Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Sorted by date Results 376 - 400 of 15391
On Monday, December 4, 2023, at approximately 1:20 pm, the Orange County Narcotics Division, with the help of Orange County SWAT, executed a targeted search warrant at the 1100 block of Henry St in Vidor, TX. During the search, authorities uncovered a substantial amount of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia at the location, resulting in the filing of two felony possession charges. Additionally, individuals with outstanding warrants were apprehended during the operation....
Bridge City is already full of the color red. Add a little green, gold, and silver, and you get a festive mix for the holidays. The city and chamber of commerce are making sure the community gets together to kick-off the holiday season on Friday and Saturday. First will be Christmas in the Park and the next evening, the 14th annual Christmas Lights Parade. Chamber Director Mandy Lyda said Christmas in the Park will begin at 5 p.m. on Friday, December 1, at 150 Parkside Drive....
Downtown Orange will be full of characters on Saturday as Santa, Buddy the Elf, and even Mickey Mouse will be part of holiday fun throughout the day and into the evening. Activities will be centered around Stark Park on Green Avenue. Of course, the 74th Annual Christmas parade, beginning at 6 p.m. will be part of the festivities. The parade is now sponsored by the Orange Kiwanis Club with the theme this year "The Toys that Made Us." The route will form a rectangle around...
Orange County Tax Assessor-Collector Karen Fisher has mailed out the property tax bills and homeowners are in for a shock. Their bills are drastically lower this year, even with an increase in appraised values. The tax savings come from a new Texas Constitutional Amendment approved by voters in November to lower public school taxes. Depending on exemptions, taxpayers will be saving hundreds of dollars on their 2024 tax bills. The cuts will not affect large commercial or...
Two members of the Bridge City High volleyball team, which made the playoffs, have earned recognition from the Texas High School Coaching Association for being named to the Academic All-State team. Demi Carter was named to the first team and Natalie Chavez was an honorable mention. The honors include not only the players accomplishments on the volleyball court, but also in the classroom....
Orange County continues to have healthy commercial sales as reflected by the sales taxes collected for the month of September. The Texas Comptroller's Office collects the taxes and sends the shares back to the entities. Orange County, which has a 0.5 percent sales tax is up 11.8 percent for collections during the year to date. So far, the county has received $7.48 million so far in 2023, compared to $6.69 million for the same time last year. For September, the county received...
The Mauriceville Heritage Association is once again hosting holiday activities in North Orange County, including the traditional Senior Citizens Christmas Dinner. The activities will begin Thursday, November 30, with the Christmas tree lighting ceremony plus a vendors market. The event will be from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Mauriceville Community Center, 7441 Cohenour Road off Highway 62 North. Besides the tree lighting, there will be live music, vendors with a variety of items for...
The Orange County Sheriff's Office Blue Santa Program accepted a donation by Rodney Townsend. His generosity during the holiday season is incredible and greatly appreciated....
Decorating your home with festive lights is a great way to celebrate the holiday season. Whether you’re a pro or a novice when it comes to putting up decorations, it’s important to understand the risks of hanging lights. According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Christmas lights alarmingly cause 40% of Christmas tree fires. NFPA also reports that each year, U.S. fire departments respond to an average of 790 home structure fires caused by seasonal dec...
The new Orange County Salvation Army captains only recently arrived here with their young children and are jumping into the community effort to make sure families with financial difficulties will be having a happy Christmas. Captains Dante and Tiffany Salgado are facing an unusual problem this year with the Angel Tree program. For the past several years, employees at International Paper have provided wishes for dozens of kids on the Angel Tree list. In November, the...
For a decade, volunteers for Vidor's First Baptist Church had a vision of providing a residential home for women who have addictions. The vision is now a reality. The Women's Care Center is now open in a remodeled nursing home in Vidor. The center's director, Gena Rogers, said 10 rooms are available in the program, which lasts a minimum of six months and can go on for up to a year, if needed. The residents are not required to work and are able to concentrate on recovery and li...
Orange County will have a four-way race for sheriff as incumbent Lane Mooney fends off three challengers in the Republican Primary. Other challenged local races will be for constable in Precincts 2 and 4. County Republican Chair Leo LaBouve said filings will continue until December 11, but he thinks most of the candidates have filed. County Democratic Chair Jack Smith said he doesn't expect any people to file in that party's primary, which means whoever wins the local...
Ring in the season at Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center! On select evenings in December, the public is invited to stroll through the magically transformed gardens. The festive landscape features thousands of lights, unique Christmas trees decorated by talented community members and holiday flowering displays. The holiday magic opens to the public on December 5. Admission to Shangri La Gardens is free of charge. "Show off your Christmas spirit by donning your best...
The Bridge City/ Orangefield Rotary Club recently donated $2,000.00 to the Ministerial Alliance to purchase needed clothing items for children in their annual Christmas gift drive. Pictured are Rotarians Sam and Jack Comer, Kirk Roccaforte, Charlee Chelette, Mark Bunch, Scot Shaffer, Mellisa Issacs, Jerry Jones,Eric Andrus, Karen Collier, John Dubose, Travis Dabel, and Lucy Fields....
A couple of weeks ago, O'Shaquie Foster was handing a knock-out to Rocky Hernandez to retain his World Boxing Council title. On Saturday, Orange's boxing hero will be handing out turkeys to families who need help with cooking a Thanksgiving feast. The Orange native has twice won the WBC super-featherweight title against different opponents this year. He has been donating his time to recognize his hometown at different events. Saturday, November 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., he...
Orange County has a history record that remains unknown, but people who grew up here in the 20th Century will never doubt the record-holder's name. Dr. Wynne Pearce delivered more babies than anyone else. When he was asked in 1966 about how many babies he had delivered, he replied "thousands." He was 70 years old at the and had decided to stop the obstetrics part of his family practice, according to the Las Sabinas Historical Journal of the Orange County Historical Society....
Bridge City Mayor David Rutledge has a holiday wish. He wants the city to have a new city manager on the job by the beginning of the new year. He said the city council is negotiating a contract with a candidate after personal interviews and visits with three finalists for the position. "I'd sure like to get the person in place to start the new year," the mayor said. He did not reveal the candidate's name, but according to the Texas Open Meetings Act, the council must make the...
Due to the recent rainfall and a reduction in the fire danger index, Orange County Judge John Gothia is lifting the burn ban immediately for Orange County. Judge Gothia is still asking County residents to exercise caution with any outdoor burning activity....
TxDOT ORANGE COUNTY – The right lane of SH73 northbound at Cow Bayou in BC will be closed tomorrow from 8am to 5pm due to a bridge inspection. Expect possible delays....
The Orange City Council did something it hasn't done in at least 20 years. The members met with the Orange Historic Preservation Commission, a branch of city government with members appointed by the city council. Mayor Larry Spears Jr. said the rules set out for the creation of the Historic Preservation Commission and the Old Orange Historic District has a requirement that the city council meet once a year with the preservation commission. At one point during the Monday...
Orangefield school students will be getting new classrooms plus a new high school library and cafeteria as voters Tuesday approved the school district to sell $43 million in bonds to pay for the improvements. Other local propositions on the ballot also passed. They were a voter approved tax rate increase for the Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD, and in the city of West Orange, a sales tax to establish a city economic development corporation. In recent years, early voting usual...
The Texas/Louisiana collaborative short film "Death by King Cake" won the Ruth Buzzi Comedy Award Saturday at the Billy the Kid Film Festival in Hico, Texas. The award included a framed, autographed picture of Buzzi pictured with Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. On the back she had taped a residual check from NBC from the same program the picture was from. The award was presented by Buzzi's husband, Kent Perkins, as Buzzi is still recovering from a stroke. "Death by King Cake...
The ChevronPhillips plant under construction has now spent $161 million locally during the first three quarters of 2023, making a total of nearly $193 million spent here since the official announcement of the plant's construction in November last year. Heather Betancourth with CP's Golden Triangle Polymers communication gave the quarterly report to Orange County Commissioners Court on Tuesday. The ChevronPhillips with partner Qatar Energy officially announced the construction...
The Gulf Coast Protection District, a special state agency overseeing the seawall-levee system plans, will meet in Bridge City at 10 a.m. Wednesday, November 8. The public meeting will be in the Bridge City Community Center, 105 Parkside Drive off Roundbunch Road. Orange County Precinct 3 Commissioner Kirk Roccaforte, who represents the Bridge City area, represents the county on the special district's board. He invited the public to the meeting, which will be the first held...
People driving between Bridge City and Orange next week will get another major inconvenience for the sake of economic growth. The new Chevron Phillips chemical plant construction is forcing traffic lane closings along State Highway 87. The $8.5 billion plant is under construction on 2,000 acres with frontage along Highway 87 between FM 1006 and Foreman Road. The plant is a project by Chevron Phillips and Qatar Energy and will be moving giant modules to the new site. The...
