Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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It's the most wonderful time of the year, filled with cozy gatherings, cherished traditions, and festive decorations. Whether you plan to set up a sparkling outdoor display or create a warm atmosphere indoors, Entergy Texas encourages customers to keep safety top of mind this holiday season. According to the National Fire Protection Association, U.S. fire departments respond to an estimated average of 835 home structure fires per year caused by decorations, excluding trees....
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce announced that the December Student of the Month for Orangefield is Jett Stevenson. Jett is ranked 36 of 114 with GPA: 3.67....
The Bridge City/Orangefield Rotary Club named Raely Ply as their December Student of the Month for Bridge City. Raely ranks 58 out of 211 students and has a GPA 4.098. She plans to attend Lamar University to pursue a degree in Chemical Engineering. Pictured are Roger Ply-Dad, Crystal Ply-Mom, Rylan Ply- Brother, Raely - Student, Mark Bunch-Rotarian, Chloe Tucker-Counselor and Dr Amanda James-BCHS Principal....
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is announced that Aaron Roccaforte with Bridge City Radiator has been named November Employee of the Month....
For decades, Orange County has contracted with the local cities and public school districts to provide the county's Road and Bridge Department to repair streets and parking lots. Now, county commissioners court is trying to come up with a contract that will be the same for all the entities. As individual contracts with the entities have come up for renewal recently, commissioners said they wanted to review the contracts. Usually for the school districts, the work involves...
Little Kendria Love couldn't wait. When Santa and Mrs. Claus rode up to West Orange City Hall in a red fire truck, the youngster ran to hug them. It was all part of the traditional Christmas tree lighting ceremony and community celebration held Monday evening. Mayor Randy Branch had the honor of lighting the tree as Emerald Salter sparkled in a star sweater for the occasion. Judge Carl Thibodeaux went inside to read A Cajun Night Before Christmas with Evie and Hanna Garcia...
The Service League of Orange's 68th Annual Toy Coffee takes place10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Thursday at 803 6th St. in Orange. This beautiful Victorian home was built in 1906 and is owned by Bruce and Robyn Hunt. It is a 4,290 square-foot single family home, with pine wood floors throughout, a Mahogany wood staircase, several fireplaces, a large foyer, formal dining and living, parlors, study, a large kitchen and pantry, three bedrooms and two bathrooms. Admission to tour this home, d...
The Vidor Police Department has become the first agency in Southeast Texas to be awarded the Law Enforcement Accreditation through the Texas Police Chiefs Association. VPD Chief Rod Carroll said the department began the accreditation process in May 2021 to meet some 182 best business practices required by the program. It too nearly three and a half years before they learned they had met the criteria for the voluntary accreditation. Chief Carroll said the Texas Police Chiefs...
Mauriceville celebrates on Thursday The Mauriceville Heritage Association will have their annual Christmas Tree Lighting Thursday, December 5, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Community Center, 7441 Cohenour Road. The free event is open to the public and includes a vendor market, holiday shopping, live music, photos with Santa Clause, plus hot chocolate and cookies. A rain-out date has been set for Thursday, December 12, at 6 p.m. at the Community Center. More information is...
It's the most wonderful time of the year, filled with cozy gatherings, cherished traditions, and festive decorations. Whether you plan to set up a sparkling outdoor display or create a warm atmosphere indoors, Entergy Texas encourages customers to keep safety top of mind this holiday season. According to the National Fire Protection Association, U.S. fire departments respond to an estimated average of 835 home structure fires per year caused by decorations, excluding trees....
The Bridge City High School Alumni Foundation has become an official 501(c)(3) organization. This opens up new opportunities to better serve current and future alumni of Bridge City High School, ensuring that the legacy of excellence continues to thrive. The journey to becoming a 501c3 organization is both challenging and rewarding. For the Bridge City High School Alumni Foundation, it began with a vision: "To better serve our current and future alumni of Bridge City High...
Once you finish your turkey dinner Thursday and veg on the couch waiting for the ball games, the Christmas season officially begins. The madness of Black Friday shopping and Cyber Monday gives people the opportunity to finish their shopping…or start it, whichever fits your personality. Don’t forget to shop locally to help the economy, their families deserve a good Christmas too. A few special shopping opportunities for unique items will be available at some of the local hol...
The Orange Public Library will be having a Christmas movie festival on Tuesday, December 10, with free screenings of classic feel-good family holiday films. At 10 a.m., Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas will be shown. The animated anthology features "Donald Duck: Stuck on Christmas" starring Donald, his nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie, plus Uncle Scrooge McDuck. Also, "A Very Goofy Christmas" with Goofy, and "Mickey and Minnie's Gift of the Magi," in the classic O'Henry story. It...
The Orange Train Depot will have a holiday version of bingo on Sunday, December 1, with doors opening at 2 p.m. and games beginning at 2:30 p.m. The charge is $25 and includes 15 rounds of bingo, plus mimosas and light hors d'oevres. Each bingo round will have a prize, and in addition, door prizes will be awarded. Admission is limited to 80 people with first-come, first to enter. The event is a fundraiser for the historic Southern Pacific Railroad train station built in the...
Shirley Marshall of the Orange Branch of the American Association presented the Carl and Natalie Zeigler family with the Orange Public Library Family of the year. The presentation was part of the annual meeting of the Friends of the Orange Public Library. The award is given on the recommendation of the library staff. Children in the family are Charles, age 12; Victoria, age 9; William, age 7; and Daniel, age 5. The Zeiglers are home-schooled and participate in American...
It has been a long haul since Orange Community Players, Inc. was forced out of its original home on Division Street after TS Harvey flooded the theater for a second time in 2017. They bought the old Brown Twin Cinema building and have worked on it through the years trying to get up and running again. They were almost there, hoping to open this past September, when the HVAC system went out. The AC is fixed and they are down to only needing a counter for the concession stand,...
Trump's popularity increases here, mail-in down Orange County loves Donald J. Trump as he racked up 83 percent of the votes cast in here in the latest election. For his first run in 2016, he was at only 79 percent of the vote here and went up to 81 percent in 2020. County information shows a big drop in the number of mail-in votes from 2020 coming after Trump and many of his followers complained of election problems and centered on mail-in ballots. No court in dozens of legal...
Bridge City High senior Hallie Bearden last week won first place in her division at the World Powerlifting Championships held in Chicago. She competed in the 123 pounds class and squatted 350. She also benched 190 and deadlifted 315. She won the state UIL championship for her class in 2022. Last month, she was crowned Bridge City's homecoming queen....
Nearly 4,500 people are now working at the site for the new $8.5 billion Golden Triangle Polymers plant on Highway 87 South. The Heather Betancourth with the company told Orange County Commissioners Court that on Tuesday during a quarterly report on local hiring and purchases. The Chevron/Phillips/Qatar Energy project was officially announced two years ago. The county spent a few years negotiating a tax abatement contract for the plant. The contract included the corporation...
The city of Orange continues to see big drops in sales tax returns while other cities, plus the county, are seeing sales tax increases for the year. The Texas Comptroller has sent the sales tax payments to the entities, which mainly use the sales tax incomes for general operations. Orange County has a half cent per dollar sales tax and is up for the calendar year, receiving a total of $7.73 million compared to $7.5 million for the same time last year. That's an increase of...
Each year, Dow's U.S. Apprenticeship Program attracts a significant number of applicants eager to gain on-the-job experience while earning a company paid associate degree in highly sought-after technical fields. Registered with the United States Department of Labor, the program offers practical experience for those aiming to pursue a career in manufacturing. Apprentices enroll in degree programs offered through Lamar State College Orange (LSCO) or Lamar Institute of...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce announced Tuesday that A.J. Judice's Family Legacy was named as this year's Bridge City Christmas Parade Marshal. The "Christmas on the Bayou" parade will be held Dec. 7 at 6 p.m. taking its usual path down West Roundbunch Road starting at First Baptist Church and concluding at Bridge City Elementary. Scot C. Shaffer said he asked many in the area who they think of when they hear 'Bridge City Bayou' and an overwhelming 75% said A.J. Judice....
Christmas activities will be getting in full swing after Thanksgiving with West Orange kicking the season off on Monday, December 2, plus Bridge City and Orange having parades on Saturday, December 7. Bridge City will also be having Christmas in the Park and the community tree lighting the evening of Friday, December 6, from 6 to 9 p.m. Christmas in the Park is sponsored by the city of Bridge City at the park off West Roundbunch Road. Openings are still available for food...
West Orange is sprucing up for the holiday season with the Fall Clean-Up on Saturday, November 16. Residents of the city may take items like old furniture, appliances, and yard wastes to a site for disposal from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Plus, volunteers will be picking up litter from 8 a.m. to noon. The disposal site will be by the West Orange Fire Department on Austin Street behind city hall. Only residents of the city will be allowed to use the disposal service. Proof of residency a...
The city of Orange is down $2 million in sales tax revenues through the first eight months of the year, adding to another deficit because of industrial loses. The Texas Comptrollers Office reports that the city collected $596,552 for August, a decrease of 21.1 percent from August of 2023, plus the city had collected $6 million for calendar 2024, compared to $8 million for the same period in 2023. The sales tax income is used as part of the city's general fund that pays for gen...
