Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Orange County has an elite group that gets to stay at the big fishing tournament and river festival all weekend long. All they have to do to reach the status is work as a volunteer 20 hours a day for at least four days, plus dozens of more hours during the week. They set up what is now called "Camp Bass," which is a group of six or seven RVs that the volunteers bring so they can spend the night at the Boat Ramp and Riverside Park for the four-day long Bassmasters Elite...
The second annual "500 For Life" motorcycle rally was held Saturday, May 20, for local motorcycle enthusiasts. Over fifty motorcyclists rode together from Beaumont to Orange to promote safety and to make drivers of other vehicles more aware of motorcycles on the road. The rally started at the Cowboy Harley Davidson dealership on Interstate 10 in Beaumont escorted by motorcycle riding police officers. All together 55 motorcycles arrived at the Columbanus Motor Sports center in...
The Sabine River Authority of Texas (SRA) recently completed construction and installation of a 100-ft floating dock and pier structure to compliment the City of Orange's pavilion at the Simmons Drive Public Boat Ramp. The improvements are part of SRA's initiative to promote recreational access to the Sabine River. David Montagne, SRA's Executive Vice-President and General Manager stated, "The City's initiative to invest in facilities at the Simmons Drive boat ramp to attract...
The new Golden Triangle Polymers plant has already spent nearly $53 million in Orange County and has spent $17.6 million on local companies for contracted work. Officials from Chevron Phillips, owner of the $8.5 billion plant site being readied for construction, gave the figures in their first quarterly report to Orange County Commissioners Court Monday. However, even though commissioners were pleased at the industrial news, the meeting had a touch of sadness. Commissioners...
Memorial Day is set aside as a special day of tribute to the men and women who have lost their lives while serving in the U.S. military. But in Orange County, remembrances of those lost in wars is part of our everyday life, though some may not know those tributes. The special day is rooted in the first years after the Civil War as loved ones decorated the graves of the tens of thousands of soldiers who died during the conflict, which killed more Americans than any other war....
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is delighted to announce that Odile's Fine Flooring and Design has been named Business of the Month for May 2023. They were presented an award at the May Networking Coffee hosted by Candace Mulhollan Group....
Orange County residents will be able to get the latest update on the 26.3 mile levee system plan during a virtual meeting Thursday with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The corps' latest projections call for the construction to begin in 2025 and last through 2030, with the system being finished in 2031. The virtual meeting will be online through the corps' Galveston district website from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 25. The corps last held an online update this past October....
Father Jim Sichko, a Roman Catholic priest who has traveled the world as a missionary of mercy for Pope Francis, will return to his hometown this weekend to celebrate his 25th anniversary of his ordination. The graduate of West Orange-Stark High School has become internationally famous for his giving as he raises money to give away. He has helped thousands of people after disasters and through personal tragedies. He also hands out cash or gift cards to strangers as a way to br...
Right-handed pitcher Chad Dallas of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, the Double-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays, was named the Eastern League Pitcher of the Week. The 22-year-old tossed seven scoreless innings in his Double-A debut Friday in a 6-0 win over the Binghamton Rumble Ponies. He is a graduate of West Orange-Stark High and is known by his nickname, "Cheese." Dallas faced just three over the minimum, striking out nine batters. He allowed just two singles and two...
Sales tax returns for March showed increases for Orange County and the cities of Orange, West Orange, and Vidor. However, payments to Bridge City and Pinehurst were down compared to 2022. The Texas Comptroller's Office recently sent the payments to the entities for their share of sales taxes in March. The U.S. Department of Commerce reports the inflation rate for March 2023 was 5 percent. Orange showed the biggest increases with a jump of 38.8 percent in the March returns...
Highway traffic won't be the only thing affected by the construction of the new $8.5 billion Golden Triangle Polymers plant. Barges will be hauling huge modular pieces for the plant and other heavy equipment up Cow Bayou to State Highway 87. The plant has announced the formation of a Marine Offloading Facility, or MOF, along the bayou near the state highway. According to a map the company released, the MOF will be near the High Tides restaurant area in Bridge City. The site...
All nine of Bridge City High School's students in the certified nursing assistants program passed their certification tests recently. The students also toured the Lamar University Nursing School in Beaumont. The CNA program operates under the school's CTE, Career Technical Education program. The Bridge City ISD now has a new CTE center under construction at the high school...
Now that the city of Orange has a recreation center, the city is sponsoring a youth sports camp for the first five weeks of the summer. The camp will be for students ages 7 through 12 and will be open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays. The cost will be $40 per camp, or $180 for all five of the camps. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. It will be the city's first summer recreation program for youth in nearly 30 years. In the 1960s, the city sponsored morning acti...
Orange County used a federal grant to buy equipment and worked months to get central vote centers, where all county registered voters may cast a ballot, no matter where they live. The first time to use the vote centers was for the May 6 city council and school board races. Local officials endorsed the central voting system. The Orange County elections administrator touted the method as way "to improve access and increase turnout on Election Day. Now, the Texas Legislature...
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Lamar State College Orange announced Friday that it had its largest graduating class ever for a Spring Semester. The College graduated 240 students and conferred 345 degrees and certificates. “We couldn’t be prouder of these students for achieving their goal of graduating. More and more, students are finding that Lamar State College Orange provides a path for them to achieve a brighter future. We celebrate this largest Spring graduating class and can’t wait to see them conti...
May is National Motorcycle Awareness Month. Local motorcyclists from Orange and Jefferson Counties will be staging a rally this month to help drive home how important motorcycle safety is and to help make motorists more aware of motorcycles on the roadways. The second annual '500 For Life' event will be held on Saturday, May 20. The motorcycle rally will start at the Cowboy Harley Davidson dealership in Beaumont and conclude at the Columbanus Motor Sports center in Orange. Las...
Hannah Landry, Bridge City High School teacher, has been selected to join the 2023-2024 Texas Education Agency Teacher Leadership Fellowship. This is a prestigious two-year fellowship program designed to strengthen teacher leadership pathways at the state-level and increase opportunities for teachers to shape the profession. Mrs. Landry was chosen from a highly competitive pool of applicants based on her demonstrated excellence in teaching, leadership skills, and passion for...
In observation of National Hurricane Preparedness Week, Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem) continues hurricane planning at all facilities and among employees. “Although major forecasters anticipate a slightly below average hurricane season in 2023, that is no reason to let our guards down. These storms could impact our sites and nearby communities where our team members live,” said Eric Anderson, Emergency Preparedness and Response Manager at CPChem. “Safety is at the forefron...
Port Arthur and Beaumont are state certified as "film friendly" by Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Film Commission, but Orange County is being represented big in the annual Boomtown Film Festival in Beaumont this weekend. Penny LeLeux of Orangefield is the festival's director this year, plus actor Woody Almaguer, a Bridge City graduate, and John Frederick Jr. of Mauriceville will be participating in panel discussions. Besides films and filmmakers, the festival includes a...
A strong thunderstorm bringing tropical storm-force winds, blinding rain, and hailstones up to an inch raced across Orange County Monday afternoon causing widespread outages damages. Gusts of up to 67 mph were recorded in downtown Orange, according to meteorologist Stacey Densen with the National Weather Service in Lake Charles. Videos show straight line winds of almost the same force continually blowing from the Orange County Courthouse area. Though a tornado warning was...
Schools in West Orange-Cove and Orangefield, along with classes for LSCO, were canceled Tuesday because of widespread damage after a severe thunderstorm with small hail ripped westward across Orange County late Monday afternoon. The storm left widespread damage with numerous trees and power poles down everywhere from the Bridge City-Orangefield area up to McLewis. Parts of Pinehurst along with downtown Orange and the old Orange Historic District appear to have the worse...
A strong thunderstorm with heavy rains did not stop the celebration Monday afternoon for the groundbreaking ceremony at for the new Bridge City Middle School. The event was moved inside the old school's gym instead. Members of the Bridge City school board, along with Superintendent Dr. Mike Kelly plus officials from contractor G&G Enterprises and Claycomb Associates architects posed with custom hard hats and special shovels, but did not get to dig into the gym floor. The new...
Bryant Champagne won the open seat for the Bridge City City Council during the May 6 election beating Kenneth Prosperie 225 votes to 173 for the Place 3 spot. Once again, strong early voting totals accounted for most of the votes across Orange County in the city and school board elections Saturday. For the West Orange-Cove CISD school board, longtime incumbent Ruth Hancock lost her spot on the board as challenger Donny Teate led the voting with 419. The district has at-large...
West Orange-Stark High senior Jose Rosas has become the school's first to graduate to become a licensed drone pilot through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The Invista-Orange chemical plant donated to help buy the drone equipment for the new program at WOS....
