veteran line leading the way for three backs to surpass 100 yards each in rushing. “We’ve got a lot of room to improve,” Smalley said, eyeing this week’s schedule. “Woodville will be a difficult challenge.” Preparing his team for difficult challenges has been Smalle...
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...
As COVID-19 infected another 691 of its residents this week, Orange County signed up with Jefferson, Jasper and Newton counties to establish an infusion center in Beaumont to treat the infected before they have to go to the hospital. Also: * West Orange-Cove schools became Orange County's first school district to defy Gov. Greg Abbott's order against requiring students and teachers to wear masks. * Orange County Commissioners voted unanimously to grant a 10-year tax abatement...
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...
