Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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As Hurricane Beryl with sustained winds at 155 mph heads toward the Gulf of Mexico by Friday, people in Orange County are once again watching weather forecasts with anxiety. The constant barrage of storms during the past 19 years has left some insurance companies dropping coverage on all policies for this area. It's a national trend. Linda Nies of Dallas Insurance Agency in Orange, said coverage is still available through various companies, but the costs of coverage are going...
Christopher Kovatch recently earned the designation of Master Trustee through Leadership TASB. Pictured left to right: Laura Clark (OISD board president), Kovatch (OISD board vice president) and Shaun McAlpin (OISD Superintendent). Orangefield ISD trustee Christopher Kovatch has earned the designation of Master Trustee upon completion of Leadership TASB, a program sponsored by the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB). During this fifth and final session, June 19–22, s...
Hints for the Fourth of July in Orange County: Do any county business on Wednesday or wait until Monday; and put your garbage out in West Orange on Saturday, not Friday. The national holiday the Fourth of July is Thursday and Orange County offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday, giving non-essential county employees a four-day weekend. City halls across the county will be closed on Thursday and open on Friday. However, only residents in West Orange will see a change in...
Another year has gone by, making 22 years since the kidnapper and killer of four-year-old Dannarriah Finley still hasn't been arrested. The sleeping child was kidnapped sometime in the early morning of July 4, 2002, from the small house in the 1000 block Fourth Street where she lived with her mother and siblings. The house could be seen from Park Avenue, a thoroughfare leading to Simmons Drive and the nearby Sabine River. The Orange Police Department was the lead on the...
The Orange Chapter of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) in June gave their annual scholarships to two local graduating high school female students. Alicia Parker of Little Cypress-Mauriceville and Jordynn Patton of West Orange-Stark High Schools were given the scholarships to continue their educations. Parker plans to go to Lamar University in Beaumont and Patton will be attending Centenary College in Shreveport, Louisiana. The club, which is part of the...
Last year in Orange County, the Texas Department of Family Protective Services investigated 377 cases of abuse of the elderly or disabled, and filed against 260 cases. Orange County Commissioners learned those statistics Tuesday as they signed a proclamation making June Elder Abuse Awareness Month. Abuse of the elderly and disabled can fall under a variety of categories, according to the state. Violations are a third degree felony punishable by two to ten years in state...
On a chilly, windy March Saturday in 1968, scientists, engineers, business executives and dignitaries gathered on the island of the Sabine River curve around downtown Orange for a ship launching. The Stark High Band played as the Glomar Challenger slid into the river in a formal christening ceremony. Levingston Shipbuilding designed and constructed the vessel that went on to make scientific history. In the 1960s, the "space race" to get to the moon and explore space made lots...
Sales tax returns for April show people are buying goods across the county at a healthy rate every where except the city of Orange, according to statistics from the Texas Comptroller's Office. The office sent sales tax shares to the entities in June to cover the sales from April. Orange was drastically down compared to sales at the same time last year. The city had above average increases for two years, but the sales appear to be slacking off. Bridge City showed the biggest...
Saturday night the sky in Bridge City will be filled with a light show never seen before in Southeast Texas as 200 drones in a colorful choreographed flight will help celebrate Independence Day. The drone show is one of the highlights of the Red, White and You festival sponsored by the city of Bridge City and local businesses. The event will also spotlight local musicians and end with a concert by the popular New Orleans band Bag of Donuts. The festival will begin Friday eveni...
Recent Orangefield High graduate Georgia Jones last week auditioned successfully to become one of the famous Kilgore Rangerettes at Kilgore Junior College. She was a member of the Orangefield Sophisticats and held the position of captain her senior year. Last year, she was named a 'Kick Master' at the dance team's summer camp....
Starting time is supposed to be eight in the morning. But by five minutes later, the parking lot is full and cars are stopping along ditches. Lines have already formed at booths. The Bridge City Farmers Market is open on an early summer's Saturday morning and drawing a crowd to the easy-going, family event where a wide variety of homemade and homegrown goods are found. But of course, it's the tomatoes, cucumbers, yellow squash and corn in the shucks that draw the biggest...
A new, major 750-mile natural gas pipeline, described by the Pipeline Journal as "massive," is being planned to cross Orange County as it goes from the Permian Basin in West Texas to Calcasieu Parish across the Sabine. At the end of April, the company mailed letters to property owners informing them of the project and asking for right-of-entry permission to go on the property for surveys. The 42-inch pipeline will carry "liquids-rich natural gas." It is known as the DeLa...
Orange County Tax Assessor-Collector Karen Fisher has publicly announced she will be retiring on July 31, months before her term in office ends. Orange County Commissioners Court, by state law, will be required to appoint her replacement to the elected office. Fisher's current four-year term does not end until December 31. Octavia Guzman, a longtime employee in the tax assessor-collector's office, ran unopposed for the position in the March Republican primary race. No...
The city of Pinehurst is searching for a new police chief after Chris Humble resigned to take a position with the new Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD Police Department. Humble is a veteran Orange County law enforcement officer and previously served as Precinct 1 constable. While working for the Orange County Sheriff's Office several years ago, he was assigned to LCM High School. In addition, the high school, along with Little Cypress Elementary, Little Cypress Intermediate,...
In West Orange on Saturday, big and little beauties will be on display as they hope to find a new home with a plush bed and a back yard. They are the dogs and puppies of the city's animal shelter and volunteers have turned Bark in the Park into a small festival. It will be this Saturday, June 22, at Alford-Seals Plaza next to city hall on Western Avenue. Times will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event was created to help the public shelter find foster homes or 'furever' familie...
Bridge City Cardinal Cheerleaders recently attended their yearly UCA Cheer Camp hosted at Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine, TX. Leading up to camp both squads attended practices learning pyramids, technique, and preparing all elements they needed to bring to camp with them. This was the first time that BC Cheer has attended Cheer Camp at this location. Attending along with BCHS Cheer there were 12 other schools in attendance. Both squads can home receiving multiple awards, as...
On June 6, 20-year-old Cody Strause made his first parachute jump over a foreign country as he landed in Normandy, France. But Strause wasn't one of the veterans. The Orangefield High graduate is in the 82nd Airborne of the U.S. Army and was part of a military tribute during the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. The same airborne dropped troops over Normandy during the 1944 Allied D-Day invasion to free Europe from Nazi Germany. The 82nd had 156 men killed, 347 wounded,...
Once again, Krewe de Onyx is holding its annual Juneteenth celebration with festivities at the Orange Riverfront on Saturday, June 15, and Sunday, June 16. Gates will be open from 4 p.m. until 10 p.m. both days and admission is free. Live music will be provided by Perry Richard, Jeremey Fruge, Lil Nate, and Roi Anthony. Local DJ Shocker Shawn will provide music during the interludes. Juneteenth is officially June 19, the festival is being held on the weekend before as a way...
Men in Orange County will get a chance for free medical screenings on Saturday, July 13, with the Julie Rogers Gift of Life program. Plus, women have a chance for free mammograms during special days of the summer. Norma Sampson, executive director of the Southeast Texas charity, went before Orange County Commissioners Court Tuesday to talk about the group's medical programs because June is National Men's Health Month. The Gift of Life program provides free screenings,...
Longtime Orange Lions Club member Chris Kovatch was presented Monday night, June 10, with the Lions International President's Medal, the second highest honor the service group gives. Lion Chris Gunstream, a former local member, who now serves as an officer for Lions clubs in East Texas, came to give the award while giving the oath to new Orange Lions officers. Kovatch has served in numerous Lions Club offices and positions through the years. He is a local banker who also...
Bridge City Mayor David Rutledge, center, cut the ceremonial ribbon last week as the city and the chamber of commerce celebrated the city's new Sunnyside water well. The additional well will help the city improve water service to its residents and businesses....
At least 80 buildings in Bridge City had water inside during the Saturday, June 1, deluge, Commissioner Kirk Roccaforte said Tuesday during Orange County Commissioners Court. Roccaforte's Precinct 3 includes the Bridge City area and the Tuesday meeting was the first since the storm. Parts of the Bridge City area six to seven inches of water within a short time. The thunderstorm system that day was another example of only a small part of the county experiencing flooding rains...
Celebrate Independence Day with the Explore Orange Convention and Visitors Bureau at the 2024 July 4th Concert & Fireworks Celebration. Join us on Thursday, July 4th at the Riverside Pavilion, located at 708 Simmons Drive, for an evening of freedom, fun, and fireworks! With live music entertainment, food vendors, kid activities, and a spectacular fireworks display, this event is sure to be a blast. Schedule of Events: • 4:00 pm: Gates open • 7:00 – 9:00 pm: Live music by Th...
As the fighting was raging on the shores of Normandy 80 years ago, people in Orange were going to churches. The famous Allie invasion of France to drive to drive German Nazis out of the occupied country began before dawn on June 6, 1944, along the Normandy coast. It was a surprise attack that every one knew would come some day and bring thousands of casualties. No one knew the date. It was 9:30 in the morning French time for the invading troops when word began coming into Oran...
Thunderstorms last week caused problems in the Orangefield-Bridge City area, first with an oil spill down Cow Bayou, and then with a short, heavy rain burst that left street flooded and water going into houses. Orange County Emergency Disaster Director Joel Ardoin said about 60 gallons of crude oil spilled into Cow Bayou in Orangefield after a lightning strike the night of Wednesday, May 29. Also, Ardoin said six to seven inches of rain fell within a short time in Bridge City...
