Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Photo: Dale Parish of the Lower Neches Sabine Water Conservation District board accepts a proclamation declaring April 26-May 3 “National Soil Stewardship Week” from the Orange County Commissioners’ Court on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. Dave Rogers For The Record John Gothia says when it comes to taking all reasonable precautions against the spread of diseases like COVID-19, Orange County won’t get caught by surprise again. That’s why the county judge has directed Kurt Guidry, c...
Shortly after Phyl and I got married, 65 years ago last December, we bought our first home in Bridge City on Shady Drive. My father Clay was partly responsible for us starting out our lives together in Bridge City. He really believed in the area after the Rainbow Bridge was completed in 1937 and the swing bridge linked Texas 87. He had pioneered the business world here while folks were still commuting to Port Arthur by ferry. On that Ferry Road, now Lake Street, he built the...
Photo: Phillip and Janice Todora of Bridge City have been quarantined and are recovering at their home since late March after learning they both tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus. RECORD PHOTO: Dave Rogers Dave Rogers For The Record Phillip Todora, the first confirmed COVID-19 patient in Bridge City, has made no secret of his identity. “Thirty minutes after my doctor called me with the test results, my daughter’s boss told her she had to go home because som...
Larry Johnson Staff Reporter “Show your work” has taken on a whole new meaning at Lamar State College Port Arthur. For LSCPA cosmetology students, they demonstrate 90-degree haircuts on family members who are self-quarantining from the COVID-19 virus while another family member films the process. Finally, they upload the video to their instructors who watch it in their homes and grade the work. A nursing student goes online to show the proper way to change a bandage and sta...
Angela Marie Stevens, 32, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on April 11, 2020, in Houston, Texas. Born in Orange, Texas, on August 22, 1987, she was the daughter Tammy (Vincent) David and Mitchel David. Angela worked as a medical assistant and was passionate about providing care for others. She loved dogs and considered her yellow lab, Goldie, to be her baby. Angela always enjoyed being outdoors. Her favorite activities were boat riding, camping of any kind, spending time at...
Atho Reams (A.R.) Morgan, 86, of Orange, Texas, passed away Wednesday, April 8, 2020. A.R. was born in Shreveport, Louisiana on June 30, 1933. He attended Stark high school and graduated from St. Mary's high school in 1952. He later continued his education through correspondence courses with IBC. A.R. served in the Army as a paratrooper and member of the elite 82nd Airborne. He loved flying and later went on to acquire his pilot’s license. A.R. was married to his wife, Betty Hodge Morgan for 57 years. Together, they raised t...
Church members sang from a printed sheet of lyrics at Sunday's Drive-In Easter service at the First Baptist Church in Bridge City April 12, 2020....
Dave Rogers / For The Record Orange County's Office of Emergency Management released a new breakdown of the county's confirmed cases of COVID-19 virus and they showed two previously unreported demographic breakdowns: age and sex. The information posted on the OCOEM Facebook page showed the county's 39 confirmed cases were split down the middle by gender, with 20 being women, 19 men. As has been reported elsewhere and feared all along since the new coronavirus entered the Unite...
Dave Rogers For The Record Thanks to a ton of bad weather in recent years (think hurricanes and tropical storms), students and faculty at Lamar State College Orange are no strangers to challenging educational experiences. But with the campus closed until at least the end of May by state and national health protocols, the only face-to-face talks students are having with their teachers are via the internet on computer screens. “I would much rather be face-to-face with my students, but what we have is close,” says Dal Mor...
Photo: Wesley Dishon says his family’s High Tides restaurant on Cow Bayou is staying busy with carryout orders of food and drinks during a ban on in-store dining caused by the coronavirus. He said he’s considering adding on to the double-decker eatery that opened about a month ago. Dave Rogers For The Record Innovation and adaptation are the marching orders of the “new normal” in 2020. A couple of Orange County restaurants are making them work, even with restaurants being c...
Photo: Bridge City head baseball coach Chad Landry meets with his state ranked Cardinals on the mound during the final game of the Jasper Tournament against Nederland on March 14. Big Red pounded Nederland 8-3. It would be the final game for the playoff bound Bridge City. RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn Dave Rogers For The Record The COVID-19 viral pandemic has made the spring of 2020 one that no one will forget. Meanwhile, the baseball players at Bridge City still haven’t given up t...
Photo: Texas state troopers question motorists who enter the state from Louisiana Tuesday at the Welcome Center on the Texas side of the Sabine River. Dave Rogers For The Record Orange County’s Office of Emergency Management debuted on its Facebook page Tuesday a new grid to better pinpoint areas of testing and confirmed cases of COVID-19. Among the many squabbles on the ever-shifting battlefield that has been local, state and federal decrees regarding the new coronavirus h...
Dave Rogers / For The Record A member of the Orange County Sheriff’s Office has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, Sheriff Keith Merritt said. As a result, 29 county employees who have been in recent contact with the infected coworker have been told to self-quarantine at their homes for 14 days. Additionally, Orange County offices will be closed for at least the week of April 6-10. As of 3 p.m. Sunday, there were a total of 23 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in O...
John August “Pete” Frederick, 86, of Orange, passed away on March 30, 2020, in Beaumont. Born in Mauriceville, Texas, on May 12, 1933, he was the son of Edmond Harry Frederick Sr., and Lena Pauline Peveto Frederick. A lifelong resident of Mauriceville, Pete lived on the property homesteaded by his ancestors. He met and married the love of his life, Betty Jean Thornton Frederick and from then on, his lifelong mission became being the best husband and father he could be. Togethe...
Photo: Cars of Texas State Troopers line up just inside the Texas state line at the Interstate 10 Texas Welcome Center parking lot in Orange Monday afternoon. The number of highway patrol cars parked went up from two to four during a half hour period but none of the four stopped any vehicles during that time. Photo by Dave Rogers Dave Rogers For The Record World and national news reports have shown spring breakers congregating at the beach and college kids hosting a COVID-19...
For the Record Dave Rogers Orange County Sheriff Keith Merritt plans to leave successor Lane Mooney a welcome-aboard present, one with 40 wheels and 3,500 horsepower. County Commissioners unanimously approved Tuesday giving the retiring sheriff permission to purchase 10 new 2020 Ford Explorer Police Interceptors for his department with nearly half a million dollars in federal drug forfeiture funds. Expected purchase price: $410,755. The Sheriff’s Office maintains three s...
Dave Rogers For The Record Students will continue to be closed until May 4 to slow down the worldwide coronavirus spread, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declared Tuesday. Local school districts shared the message with their patrons via Facebook Tuesday night. “Our health officials report that cases are continuing to spread in the state, and an increase in confirmed cases in our county seems likely,” Todd Lintzen, Bridge City superintendent, wrote. “Suspending operations for this length of time will allow us to determine, in coord...
Dave Rogers For The Record With apologies to the tens of thousands of Southeast Texans who worked in the hospitality, retail sales or personal care businesses until recently, sometimes it appears like everybody down here on the Gulf Coast has an “essential” job. The list of essential businesses exempted from the Orange County Stay at Home order is essentially the same as the ones listed by the Texas Department of Emergency Management. It includes healthcare and public hea...
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Boy from Brunner Addition left his mark Feb. 16, 1931—March 30, 2010 His constant smile and ever-present laugh were his trademarks. In the 50-odd years I had known him, I seldom saw Red Garrett when he wasn’t a true optimist. Mayor Brown Claybar told me recently of a quote Red made many years ago that stuck with him. It went something like this, “The law of averages is that everyone is going to have a bad day, I never have.” As a young man, Red served...
Orange County, Texas (March 30, 2020) - Small Business Owners are eligible to apply for Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) due to COVID-19 through the U.S. Small Business Administration. Business owners should make every attempt to apply online at https://covid19relief.sba.gov/#/. Businesses may be eligible to receive up to $2 million with no payments for 12 months at 3.75% interest rate for small businesses and 2.75% for private non-profits. Terms may be extended for up to 30 years. Small businesses, small ag...
Orange County confirmed its fifth confirmed case of the COVID-19 virus Sunday evening. The county entered the weekend with only one confirmed case but the new confirmations come after last week’s increase and testing and the associated wait for test results. Besides the case in Mauriceville noted a week ago, Saturday announcements pushed the total to four. The five confirmed cases in Orange County include three in the Vidor area, one in the Bridge City area and the one in t...
Photo: Michael White, emergency management coordinator for Jefferson County, is backed by county judges (including Orange County's John Gothia, right) and others as he explains the procedures in place at the drive-through COVID-19 testing site at Jack Brooks Regional Airport Monday afternoon. RECORD PHOTO: Dave Rogers Dave Rogers For The Record The first public drive-through COVID-19 testing center in Southeast Texas opened Tuesday morning on the circle drive in front of the...
Photo: A Bridge City parent carries student meals back to her car after picking up the Grab and Go meals at Bridge City High School Tuesday morning. Dave Rogers For The Record The COVID-19 pandemic means public schools around the country are reaching their students’ minds by new means. But there is one long-standing connection that hasn’t been broken. Lunch ladies. They are still serving up school meals in Orange County. The delivery methods are a bit different, though. Stu...
Photo: Students at West Orange-Cove schools pick up their free school breakfasts and lunch from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the North Early Learning Center and West Orange-Stark High School. Dave Rogers For The Record The COVID-19 pandemic means public schools around the country are reaching their students’ minds by new means. But there is one long-standing connection that hasn’t been broken. Lunch ladies. They are still serving up school meals in Orange County. The del...
Dave Rogers For The Record Public meetings have a new look during the current public health emergency. Government orders that have basically done away with public gatherings in an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19, limit any meeting to 10 people or less. Orange County held its Commissioners’ Court meeting Monday with a limit of 10 people in a room that normally seats about 60. Bridge City Independent School District’s board meeting that night was also limited to 10 people in its boardroom, but it was open to the pub...
