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Articles from the September 18, 2024 edition


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  • LCM crowns royalty for 2024 Homecoming

    Updated Sep 17, 2024

    Reid Burman was crowned king and EmmaKate Staton queen of the Little Cypress-Mauriceville High homecoming this past Friday night. Other members of the homecoming royalty were seniors Clayton Farwell, Tucker Floyd, Jonah Fuller, Caleb Hamilton, Dalton Hogan, Kyndall Davis, aret Hermosillo Plascencia, Cailynn Nichols, Allie Stark, and Booke Tinsley. Also juniors Grant Loupe, Justin McCarver, Cohen Kalena, Ashley Reyes, Zoe Winn, and Mallory Russell. Also sophomores Dreyden...

  • Jacobs writes book about having a child in prison

    Margaret Toal, For the Record|Updated Sep 17, 2024

    As Meri Elen Jacobs taught journalism at West Orange-Stark High School for more than 20 years, she also wrote and took photographs for local publications. Now that she's retired, she's written a book about a subject that she could not have imagined. The book is "Navigating Prison from the Outside" with the subtitle "A practical and spiritual guide to help parents through the first few years of their child's lock-up." Her son, Stevan Smith, was sent to prison in 2018 for...

  • Hot air balloons swell festival crowd

    Margaret Toal, For the Record|Updated Sep 17, 2024

    Bridge City was filled with unusual sights Saturday evening. Lights from colorful hot air balloons glowed through the skies and a seemingly endless line of cars was full of people lining up to get into the first Hot Air Glo Balloon Festival. The crowd of an estimated 6,500 people has drawn enough enthusiasm for the Bridge City Chamber of Commerce to begin thinking of bringing the hot air balloons back next year. "It was amazing," said Mandy Lyda, chamber director about the...

  • Cowboy Church opens new arena for variety of events

    Margaret Toal, For the Record|Updated Sep 17, 2024

    Cowboy Church of Orange County has opened their new covered arena and is now ready to kick off an old-fashioned Trade Days with farmers market at the end of the month. Pastor Harland Strother said the 40,000 square foot arena will seat more than 1,000 people with more room to seat 200 in lawn chairs. The arena also has a professional concession stand with new equipment. The congregation of the church on FM 1078 outside of Orange voted to build the arena for many uses,...

  • Teal season off to an impressive start

    Capt. Chuck Uzzle, For the Record|Updated Sep 17, 2024

    Consistent hunts and good numbers of birds have been the norm for many local waterfowlers enjoying the early teal season so far. Opening weekend of early teal season can best be described as a classic case of "have or have not". For many hunters it was one end of the spectrum or the other and no in between. Rarely will you see birds as concentrated as they are right now and that pattern doesn't look it will change any time soon. If you were one of the fortunate ones who were...

  • Luther Daniel (Danny) Brack, 82, Orange

    Updated Sep 17, 2024

    Luther Daniel (Danny) Brack, age 82, of Orange, Texas passed away on September 15, 2024, surrounded by family. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, September 19, 2024, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Pastor Keith Pennington. Burial will follow at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Leesville, Louisiana on...

  • William Randy Lynch, 63, Orange

    Staff Report|Updated Sep 17, 2024

    William Randy Lynch, 63, of Orange, Texas, passed away on Sept. 15, 2024, at his home in Orange. Funeral services will be 11a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 18, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Born in Kirbyville, Texas, on Aug. 30, 1961, he was the son of William Travis Lynch and Monnie Smith Lynch. William...

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