Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Sales across Orange County were sluggish in January with only slight increases for a few of the entities that have a sales tax, based on payments sent by the Texas Comptroller's Office. The county and the city of West Orange were the only two entities that collected gains from January last year and for the year-to-date payments, which begin counting with money paid in January. The U.S. Department of Commerce reported the inflation rate for January was 6 percent. Orange County...
Evelyn Romero Kirby was born in New Iberia, Louisiana on March 21, 1933. She was joined by almost 60 family members and friends Saturday to celebrate her 90th birthday at Robert's Steak House and Meat market in Orange. Evelyn and her late husband, Harold Wayne Kirby, have five children-Susan Kirby Tomlin and husband Larry; Peggy Kirby Smith and husband Gary; David Kirby and wife Irene a.k.a. Winkie; Mark Kirby and wife Sylvia; and Joel Kirby and wife Susan. She also has 10...
The Orange City Council has taken a big step in the development of the Cove Recreation Area by approving $77,480 for the playground equipment. The recreation area is along DuPont Drive and was once the site of the old Cove School. The school had been sold to private owners and had been vacant for nearly 30 years. The city bought the property with the specific goal of tearing down the dilapidated school and turning the land into a park. The plans for development include the...
The Sabine River Authority last week donated $19,500 to the city of Orange to help with drainage improvements. With the ceremonial check, from left to right are Cole Michalk with State Representative Dade Phelan's office in Orange, City Manager Mike Kunst, Travis Williams with the SRA, Orange Mayor Pro Tem Paul Burch, and Holly Smith with the SRA....
The largesse of Chevron Phillips and the new Golden Triangle Polymers plant was on display again as the company donated $200,000 to Orange County Commissioners Court for a new "Local First" program. The money will go to the Orange County Economic Development Corporation to help local small businesses get into line to sell to the company and its contractors as the $8.5 billion construction project gets into full swing. Last week at the ceremonial groundbreaking for the new...
A brush fire burns in a rural area away from roads and easy access. Is it in danger of going near houses? A tornado travels across the county on a late afternoon. Where did it go and how many buildings did it damage? A child is lost in the woods. Volunteers are ready to search, but could use guidance for directions. A suicidal person jumps from the Rainbow Bridge. Their body needs to be recovered. The list can go on and on for the time emergency personnel in Orange County...
Families will be able to have a special stroll through Shangri La Botanical Gardens and have a picnic breakfast as the nature center, along with the Salvation Army's Boys and Girls Club hold the second annual Community Fun Walk on Saturday, April 8. Registration is now open through Shangri La's website for the special morning event that will include a booklet of family-friendly activities with a guide through the mile-long pathway through the gardens. In addition to learning...
For the past few weeks, women across Orange have been making cookies. They are careful about the spices in the jammy fig filling r or the citrus flavorings that have been handed down in recipes from their grandmothers and great-grandmothers. Others are preparing to fry vegetables, or their letting spaghetti sauces meld flavors together in the refrigerator, or preparing breads in artistic shapes. A centuries-old Italian tradition once held in homes has become a regular...
ORANGE, Texas - Golden Triangle Polymers Company LLC, a joint venture owned by Chevron Phillips Chemical and an indirect subsidiary of QatarEnergy, announced today $400,000 in donations to create a community economic and workforce development program called Local First. Through the Local First program, the company is collaborating with Orange County and Workforce Solutions Southeast Texas to prioritize Orange County and the Golden Triangle region first when sourcing...
The roads are so bad in the Battlin' Bear subdivision, that the residents are ready to pay $3,500 per lot to fix them. And their problem raises some issues that could face Orange County as the influx of huge construction projects brings more housing developments. Builders and developers must get their roads to local code standards for the county to assume permanent maintenance and repairs. Plus, buyers need to make certain the subdivisions do not have cheap, substandard...
The Orange Convention and Visitors Bureau is thrilled to announce the 21st annual Art in the Park and 4th annual Orange Riverfront Car Show will be returning in 2023! These wonderful events will join forces to provide a day full of fun on Saturday, April 1, from 9 A.M. to 3 P.M. Art in the Park will be held in its traditional location at Stark Park and the Orange Riverfront Car Show will be held on Front Ave. These two events will be walking distance from one another to...
Orange County Judge John Gothia said he's lived in the county 55 years and the new ChevronPhillips Golden Triangle Polymers plant is the biggest thing he's seen here in all those years. Gothia was among the international speakers at the groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday afternoon for the $8.5 billion plant. And as if that kind of investment in the community was not enough, ChevronPhillips announced a $1.325 million donation to Lamar State College Orange for a new process...
ORANGE, TX – Golden Triangle Polymers Company presented a check to Lamar State College Orange (LSCO) in the amount of $1.3 million at a ceremonial groundbreaking event today in Orange, Texas. The donation will facilitate the purchase of a Polaris Hands-on-Training 3 Glycol Distillation Trainer, from which LSCO Industrial Systems students can train. The unit will be 24 feet long, 35 feet high, and 11 feet wide. The training unit includes differential pressure transmitters, t...
Orange County students showed up and showed out Saturday at the District 19 – 4A UIL One Act Play competition held at Lamar University. Seven schools competed, four of which were from Orange County: Bridge City, Little Cypress-Mauriceville, Vidor and West Orange-Stark. Little Cypress-Mauriceville and Vidor will be advancing to bi-district, along with Jasper. All the students should feel proud of their performances whether they advanced or not. Many of the performances were p...
Orange County Commissioners Court voted to support the cities of Orange and West Orange in getting special state legislation approved so the cities can enforce heavy commercial truck laws as they prepare for the giant $8.5 billion construction project at the ChevronPhillips chemical plant. Also, commissioners agreed to add Alfanzo Circle off Tulane Road to be maintained by the county. The move came after residents complained the potholes were so big that school buses were...
Officials with the Bridge City school district on Monday had a groundbreaking ceremony for the high school's new 40,654-square-foot Career and Technical Education (CTE) center. The project is part of the bond issue voters approved last year. Superintendent Dr. Mike Kelly said the expansion will help the district and the influx of students coming in as construction ramps up for the new Entergy plant and the ChevronPhillips chemical plant. He said the district has added 45...
THE WOODLANDS, Texas – A consortium of Mitsubishi Power Americas, Inc., Sargent & Lundy and The Industrial Company will provide Entergy Texas with engineering, procurement and construction services to build the Orange County Advanced Power Station. The Public Utility Commission of Texas approved Entergy Texas' proposal to build the 1,215-megawatt combined-cycle power plant near Bridge City, Texas. The consortium partners' combined expertise will help Entergy progress toward i...
New construction is in full swing around the Greater Orange area with much of it tied into the construction of the $8.5 billion ChevronPhillips chemical plant. However, HEB has not gotten any permits or announced the start of building its acquired site off MacArthur Drive in Pinehurst. The Texas-based grocery giant worked with Pinehurst officials more than five years ago to begin site plans at the spot where the 1960 MacArthur Shopping Center stood for half a century. Pinehurs...
An immigrant woman who moved to Orange in 1901 became one of the most respected citizens in town and set an example as a medical doctor in a world dominated by White men. Dr. Karen Peterson Mitchell was one of the first women physicians licensed in Texas and like many prominent people in local history, moved here because of the Lutcher and Moore Lumber Company. Her new husband at the time was offered a job as an engineer with the company, according to a story in the Las...
Bridge City, TX – Bridge City ISD will hold a ceremony to commemorate the groundbreaking of its new Career and Technical Education (CTE) building. What: Bridge City ISD - CTE Building When: March 6th at 5:00 PM Where: 2690 Texas Ave, Bridge City, TX 77611 (Located on campus behind Bridge City High school) Representatives from Bridge City ISD, G&G Enterprises, Claycomb Associates Architects and the public will gather Monday, March 6th at 5:00 PM for the Groundbreaking C...
Three new individuals were recently elected to the CASA of the Sabine Neches Region Board of Directors – Darci Piel, Margaret Adams and Cody Nance "We are excited to welcome Mrs. Piel, Mrs. Adams and Mr. Nance to our board of directors," said Codie Vasquez Executive Director. "Each of these new board members bring their own, very-unique talents to our Program and cover different geographic areas of our program. The board governs the CASA of the Sabine Neches Region, a n...
An Orange County patrol deputy checking on an SUV pulled off the side of the road late Monday morning ended up arresting a man who is accused of stabbing a man to death a few hours earlier in Harris County. Orange County Sheriff's Captain Joey Jacobs said Deputy Summer Magnen stopped a little before 11 Monday morning to check on the gray SUV off North FM 1442 near Linscomb Road. "As she pulls up, she's just going to do a welfare check, for like a disabled driver," Jacobs said....
THE WOODLANDS, Texas – Entergy Texas customers will soon benefit from a new, cleaner energy resource located in Polk County, Texas. Longroad Energy, a US-based renewable energy developer, owner and operator, recently announced financial close and commencement of construction of Umbriel Solar, a 150 MWac (202MWdc) photovoltaics project. Entergy Texas has entered into a long-term Power Purchase Agreement for Umbriel’s total output, which is enough energy to power more than 30,...
On a late summer evening in 1938, state dignitaries along with local officials gathered in a stable off the Old Spanish Trail outside of Orange. But this was no ordinary stable, It was a sprawling one-story building with interior wooden paneling and a show ring. It would have fit as a set for a Katharine Hepburn-Gary Grant movie. Edgar Brown Jr. hosted the dinner the evening before the September 8 dedication of the Orange-Port Arthur Bridge, now known as the Rainbow Bridge....
The Orange City Council last week took steps to regulate the use of heavy commercial trucks traveling for the construction of the $8.5 billion ChevronPhillips Golden Triangle Polymers plant. Part of the action was to ask the state to allow city of Orange police, along with police in other Orange County cities to enforce the weight limits of commercial motor vehicles. City Manager Mike Kunst said in a memo the resolution from the council is the first step in getting the state...
