Following her senior season with the Lady Bears, Little Cypress-Mauriceville's Jenna James will take her softball talents to Bossier Parish Community College in Louisiana. Family, coaches, teammates and friends watched her sign at a ceremony held Tuesday at LCM. The Cavaliers are a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association Region 14 East Zone Division which includes Angelina College, Kilgore College, Navarro College, Northeast Texas CC, Paris JC, Trinity Valley CC, Tyler Junior College. … [Read more...] about James To Play At Next Level
Chevron Recertified As STAR Site
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP’s Orange Plant was recognized today by officials from the U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) as being recertified as a STAR site under OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP). This is the second recertification for the Orange Plant since receiving their STAR site designation in 2010. The U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA established the VPP in 1982 as a premier partnership with labor and management, designed to recognize worksites with exemplary safety and health programs and to identify facilities … [Read more...] about Chevron Recertified As STAR Site
OF Duo Compete In State Debate
Orangefield High School senior, Katey McCall, and sophomore, Alexis Sturrock traveled to Austin to compete in the State UIL Congressional Debate on January 10. This is the first year for Congressional Debate to be a UIL sanctioned meet. Competitors draft proposed laws and position statements then prepare a speech based on bills and resolutions dealing with real-world social and political policies that they researched prior to the contest. McCall advanced from regionals where she placed third. Sturrock was the second alternate at the state meet. McCall and Sturrock were just two of the five … [Read more...] about OF Duo Compete In State Debate
Cardner Retires After 34 Years With UW
After 34 years of dedicated service, Linn Cardner will be retiring from the United Way of Orange County. Linn Cardner is a graduate of The University of Texas with a BBA degree. She received numerous honors while at the University including being the first women president of the College of Business Student Council and being chosen an Outstanding Student a junior, an honor usually reserved for a Senior. She moved to Orange with her late husband, Dr. David V. Cardner. They raised 4 sons, all of whom are graduates of West Orange-Stark High School. She became active in the community … [Read more...] about Cardner Retires After 34 Years With UW
Curley John Myers
Curley John Myers Sr., 84, died Saturday, January 21st, 2017 in Beaumont, TX. A native of Estherwood, LA, he was a longtime resident of Orange, TX. Curley enjoyed hunting and fishing, gardening and spending quality time with his family especially his grandchildren. He also volunteered time at his church. Visitation will be Monday, January 23 beginning at 6:00 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. Funeral services will be Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at Eastgate United Pentecostal Church with interment to follow at Restlawn Memorial Park. Curley is survived by 4 daughters; Patricia … [Read more...] about Curley John Myers
Two Charged With Murder
Two men from Orange have been charged with murder in connection with the December shooting death of a man outside a Port Arthur motel. Antonio Richard was arrested on January 9 in Oakdale, Louisiana. Iterreious Simien surrendered to officials at the Orange County Jail on January 15. The charges were filed in Jefferson County in connection with the shooting death of 29-year-old Rasheed Edwards of Port Arthur. He was shot outside the Baymont Inn and Suites, 3801 Texas Highway 73 in Port Arthur the night of December 30. The Port Arthur Police Department has been investigating the case. … [Read more...] about Two Charged With Murder
Orange Police Reports
A 46-year-old motorcyclist was seriously injured early Saturday morning when he fell off the Harley-Davidson while traveling on Highway 87 South near Cypresswood Drive. Orange police report Joseph Pikus of Orange was taken by Acadian Ambulance to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont with incapacitating injuries. According to the accident report, he was not wearing a helmet. Police were called about 2:40 a.m. Saturday to the 1800 block of Highway 87 South. Pikus was lying in the roadway and his motorcycle had traveled several feet before stopping and falling on a side. - A … [Read more...] about Orange Police Reports
Joseph D. Sheppard
Our deeply beloved father, grandfather, brother and friend went to heaven January 18, 2017. Joseph D. Sheppard, age 72 (June 12, 1944 – January 18, 2017) Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, January 27 at Adams EE Stringer Funeral Home in Buna, Texas. Visitation will be prior to service. Burial will be at Antioch Cemetery in Buna. Joe was born in Buna, Texas on June 12, 1944 in Sheppard’s Settlement. He was a lifelong resident of Sheppard’s Settlement. Joe graduated from Deweyville High School in 1962 and went on to attend college at Blinn Junior College in Brenham, Texas, on … [Read more...] about Joseph D. Sheppard
Man Wanted For Theft
The Orange Police Department detective division is currently investigating at theft that occurred at Walgreens in Orange. The theft occurred on November 13 at about 7:37 PM. If you can identify the man in these photographs, please contact the detective division at 409-883-1095. … [Read more...] about Man Wanted For Theft
Local Man In Motorcycle Accident
A Vidor man was seriously injured when his motorcycle crashed Monday morning on US Highway 96 in Jasper County. Sergeant Stephanie Davis with the Texas Department of Public Safety reported that at about 11:00 AM David Holland, age 48, was driving his Suzuki motorcycle northbound on Highway 96 about two miles south of Buna. As he was traveling through an active construction zone for an unknown reason Holland and his motorcycle veered from the inside lane to the outside traffic lane and struck an unoccupied GMC flatbed pickup truck. Holland was ejected from his motorcycle. He was later … [Read more...] about Local Man In Motorcycle Accident
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