Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Judges 6 and 7 ...Where is Gideon' s army today? Like in Gideon's day when Israel had been delivered from sin and the world, they became lazy in faithfulness and began to blend into the world...so much that they became comfortable with it and it's ways, even giving attention to what the world thought important. Israel embraced the idols of the Amorites and the world society of the Midianites. God quit blessing Israel and they became impoverished and sunk to living in caves and...
Joe Biden’s American Recovery Plan Act, passed by Congress without a single Republican vote, just showered ruby red Orange County with the first of two $8.1 million payments. The all-Republican County Commissioners are eager to see what they’re allowed to use it for. After Tuesday’s twice-monthly Commissioners Court meeting, County Judge John Gothia asked Tim Funchess, county purchasing agent, to put an item on the June 22 agenda to start the process to hire a grant manag...
Good times are set to resume in Orange. The Lion’s Club 80th Charity Carnival will take place over three weekends at Lions Den Park this year, beginning Wednesday, June 16. “When we first started planning for this, they still had the COVID thing,” Pam Crew-Honeycutt, carnival co-chairman explained the extra week. “We were trying to encourage more social distancing. We thought it would give people the opportunity to spread out.” This year’s event begins at 6:30 p.m. Wednes...
One of Orange County’s top news sources is going off the air. Sherry Combs is retiring from the Little Cypress-Mauriceville school district Friday, ending a 42-year career that saw her issue tens of thousands of notifications –what used to be called “press releases” – on behalf of LCMCISD and West Orange-Cove school districts and the LifeShare Blood Center. “I’m 70 and it’s time,” she said Tuesday. “I can do anything I want to, any time I want to.” For the past 20 years, Co...
You’re a grand old flag, You’re a high-flying flag, Monday, June 14, marks the 104th observance of Flag Day in the United States, a holiday officially established in 1916 by President Woodrow Wilson. But every day is Flag Day for retired U.S. Navy sailor John Hall. The West Orange-Stark graduate served 20 years as an aviation ordnanceman on U.S. aircraft carriers circling the globe supporting combat and peacekeeping missions alike. “When we first got married, my wife asked...
SPECIAL LUNCH BUNCH GATHERING Next week, on June 16, the Wednesday Lunch Bunch will dine at Robert’s Restaurant, 12 noon. County Judge John Gothia and tax assessor-collector Karen Fisher will host all of the county mayors and their city managers. The county wide participation will allow everyone to interact with the civic leaders., break bread and get to meet the new mayors. It also will be a great opportunity for the citizens and county officials to share how they might be o...
Lloyd Grubbs American Legion Post 49, 108 Green Ave will host a dance on June 12 from 7:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. featuring Zydecane. $5.00 per person or $8.00 couple. Come out and pass a good time with Zydecane and your friends. No alcohol can be brought into the building. Bar will be open....
Winter Storm Uri and subsequent cool, wet weather have made the 2021 growing season tough on Texas watermelons, but decent prices are helping producers, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts. Watermelons in South Texas got a late start due to the winter storm in February, said Juan Anciso, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension horticulturist, Weslaco. Many fields under hoop tunnels experienced delays and required partial replanting due to the cold weather. Harvest...
Get ready Swamp Pop $4 is coming! The date is July 10 at the VFW in Orange located on North Hwy. 87. As always, it is open to the public and advance tickets can be purchased at Granger RV Sales lot on McArthur Dr. in Orange. The event is BYOB and you can bring your own snacks, beer and setups will be sold by the VFW. Must be 21 years of age to attend. The doors open at 6:30 p.m., no Early Birds, with music and dancing starting at 8 p.m and going till midnight. Tickets can be purchased at Granger’s RV Monday-Friday 10 a.m. -...
The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season began on June 1. Our colleagues at NOAA are predicting another active season, with an above average number of named storms. At NASA, we’re developing new technology and missions to study storm formation and impacts, including ways to understand Earth as a system. The following are 5 Fast Facts about NASA and the 2021 hurricane season: 1. NASA can see storms from space. From space, NASA can see so much more than what’s visible to the nak...
Mauriceville Elementary announced the Student Council Officers for the 2021-2022 school year. They are: President – Brooklyn Childress, Vice President – Jude Abrego, Secretary – Victoria Rodriguez, Treasurer – Brylie Jones, Historian – Gracelyn Davis, Parliamentarian – Mary Leffew, Head Senator – Noah West, and Senators – Karah Frederick, Cameron Knott, and Drake Pond....
Lamar State College Orange (LSCO) President, Dr. Thomas Johnson, announced this week that LSCO will return to its normal campus life and schedule this upcoming Fall semester. The Fall schedule will closely resemble Fall 2019 in regard to face-to-face offerings and enrollment capacities. “The past fourteen months have been challenging for all of us. But members of our Gator community have proven time and time again how resilient they are. Their diligence in upholding our h...
After Hurricanes and storms keeping the Lions Club Carnival from happening and then last year's COVID19 pandemic, they are preparing to begin next Wednesday. The Lions Club has discussed for a couple of years about moving the time of the carnival to an earlier date and away from what is the peak of the tropical storm season.This year's Lions Club Carnival will begin on the week of June 16 through June 19. The second week will be June 23 through June 26 before concluding on...
Saturday, July 3rd from 10AM until 1PM in the church parking lot at 200 W. Roundbunch Bridge City. Bibles, hotdogs, basic school supplies, water and cookies will be handed out for free. Look for the balloons and blue canopy. Also, upon request, we will pray for those who are distressed by life issues; you don’t have to get out of your vehicle....
New England Patriots head coach and general manager Bill Belichick is one of a kind. Many assistants who have worked under his guidance have been or still are successful National Football League head coaches. However, one who is not a head coach any longer is Bill O’Brien, who was canned after four games last season by the Houston Texans after starting the pandemic-modified season with an 0-4 record in his fifth year at the helm of the team. O’Brien came to the Texans bri...
AUSTIN – The Memorial Day weekend proved extremely busy for Texas Game Wardens, despite severe weather including storms, downpours and flooded rivers in some areas. Boating incidents statewide surpassed last year’s Memorial Day weekend numbers in almost every category. “The increase in boating safety incidents over the Memorial Day weekend is attributed in part to many variables including the increase in new boaters since the start of the pandemic in 2020, severe weath...
With session over, there’s time to reflect on what happened toward the end of session and the new laws the legislature passed over the past 140 days. Here are five things happening around your state: 1. Legislature adjourns Sine Die The 87th Legislative session has ended and this week both chambers adjourned Sine Die. In total, the House and Senate filed 7,025 bills combined. Of those, the House filed 4,834 bills and the Senate filed 2,191 bills. However, only 1,081 bills from...
Little Cypress-Mauriceville schools selected Teacher of the Year representatives from each campus earlier this spring. Those teachers’ applications were then given to a panel of anonymous judges to select an Elementary Teacher of the Year and Secondary Teacher of the Year to represent LCM in the Region 5 level of competition. This year’s Elementary Teacher of the Year is Tammi Halliburton of Little Cypress Intermediate. Jill Shugart of Little Cypress-Mauriceville High Sch...
Rather than totally waste an unexpected trip to Merryville earlier this week, I took a less than direct route trying to get a feel for just how much standing water has yet to make its way into Sabine lake. The short answer is LOTS! As a matter of fact, in some areas it wasn’t just standing, but moving through the woods fast enough to create eddies around the pines. We aren’t really feeling the pain right now, but even a modest storm prior to drawing down these levels could leave a lot of folks around here filling sand bag...
This summer, we’re off to see the Wizard – the Wonderful Wizard of Oz! Join us on Saturday, June 26 from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. for a FREE, interactive event for the whole family. Registrants will “follow the yellow brick road” through the Grounds of The W.H. Stark House to meet characters from the story, visit activity stations, stop for photo-ops, and collect materials to leave with their own Summer Reading Kit. Materials include books, worksheets, craft supplies, and a Cre...
A proposal to bring streetlights to a dark and deadly stretch of road is on the agendas for neighboring Orange County cities. The Texas Department of Transportation will make a presentation for a "MacArthur Drive Illumination Project" at Tuesday's 6 p.m. meeting of the Pinehurst City Council. While no one at Pinehurst was available to talk about the item, Randy Branch, the new mayor in West Orange, said the same item will be on his council's agenda for Monday, June 14. He...
