Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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The Bridge City-Orangefield area has a lot going on at the end of the week and people are breathing a sigh of relief as Hurricane Francine moved away from the upper Texas coast. The Bayou Bowl Classic football game between the Cardinals and Bobcats will be on Friday night and the Bridge City Chamber's Hot Air Balloon Glo Festival will be Saturday evening with giant hot air balloons, 11 food trucks, live bands, and performances by high school dance teams. The designation "Bayou...
Kaycie Gunn grew up with cameras, but instead of still shots, she liked video. She enjoyed making moving shots and adding music to them. For the past decade, she's had a video business that includes drone photography. But those studio still portraits are in her blood. She's now been studying under her father, Chris Gunn, to learn the techniques and lighting needed for the profession. She is now becoming the fourth generation to operate Gunn Studio, which opened in Orange in...
The chair of the Orange County Republican Party on Tuesday presented Commissioners Court with a resolution asking that meetings be held at a time "more accessible to the working class." Chair Cheryl Warren requested the meetings move from the 10 a.m. Tuesday time to sometime 6 p.m. or later. The resolution from the county Republican organization says a morning meeting "is an unrealistic time for tax paying working citizens to attend." The request comes two weeks after...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that the September Student of the Month for Bridge City is Brady Watts. Brady is ranked 1 of 208 with a GPA of 4.7...
The Bridge City/Orangefield Rotary awarded Mc Kenzie Trosclair their Bridge City September Student of the Month. McKenzie ranks 49 out of a class of 211 with a GPA of 4.16. She plans to attend a University for a career in Photography....
More than a century ago when long automobile road trips were rare, Orange leaders joined a unique group of business and civic leaders to build one of the first transcontinental paved highways through the U.S., the Old Spanish Trail. The Old Spanish Train Association formed in 1915 when the businessmen met in Mobile, Alabama, to begin the private effort to make a paved roadway for motoring traffic. Members paid $100 a month, or $3,115 in 2024 money, with the dues going to...
The 21st Century's leading adage is "you can't trust everything you read on the internet." That is especially true during a divisive, controversial time in national politics with a big election on November 5. When it comes to seeking correct election information, the Orange County Elections Administration Office is the place to find answers to questions. The office, under the direction of Donna Alford, is at 206 Border Street to the west of the main courthouse. The number is...
Early September temperatures in Orange County still reached 100 degrees last year, but this year, sweater weather is coming a bit early after a rainy front moves through. Look for clear skies and lows in the 60s for the weekend, according to the U.S. Weather Service in Lake Charles. Not only will the feel of fall be here, but the longrange forecast calls for the cooler temps to continue through next week and the big kickoff to fall activities and festivals. Bridge City is...
Woody Almazan, raised in Bridge City, and a former actor, as a teen, in many of Orange Community Players' productions, is hitting the big time with his first starring role in a feature film. "The Ecstasy of Gold: The Treasure of Jesse James" dropped on Amazon Prime and Apple TV Tuesday. "In 90 days it will be on Roku, Tubi and Peacock," said Almazan. "Everywhere but Netflix." The film is a "spaghetti" western. A genre made famous by Clint Eastwood. The term was used for...
Labor Day was made a national holiday to celebrate the contributions of blue-collar workers to America's economy. On Monday, September 2, the Orange County Courthouse and city halls will be closed for the holiday along with state and national offices. However, the men and women who pickup garbage will not be getting a day off. The cities of Bridge City, Orange, Pinehurst, Vidor, and West Orange will have their regular garbage schedules during the week. Pinehurst has...
Shodi and Jay Jocobson, from Sour Lake, attended the What's it Worth? appraisal event Saturday held at the Orange County Convention and Expo Center. Jay purchased the picture he's holding for $5 at a garage sale when he was 18 years old and found out it was worth $200. Shodi is holding itty bitty dolls from Germany. One of them that is about half an inch tall is worth $65-80. Plans are already in the works to hold the event again next year. RECORD PHOTO: Penny...
Orange County Judge John Gothia said the East Roundbunch Road swing bridge will not be open to car traffic for another two-and-a-half to three weeks. Commissioners Court got an update on the bridge that takes vehicular traffic across Cow Bayou from County Engineer Corey Oldbury. The county and the Texas Department of Transportation work together to keep the bridge operating. Federal marine laws require road bridges allow boat traffic on navigable waters like Cow Bayou. The...
The Texas Municipal League reports that David Rutledge is the acting city manager of Bridge City. He also serves as mayor. The information on the group's website of incorporated cities in the state. Word from numerous sources is that the man who served as the city's new manager for only seven months resigned. The Bridge City City Council meeting on the night of August 20 had an agenda item listed as a closed-door executive session to "deliberate the employment, evaluation, sep...
Texas Speaker of the House Dade Phelan today named Mike Toomey as Chief of Staff, effective August 26, 2024. Today's announcement follows the departure of Speaker Phelan's current chief of staff, Enrique Marquez, effective August 23, 2024. "Today I am thrilled to welcome Mike Toomey as the next Chief of Staff in the Office of the Speaker-his leadership will greatly benefit the state, my office and the entire Texas House," said Speaker Phelan. "Mike is a storied titan of Texas...
On July 1, 2024, the Orange County Sheriff's Office was made aware of an alleged criminal offense concerning Deputy Ken Bost who was assigned to the patrol division at the time of the complaint. The Orange County Criminal Investigations Division immediately began an investigation, subsequently contacting the Texas Ranger's Beaumont Office. Once the investigation was complete, the findings were submitted to the Orange County District Attorney's Office. The case was presented to...
Orange County Judge John Gothia is proposing a property tax rate slightly lower than the current rate. During a tax rate hearing Tuesday morning, he suggested a rate of 51 cents per $100 valuation, down from 52.2 cents per $100 valuation. Commissioners Court is set to vote on the new tax rate along with a general operations budget of $53.56 million during a meeting September 10. The new budget will begin on October 1 and the new property taxes will be due at the end of...
Transcript Sam Marie Hermitte – Asst. Deputy Executive Administrator, TWDB Water Science & Conservation So, in 2015, there was a really significant flood around, on Memorial Day in the Wimberley area. And when that flood occurred, there was no gauge upstream. So, the weather service could not accurately predict and warn in terms of the wave of water that was coming down into that community. And it resulted in loss of life, which is terrible. And, as a result of that, it was at the end of the legislative session in 2015, t...
Sales tax revenues for June were up from last year for most of the local entities. However, the county had a decrease in monthly sales, though it still has collected more for the year to date compared to last year. The city of Orange continues to see a steep drop in sales tax collections during the past few months, and is down nearly 24 percent in revenues for the first eight months of the year in comparison to the same time last year. The sales tax information comes from the...
Orangefield High School 'Ready, Set, Teach!' students are ready to get started! They will be interns at the other campuses. Interns will demonstrate professional standards/employability skills, explore the teaching and training profession, understand the learner and the learning process, interact effectively in the role of an educator, plan and develop effective instruction, and have the opportunity to earn an Educational Aide I Certification upon successful completion of the...
Annette Payne lives in the Cove neighborhood of Orange and went to the old Cove school there. For years, she watched as the abandoned, sprawling school buildings deteriorated with broken windows. But that decay is gone and Monday, she helped the city of Orange and local industries celebrate the rebirth of neighborhood with a sprawling park and recreation area on the land where the school once stood. "We had a lot of people here that went to school here, that still live here, l...
The Texas Historical Commission has approved two new local historical markers, one for the City of West Orange, and the other for the Orange Paper Company, founded in the early 1901 that operated more than 90 years. Meritta Kennedy, who is on the West Orange City Council and a member of the Orange County Historical Commission, did the research and wrote the application for the marker for West Orange. Ken Steppe, a retired paper mill executive who helped open the...
Bridge City can expect more traffic problems this week as the Texas Department of Transportation plans to close one lane of the Rainbow Bridge on Thursday and one lane of the Veterans Memorial Bridge on Friday. TxDOT warns to expect delays in travel time and to be cautious of road crews. The closures are for contract inspectors to check the bridges. The Rainbow Bridge lane closure will be from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 15, with the lane closure on the Veterans Me...
The Bridge City school district this year is letting all students at the elementary and intermediate school have a free breakfast and lunch each day, thanks to a program f rom the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the community eligibility program. Students at the middle school and high school will need to apply and meet family income or special needs like being in foster care to qualify for free or reduced-price meals. BCISD Food Service Director Maggie Joubert said in a...
Cut: Michelle Moore, Texas A&M Forest Service Forester (left) received the Smokey Bear award from Scott Phillips, National Association of State Foresters President (right), in Washington, D.C. Michelle Moore, Texas A&M Forest Service Forester, received a bronze Smokey Bear award last week in recognition of her efforts to create a first-of-its-kind wildfire prevention resource guide. The Introduction to Fire Prevention virtual resource guide created by Moore is a...
