On Friday a jury
found James Holden
not guilty in the
capital murder of
Theresa Foskey.
West
Orange-Stark High
School moves out of
Unacceptable status
and becomes
Acceptable after
2010 TEA
Accountability
Ratings released
Friday. Other
OC schools and
Deweyville also see
improvements.
Ratings
Quincy Raney, 27, of
Orange, was indicted
by the Orange County
Grand Jury on three
separate cases of
Felony Possession of
a Controlled
Substance.
More indictments.
Six Bridge
City High
School
Yearbook
students
participated
in Taylor
Publishing
Company's
Communications
Workshop
July 23-26
at Texas A&M
University.
The team won
the
Marketing
Excellence
trophy along
with the
Certificate
of
Excellence
for Color
Strategies.
The yearbook
students who
attended the
workshop
were
Stephanie
Sehon, Logan
McNeil,
Christina
Tallant,
Stormy
Dupuis,
Lauren
Porter and
Hunter
Stevens.
Genevieve
Garrison is
the Yearbook
Advisor.
The
jury in the trial of
James Holden will
continue
deliberating Friday
after failing to
reach a verdict on
Thursday. Holden,
42, is accused of
killing Theresa
Foskey in 1995.
Foskey was 28 when
she was believed to
be murdered in her
Bridge City mobile
home. Holden
is facing a life
sentence if
convicted.
Chief
Warrant
Officer II
Brooks L.
Mouton
recently
made a stop
at the
Southeast
Texas
Regional
Airport in
route to the
port of
Beaumont. He
and other
Blackhawk
pilots were
dropping off
their
helicopters
to be
shipped to
Afghanistan.
This was
part of the
deployment
process for
the 4TH
Infantry
Division
which is now
serving in
Afghanistan.
Brooks is
the son of
David and
Patty Mouton
of Orange.
He asks that
you pray for
him and for
all the men
and women
serving our
great
nation.
FOUND!
Tex Sanders
is missing
from his
home on
Sunset Dr.
in Orange.
Call
670-6516 if
you've seen
him.
Longtime
Orange
Police Chief
Sam Kittrell
has decided
to retire
after more
than 23
years as
chief, which
included
several
stints as
chief and
city
manager. He
will stay
with the
department
through the
end of the
year.
Kittrell
said his
retirement
announcement
had nothing
to do with
Captain
Robert
Arnold
shooting
James
Whitehead on
Monday.
"I've been
thinking
about this
for some
time," said
Kittrell.
"Things are
running
about as
smoothly
here as they
have been
and I think
now is the
time to pass
the torch of
leadership."
Kittrell
began his
law
enforcement
career in
1973 as a
member of
the Orange
County
Sheriff's
Department.
Read
more on
"The Chief."
The
"Bat Count" at
Shangri La has been
rescheduled for
August 3.
Orange
Police
Captain
Robert
Arnold was
off-duty
inside
O'Reilly
Auto Parts
on 16th St.
Monday
afternoon at
approximately
5:07pm when
he got into
an
altercation
with a
customer,
who was
using
profane
language in
front of the
Captain's
daughter.
The incident
continued
outside
where Arnold
shot James
Whitehead,
28, of West
Orange
Whitehead
died at the
hospital.
The Texas
Association
of School
District
Police
Chiefs,
recently
awarded
their annual
scholarship
of
$1,000.00.
This years
recipient
was Emily
Navarro of
Bridge City.
The award
goes to a
qualified
student who
is the child
of a Texas
School
District
Police
Officer and
has chosen
criminal
justice as a
career path.
Emily is a
student at
Lamar State
College -
Orange,
pursuing a
criminal
justice
degree. She
is the
daughter of
George
Navarro, who
is the
Police Chief
for the
Bridge City
Independent
School
District.
Four West
Orange-Stark
Journalism
students
participated
in Taylor
Publishing
Company's
Communications
Workshop
July 23-26
at Texas A&M
University.
All four
students
earned
awards while
there. Alex
Jenkins
earned
Outstanding
Feature
Story and
Creative
Knock-Out
for her
Newspaper
work. Kylie
Hughes
earned an
award for
Outstanding
Team Work
for her
Photography
work and
Brittany
Hagan and
Alayna
Jacobs
earned a
Certificate
of
Excellence
for Thematic
Presentation
for their
2010-2011
yearbook
theme, "All
You Need to
Know." Meri
Elen Jacobs
is the
Journalism
Advisor.
PFC Nathan
Michael
Coffey,
Marine Corp,
graduated
from recruit
training in
San Diego,
California.
He is
currently
attending
Military
Police
School in
Fort Leonard
Wood, MO.
and will
graduate
September
15, 2010.
Future
assignments
are still up
in the air.
Proud
parents are
Mike and
Lisa, sister
Sarah,
brother
Travis and
niece
Marley.
Lamar State
College-Port Arthur
will award 27
associate degrees
and 67 technical
certificates to 90
graduates during the
summer commencement,
which begins at 6:30
p.m. Friday, August
13, in the Carl
Parker Multipurpose
Center, 1800
Lakeshore Drive. The
commencement speaker
will be Wayne Moore,
administrator of
Christus Hospital -
St. Mary in Port
Arthur. Candidates
for associate of
arts degrees from
Orange County
include: Bridge
City: Matthew Ryan
Robertson (academic
studies). Candidates
for associate of
applied science
degrees include:
Orange: Hailey
Michelle Thurber
(instrumentation);
Minaz B. Daredia
(surgical
technology).
Candidates for
certificates of
completion include:
Bridge City: Nicolle
Marie Inagaki
(cosmetology
operator); Amber
Leigh Peterson
(vocational
nursing). Orange:
Morgan Brooke Bonnin
(cosmetology
operator); Minaz B.
Daredia (surgical
technology);
Kristina Juni
Armstrong and
Heather Lynn Mires
(vocational
nursing).
Orangefield: Tabitha
Lavonne LeJeune
(cosmetology
operator).
Katelyn
Norman, a
2010
graduate of
Bridge City
and former
captain of
the
Strutters,
was recently
selected as
a Kilgore
Rangerette.
Katelyn is
one of 36
young women
to be named
to the
prestigious
drill team.
The City of
Orange Fire
Department
responded to
a report of
a house fire
at the
corner of
9th Street
and Hart
Street at
1:25AM
Sunday
morning.
Orange
Police units
arrived
first and
reported the
fire was
burning
through the
roof. First
arriving
fire crews
initiated a
quick attack
strategy and
the fire was
brought
under
control in
approximately
20 minutes.
The home was
vacant and
the cause of
the fire is
currently
under
investigation
by the fire
marshal’s
office.
The
Office of Karen Jo
Vance, Orange County
Clerk, announces
marriage license
applications for the
week
of July 19, 2010
through July 23,
2010. Justin D.
Fletcher and Shea D. Seymore; Shawn P.
Hall and Heather D.
Gregg; Grant W.
Jones and Margaret
E. Williams; Jon L.
Ward and Grace H.
Fontanilla; Jacob R.
Williams and Jamie
R. LeMaire; Ricky D.
Strickland and
Shawna D. Jarrell;
Chad A. Humphrey and
Lorena Claro; Robert
J. Richardson and
Crystal L. Falcon;
Austin G. Farias and
Rachel E. Briggs;
Sammy B. Mills and
Anissa R. Hawkins;
Matthew G. Gibson
and Gabbriell M.
Lee; James D. Kelly
and Melodye A.
LeBlanc.
Mrs. Barbara
Winfree was
appointed,
by the Board
of
Commissioners,
to the
Precinct #2
Port of
Orange
Commissioner
Seat, on
Monday, July
the 19th.
The seat was
vacated due
to the death
of her
husband Mr.
Lester
Winfree.
Mrs. Winfree
will
complete the
term of her
late
husband. The
meeting was
attended by
numerous
friends and
family.
The
Third Annual
Signature Weekend
for the Red Cross is
almost here and
volunteers are busy
with preparations
for the Paint the
Town Red Gala and
Swing Red Golf
Tournament. Their
goal is to raise
$30,000 for the
organization.
more
Orange Mayor
Brown
Claybar gave
a
proclamation
to Rocky
Wilson
(left) and
Mike
Manshack of
the Orange
Amateur
Radio Club,
recognizing
the efforts
of ham radio
operators
during
emergencies.
The Orange
Amateur
Radio Club
meets August
6th at
7:30PM at
the Orange
Red Cross
office.
Guest
speaker will
be Jeff
Kelley, OC
Emergency
Management
Coordinator.
If you are
interested
in Amateur
(HAM) radio
email the
club at
orangearc@live.com.
A
new report shows
80.8 percent of
Texas Small
Businesses eligible
for health care tax
credits. More than
80.8 percent of
Texas small
businesses with
fewer than 25
employees will be
eligible this year
for tax credits to
help pay the cost of
employee health
coverage, according
to a new report
issued by the
consumer health
organization
Families USA and
small business
advocacy group Small
Business Majority.
more
Look Left
and "Cast
Your Vote"
One day you
have a lush,
green St.
Augustine
lawn and
then you
notice gray
spots on the
leaves.
Soon, large
parts of
your lawn
look like
they've been
blow-torched.
The culprit
is most
likely a
fungus
called gray
leaf spot,
said Dr.
Young-Ki Jo,
a Texas
AgriLife
Extension
Service
plant
pathologist
who works
with
turfgrass
diseases
statewide.
more
Want to discuss what's going on in
Orange County today or maybe what happened in the past?
Buy those Forever
stamps now. The cost
of mailing a letter
is going up again.
Fighting to survive
a deepening
financial crisis,
the Postal Service
said Tuesday it
wants to increase
the price of
first-class stamps
by 2 cents — to 46
cents — starting in
January. Other
postage costs would
rise as well. The
agency's persisting
problem:
ever-declining mail
volume as people and
businesses shift to
the Internet and the
declining economy
reduces advertising
mail.
Are you
prepared for
hurricane
season? Click
here for
more
2010
Atlantic
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Hermine
Igor
Julia
Karl
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Matthew
Nicole
Otto
Paula
Richard
Shary
Tomas
Virginie
Walter
Does
the state of Texas
have unclaimed
property that
belongs to you?
click here
An email with a
historic pictorial
look on Orange has
been going around.
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it you can see it
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