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Barbara Ann Copes

  Another Voice Has Been Added to Heavens Choir. Barbara Ann Copes (nee Peterson, & formerly Craig) left us to enter the Embrace of her Lord Jesus the Christ. It was appropriate that she gained her freedom from her battle with Alzheimer's on Independence Day. She made her passing surrounded by family and loving caregivers.   Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, July 9, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Barry Bradley, of First Baptist Church in Orange. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery.   Visitation will … [Read more...] about Barbara Ann Copes

Board member Works With TASB

Local school trustee helps shape statewide education policy agenda Ruth Hancock, West Orange – Cove CISD School Board member, met with school board members from across the state to recommend a legislative program to the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Board of Directors. Mrs. Hancock, WOCCISD School Board President, was elected earlier this year during a regional grassroots meeting to the TASB Legislative Advisory Council, which is responsible for taking regionally identified issues and forming one statewide list of priorities for recommendation to the TASB Board. The … [Read more...] about Board member Works With TASB

Jean “Bobbie Jean” Evelyn Weatherford

Bobbie Jean Weatherford, 87, of Nederland died Tuesday, July 5th, 2016 at Harbor Hospice Hospital in Beaumont. A native of Beaumont, Texas, she was a longtime resident of Nederland. She was a member of Church of Christ in Nederland, TX.. She enjoyed sewing and attending events for her grandchildren. Visitation will begin at 12:00 noon and funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with burial to follow at Restlawn Memorial Park in Vidor. Bobbie Jean was preceded in death by her husband James Lee Weatherford, grandsons Christopher Lamb, Kevin Lamb and Cooper … [Read more...] about Jean “Bobbie Jean” Evelyn Weatherford

Cecilia Jane Barnhill Loescher

Cecilia Jane Barnhill Loescher, 89, died July 3, 2016 in Beaumont, TX. She was born in Alexandria, LA, grew up in Lake Charles, LA. and was a resident of Mauriceville, TX for thirty years. She enjoyed sewing and making dolls, crocheting and playing games with her children and grandchildren. She also loved nature, travel and her pets. Cecilia attended Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church where she served as a eucharistic minister, lector, member of the Altar Society, Legend of Mary and Dominican Laity. Visitation will be Thursday, July 7, 2016 beginning at 6:00 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Home of … [Read more...] about Cecilia Jane Barnhill Loescher

16th Street Collisions Send Three to Hospitals

A 69-year-old man riding in a Corvette was seriously injured Wednesday in the 2400 block of 16th Street in the vicinity of HEB and CVS. Orange police report Steve Musemeche had incapacitating injuries and was taken by Acadian Ambulance to Baptist Hospital Orange Emergency Room. Police said the collision was at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Musemeche was in a 1998 red Corvette driven by 47-year-old Farron Daniel Burnett. They were traveling southbound on 16th Street and were hit by a Ford Explorer that was coming out of a private drive and hit the passenger side of the Corvette. Police reported the … [Read more...] about 16th Street Collisions Send Three to Hospitals

Commissioners Discuss The Matrix

Commissioners Court drew a full court room Tuesday, many of those in attendance were elected officials in the county.  The Commissioners heard a motion from County Judge Brint Carlton to abolish the pay matrix for elected officials which would allow the Court to reset the salary for all elected officials.  Carlton’s motion needed a second from one of the Commissioners before a vote could be taken on it, but did not receive a second.  Commissioner David Dubose then made a motion for the Court to approve the salaries of elected officials first and then abolish the pay matrix.  That motion passed … [Read more...] about Commissioners Discuss The Matrix

Shoe Shop Burglarized

Vandals last week broke into Romano's Shoe Repair, one of Orange's oldest businesses. They spilled glue, threw nails around and splattered dye. "If it was on a shelf it was pushed off. If it was in a box it was thrown around," said owner Allen Nation. Also, "an expensive" black Harley Davidson leather jacket is missing, he said. The business at 1307 Green Avenue has its roots back to 1915. The Romano family moved it to the current location in 1945. Nation has owned the business "going on 30 years." The old items include an antique wood and glass case and a ceiling fan from the old Holland … [Read more...] about Shoe Shop Burglarized

Money Found In Car

Orange police found a large amount of cash and a revolver hidden in the trunk of a car that was in a ditch early Friday morning. Officers reported smelling marijuana in the car, but did not find any. A Houston man was arrested and faces a charge of felon in possession of a firearm. Lieutenant J.E. Baggett reported officers had a 9-1-1 call at 2:07 a.m. Friday about a car in a ditch off the Interstate 10 access road at the exit by Meeks Drive. Officers found the driver standing outside the convenience store at 16th Street and Interstate 10. When the man opened the car, police smelled … [Read more...] about Money Found In Car

Uzzle Joins Demons

Hunter Uzzle will be joining the Southland Conference as a member of the Northwestern State Demons out of Natchitoches, La. The former Bridge City catcher will take his talents to the Demons, who are welcoming a new coach.  Bobby Barbier was an NSU assistant last season but was promoted last month after Lane Burroughs took the head coaching job at Louisiana Tech.   Barbier is an NSU alum, playing for then coach Mitch Gaspard when the Demons won the SLC title in 2005. Barbier told KOGT, "We are very excited to add Hunter to our team. He is what we look for behind the plate in that he is a … [Read more...] about Uzzle Joins Demons

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