November 3, 2024

  • Is the former OCP Theater haunted?

    Penny LeLeux | Oct 29, 2024

    Approximately fifteen years ago, after the Orange Community Players Theater had been renovated after Hurricane Ike and before the organization was permanently forced to leave the building after TS Harvey, a group of paranormal investigators from the Texas Society of Paranormal Investigators (TSPI) did an investigation to collect evidence of reported activity in the building. The theater had long been reported to frequently have paranormal activity. There were many tales...

  • Does a little boy's spirit live on?

    Margaret Toal, For the Record | Oct 29, 2024

    I'm a writer of stories with the ones appearing on news sites as true. This one has truth in it, but I cannot verify the main premise. And that's because there's no scientific proof of ghosts. Does the ghost of a young relative killed at the age of five in a car-train wreck at the Park Avenue crossing in 1918 remain at the house of my great-grandparents in the Old Orange Historic District? The child was the son of my grandmother's sister, Zollie Bland Roan, and her husband,...

  • West Orange's Holiday in Park is Saturday

    Margaret Toal, For the Record | Oct 29, 2024

    The city of West Orange is set once again to lead into the Thanksgiving-Christmas season spirit with the 24th Annual Holiday in the Park festival on Saturday, November 2, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event is at Alford-Seale Plaza on Western Avenue and has free admission and free parking. Holiday in the Park is also having its Second Annual Car show with owners of vintage cars showing off their prized vehicles. Free entertainment will be provided by local performers throughout...

  • Downtown Orange site for Halloween haunts, treats

    Margaret Toal, For the Record | Oct 29, 2024

    Downtown Orange will be alive with spooks, ghouls, and aliens on Halloween as the historic Orange Train Depot has a haunted house and groups will be handing out candy to young costumed trick-or-treaters. The Orange Train Depot, built in the early 1900s as the station for the Southern Pacific Railroad, was restored ten years ago. For the second year, the Drama Department at West Orange-Stark High School is decorating the building into a haunted house. Drama teacher Mason...

  • LSCO grows enrollment, campus

    Oct 29, 2024

    Lamar State College Orange, LSCO, is ready to dedicate its new Academic Building at 2 p.m. November 6. The 55,000 square foot building will be welcome new space as the school continues its yearly growth of students. The fall enrollment is setting a school record with 3,437 students,a 9 percent increase from enrollment at the same time last year. Current projections indicate that the total enrollment will surpass 3,600 students by the close of the second 8-week term, a...

  • Local election setting records

    Margaret Toal, For the Record | Oct 29, 2024

    Even though the 2024 presidential race is the center election for interested people around the world, Orange County is having local races on the ballot for Election Day, Tuesday November 5. The Orangefield school board has a trustee election, plus the Vidor ISD has a $98.4 million bond issue on the ballots with the money designated for renovations and new buildings. Also, two county emergency services districts will have elections for members to their governing boards of...

  • Week 9 football results

    Tommy Mann Jr, For the Record | Oct 29, 2024

    Week 9 Results LC-M 21 Bridge City 18 WO-S 35 Silsbee 0 Deweyville 38 West Hardin 6 Vidor 55 Liberty 17 Lumberton 24 Hardin-Jefferson 14 Huffman 76 Livingston 22 Jasper 35 Shepherd 16 Hamshire-Fannett 65 Tarkington 0 East Chambers 52 Kirbyville 14 Coldspring 28 Buna 0 Hardin 33 Anahuac 13 Anderson-Shiro 33 Kountze 14 Newton 64 Trinity 0 Woodville 38 New Waverly 0 Colmesneil 45 Hull Daisetta 14 West Sabine 54 Evadale 14 Nederland 24 PN-G 21 Lufkin 30 PA Memorial 23 West Brook 48 Bmt United 7 (Orangefield bye) Week 10...

  • Football Standings Week 9

    Tommy Mann Jr, For the Record | Oct 31, 2024

    District 10-4A Div. I W L W L PF PA Huffman-Hargrave 5 0 8 0 442 185 LC-M 5 0 6 2 225 152 Bridge City 4 1 7 1 287 105 Vidor 2 3 3 5 228 260 Lumberton 2 3 2 6 92 185 Hardin-Jefferson 1 4 3 5 188 240 Liberty 1 4 1 7 142 256 Livingston 0 5 0 8 150 304 District 9-4A Div. II W L W L PF PA Hamshire-Fannett 3 0 7 1 340 166 West Orange-Stark 3 0 7 1 301 153 Silsbee 1 2 5 3 189 180 Jasper 1 2 3 5 213 270 Shepherd 1 2 3 5 264 291 Tarkington 0 3 1 7 145 230 District 10-3A Div. I W L W...

  • Local teams clinch playoff spots in Week 9

    Tommy Mann Jr, For the Record | Oct 29, 2024

    The 2024 high school football season has been a good one for Orange County and, with two weeks remaining, could see several of these teams claims district titles in the process. Bridge City, Little Cypress-Mauriceville, Orangefield and West Orange-Stark have already clinched playoff spots in their respective districts and are now looking to finalize seedings. Bears drops Cards from unbeaten ranks The Little Cypress-Mauriceville Battlin' Bears claimed a 21-18 win over the...

  • Duck season is upon us as tactics change

    Capt. Chuck Uzzle, For the Record | Oct 29, 2024

    "You remember when...." is a question that I am hearing all too often these days, especially when I am talking to water fowlers. Less than a decade ago our area marshes were a haven for all types of migratory birds, world class wing shooting at its best. The skies were filled with ducks and geese and the local hospitality and great Cajun cuisine made this part of the world a magnet for hunters from all around the globe. Well the food and hospitality are still here but the...

  • Lois Marie Judice, 95, Bridge City

    Staff Report | Dec 4, 2023

    Lois Marie Judice, 95, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away surrounded by loved ones on December 1, 2023, in Port Neches, Texas. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, December 5, 2023, at St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City, Texas. Officiating will be Reverend Ernie Carpio of St. Henry Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange, Texas. Visitation will be held prior to the service from 9:00 – 10:30 a.m., Tuesday,...

  • Kathleen "Kathy" Longron Block, 72, Orange

    Staff Report | Nov 30, 2023

    Kathleen “Kathy” Longron Block, 72, of Orange, Texas, passed away on November 28, 2023, at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Texas. There will be a graveside memorial at a later date with Brother Keith Pennington officiating. Born in Orange, Texas, on March 4, 1951, she was the daughter of Sidney Howard Longron and Elva Jane Granger Gordy. Kathy was a very caring and loving woman who adored her family. She enjoyed going to the casino and going dancing. She absolutely loved having big family gatherings. Kathy will be greatly...

  • Fred Joseph Doiron III, 69, Bridge City

    Staff Report | Dec 4, 2023

    Fred Joseph Doiron III, 69, of Bridge City, TX, passed on through the heavenly gates on November 30, 2023. A celebration of life will be held at a later date, notifications will be updated through Facebook. Fred was born on May 26, 1954, to Fred Joseph Doiron Jr and Gustine Reynolds Doiron. He was a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School class of 1972 and by trade was pipe designer, draftsmen and home builder. To know Fred was to love him. He was a wheeler dealer and loved...

  • Big shows on tap for fall and winter

    Tommy Mann Jr, For the Record | Oct 29, 2024

    The music schedule for the remainder of this fall and winter looks solid as several big shows are on tap in Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana, and the 2025 schedule is already shaping up to be a good one. Oct. 30 Gladys Knight, Smart Financial Centre, Sugar Land Oct. 31 Morrissey, 713 Music Hall, Houston Oct. 31 City and Colour, House of Blues, Houston Oct. 31 Whiskey Myers, JJ Grey and Mofro, Colby Acuff, Lake Charles Event Center, Lake Charles, La. Nov. 1 Tori Kelly,...

  • Lonestar to perform at Lutcher this Sunday

    Oct 29, 2024

    The renowned country music band, Lonestar, will perform live for one show only on Sunday, November 3, at 7:30 p.m., at the Lutcher Theater in Orange. This concert will feature new takes on some of the band’s biggest hits from their latest release, "TEN to 1," a re-imagined collection of their 10 chart-topping country songs. "With the release of 'TEN to 1,' Lonestar is bringing their most celebrated songs to the Lutcher Theater. Hits like 'Amazed,' 'I’m Already There' and...

  • Aaron Lewis returns to Lake Charles in 2025

    Tommy Mann Jr, For the Record | Oct 29, 2024

    Country music act Aaron Lewis and the Stateliners will perform at the Golden Nugget Casino in Lake Charles, La., on Feb. 8, 2025. Tickets are on sale now. Musician Aaron Lewis is headed out on tour this fall and winter and has announced a new batch of dates that finds the rocker-turned-country artist headed back to Southwest Louisiana with the "American As It Gets" Tour. Aaron Lewis and the Stateliners will perform at the Golden Nugget Casino in Lake Charles, La., at 8 p.m.,...

  • First Saturday at First Baptist BC

    Oct 29, 2024

    First Saturday of First Baptist Church Bridge City will be giving away food items for Thanksgiving Saturday the 2nd of November. Included in the bags will be boxes of stuffing mix, cans of corn, green beans, and sweet potatoes. Cars can line up in the parking lot next to the church sanctuary beginning at 10:00 am. Look for the flags at the drive ways to the parking lot at 200 W. Roundbunch Rd. All bags will be given away. Prayer also will be offered for those who request it...

  • Sherlock Breaux in the Creaux's Nest

    Sherlock Breaux, For the Record | Oct 29, 2024

    ROY AND WILLIE AWAITING LAST CHANCE (Will History Be Made In Their Lifetime) There is a wide musical space between Beyoncé and Willie Nelson. Both were part of a star powered rally for Vice-President Kamala Harris in Houston. Willie, who is 91 years old and Roy Dunn, 90, said they have waited all these years to witness a female being elected president of the United States. They say they both missed their chance when an October surprise by the FBI head, James Comey, ended...

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