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Public meetings coming on OC levee
Planning and design work is moving along steadily for the Orange County end of the federal Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay Coastal Storm Risk Management Project. The United States Army... — Updated 4/22/2022
Lions get set for 81st Charity Carnival
Members of the Orange Lions Club young and old, with help from neighboring Lions and Orange County Jail trusties, created a beehive of activity at Lions Den Park the last couple of... — Updated 3/22/2022
First ESD elections reset for November
Like volunteer firemen extinguishing a structure fire, the state of Texas doused the first-ever Orange County Emergency Services Districts directors' election. It was set to be... — Updated 3/22/2022
BC Early Voting location changes
The Early Voting location for the May 7 city and school board elections in the southern end of Orange County will be the Bridge City ISD Administration Building, 1031 W. Roundbunch... — Updated 3/22/2022
Districts confront bus driver shortage
Don Reese said he retired as Bridge City's transportation director a couple of years ago because, "I got tired of trying to keep bus drivers." Then the retiree took a part-time job... — Updated 3/15/2022
LCM sports redo includes artificial turf
The most improved Orange County football team is getting an improved homefield. Little Cypress-Mauriceville school board members voted to approve $5 million in athletic facility... — Updated 3/15/2022
OC, GLO collect old, leaky boats
Nelson Plaisance trailered the 23-foot eyesore from his yard in the Cove to the Collection Station at the Orange County Landfill Saturday afternoon. It was time to let 'er go and... — Updated 3/8/2022
Sowell wins big, JP cuts it close
Experience walked in Orange County Precinct 3 and money talked in Orange County Precinct 2. Joy Dubose-Simonton won her third term as Precinct 3 Justice of the Peace Tuesday night,... — Updated 3/2/2022
Opponent-less Phelan campaign raises $6.9M
In the last half of 2021, Dade Phelan, Orange County's State representative, raised $1.5 million in campaign funds and spent about every penny of it on campaign expenses. But the... — Updated 3/1/2022
Orange tackles replacing its Fire Chiefs
The City of Orange is saying goodbye to its top two firefighters in the next six weeks and plans are being made to find their replacements. David Frenzel announced last year he is r... — Updated 3/1/2022
New BC manager follows winding course
The previous occupant's University of Texas Longhorns golf bag has been replaced by a Texas A&M diploma belonging to a man who used to be a golf pro. Brent Walker's course to being... — Updated 3/1/2022
Rejected mail ballots can be fixed
The Orange County Elections Administration has returned about 100 mail-in ballots to would-be voters in the past week because of missing or mismatched identification numbers. The... — Updated 2/24/2022
Cities, schools finalize candidates for May
As early voting wraps up for the March 1 primary for November's midterm elections, the final lineup for the May 7 city and school boards are set. Lanie Brown, a familiar name in Ora... — Updated 2/24/2022
BCISD makes pitch for school bond
So what's different about the Bridge City school bond issue coming up on the May 7 election? Twice in the past eight years, BCISD taxpayers shot down bond issues, voting no by more... — Updated 2/22/2022
County OK's ARPA projects, opioid settlement
Orange County Commissioners approved the Texas Statewide Opioid Settlement Agreement Tuesday, which means about a million dollars this year for the county. It is expected to hit... — Updated 2/15/2022
Early voting Feb. 14-25 for 2022 Primary
Early voting begins at 8 a.m. Monday, Feb. 14 for the 2022 Primary election that will determine who's on the Nov. 8 midterm election. Early voting runs from Feb. 14-25 with varying... — Updated 2/14/2022
Sowell's dollars dwarf election opponents
J.W. Dalton, the self-proclaimed "Mayor of Mauriceville," has made it rain for Mauriceville native Chris Sowell. The $10,500 donated to Sowell's campaign for Orange County Precinct... — Updated 2/9/2022
Survey of OC residents eyes broadband connectivity for all
Orange County and the Orange County Economic Development Corporation, in partnership with the South East Texas Regional Planning Commission and Connected Nation Texas, is deploying... — Updated 2/8/2022
'Flashback Friday' opens Orange's Mardi party
Mardi Gras, celebrating the Christian feasts leading up to the season of fasting for Lent, dates back to medieval Europe and was carried to North America by French explorers in the... — Updated 2/8/2022
BC's Gauthier takes gavel at SETRPC
Cutline: Terri Gauthier of Bridge City, right, swears in as President of the South East Texas Regional Planning Commission during its annual banquet at the Beaumont Event Center.... — Updated 2/8/2022
PH council members seek mayor's job
As the niece of longtime Pinehurst leader John Zerko, Sarah McClendon says it's her time to take the lead. McClendon, Pinehurst's Mayor Pro-Tem and winding up her third two-year... — Updated 2/8/2022
Chili Cook off raises funds for the United Way
Chili by Shaun McConnell, left, was both the judge's and people's champ at Saturday's Chili Cook-off in Orange. Mark Frey of Columbanus Motorsports, joined by his store's... — Updated 2/1/2022
Pct. 2 candidates seek bigger voice
The five men seeking to be the next Orange County Commissioner for Precinct 2 agreed their widespread slice of the county needs better representation. In last Friday's Candidate... — Updated 2/1/2022
BC Chamber Banquet honors Isaacs, CASA
For all they do for the community, the Bridge City Chamber of Commerce recognized Melissa Isaacs as Citizen of the Year and CASA of Sabine Neches Region Business of the Year at its... — Updated 2/1/2022
Bellfield gave 100 percent for Orange
The night she was elected as Orange mayor in 1998, Essie Bellfield won by fewer than 100 votes. But she figured she deserved 100 percent of the ballots cast. “I think everyone c... — Updated 1/25/2022
