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OC issues request for Hotel Occupancy Tax Fund applications
The Orange County Hotel/Motel Tax committee has released applications for non-profit entities within Orange County to apply for a portion of the County’s Hotel/Motel Tax ...
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Orange Police Beat 7.30 -8.1.21
From staff reports The City of Orange Police Department responded to the following calls from July 30 – ...
OC issues request for Hotel Occupancy Tax Fund applications
The Orange County Hotel/Motel Tax committee has released applications for non-profit entities within Orange County to apply for ...
What puts the evening in primrose?
Watching my native evening primrose unfurl at dusk should have been soothing to my romantic right brain. But ...
Alzheimer’s Insights: Overcoming the Stigma of Alzheimer’s Disease
You see it more and more in the obituary columns: “Died after a long bout with Alzheimer’s,” “…following ...
Crime
Orange Police Beat 7.30 -8.1.21
From staff reports The City of Orange Police Department responded to the following calls from July 30 – August 1, 2021: Friday, July 30 Obstruct ...
by Dawn Burleigh.
News
Gas demand sets another 2021 week high; analyst shares when curve will end
The downward move in the national average two weeks ago was short-lived, with the national average rebounding last week on continued strong gasoline demand in ...
by Van Wade, Monday, August 2, 2021 10:33 am
High School Sports
Mustangs crank up conditioning, drills
The West Orange-Stark Mustangs had their first day of practice and drills and were busy in the weightroom Monday morning. Over at WO-S, the Mustangs ...
by Van Wade, Monday, August 2, 2021 9:52 am
High School Sports
Cardinals hit the ground running for Coach McGuire
It was the first day of practice for the Bridge City Cardinals and their first-year head coach Cody McGuire Monday as the Cardinals had a ...
by Van Wade, Monday, August 2, 2021 9:42 am
News
LDWF Agents Investigating Triple Fatality Boating Incident in Toledo Bend
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) enforcement agents are investigating a fatal boating incident that occurred in Sabine Parish on July 30. The bodies ...
by Dawn Burleigh, Monday, August 2, 2021 9:26 am
Columnists
OP-ED: Living Life: Start planning your schedule now
It has been quite a while since I have been able to write an article for the paper. Between the Orange Lions Club Charity Carnival, ...
by Dawn Burleigh, Saturday, July 31, 2021 6:46 am
Columnists
From the editor: Be prepared for Nov. 2 election
There are eight proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution that will appear on the November 2, 2021 ballot. In order to appear on the ballot, ...
by Dawn Burleigh, Saturday, July 31, 2021 6:44 am
Celebrations
Orange Firefighters honored by Acadian Ambulance Texas
By Dawn Burleigh City of Orange firefighters Terry Veitch, Greg Gravett, Hunter Isbell and Battalion Chief Payton Smith, along with Acadian Paramedic Field Supervisor Michael ...
by Dawn Burleigh, Saturday, July 31, 2021 6:10 am
Celebrations
Entering retirement
Vidor Police Captain Aleta Cappen, second from left, with her family, Seth, Piper, and Allison Cappen, attend a Retirement Celebration hosted by the Vidor Police ...
by Dawn Burleigh, Saturday, July 31, 2021 6:05 am
Columnists
OP-ED: My Five Cents: “Grandmother of Juneteenth” Opal Lee honored in Senate
The 2021 Olympic Games have begun in Tokyo, Japan. Over the next few weeks, we will all get to watch and enjoy the very best ...
by Dawn Burleigh, Saturday, July 31, 2021 12:49 am
Columnists
OP-ED: America will not be disarmed!
At least twenty states feel threatened by Joe Biden’s efforts to disarm Americans by federal laws if possible, otherwise by executive orders (decrees), proclamations or any other ...
by Dawn Burleigh, Saturday, July 31, 2021 12:48 am
Lifestyle
How to protect your family from the Delta variant
(StatePoint) Despite significant gains in vaccinations and fighting COVID-19, the rise of the more transmissible Delta variant poses a significant risk for unvaccinated people. “We ...
by Dawn Burleigh, Saturday, July 31, 2021 12:12 am
Local
Houston site of study on extreme heat risk in coastal communities
By Roz Brown Texas News Service HOUSTON – Cities in the southern United States, especially large urban communities along the coasts, are facing extreme heat attributable to ...
by Dawn Burleigh, Friday, July 30, 2021 3:50 pm
News
Texas Airman accounted for from World War II
WASHINGTON—The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Tech. Sgt. Frank A. Norris, 23, of Quinlan, Texas, killed during World ...
by Dawn Burleigh, Friday, July 30, 2021 2:34 pm
News
Updates issued for six fish consumption advisories in SE Louisiana
The Louisiana Departments of Health, Environmental Quality, and Wildlife and Fisheries today issue a series of updates to six existing fish consumption advisories. The State ...
by Van Wade, Friday, July 30, 2021 1:26 pm
News
Coach Çooper retiring after a great run at WO-SMS
Pamela Wheatley Cooper retired after 31 years of coaching. She spent five years at Lumberton, one year at LCM, and 25 years at WOS Middle ...
by Van Wade, Friday, July 30, 2021 10:46 am
News
LC-M will return to in-person instruction; guidelines
Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD will return to in-person instruction for the 2021-2022 school year. This means there will be no virtual learning option for the 2021-2022 ...
by Van Wade, Friday, July 30, 2021 9:11 am
High School Sports
High School football practice cranks up Monday
Local high school football players will get to test the heat as they will start football practice Monday with two schools, Little Cypress-Mauriceville and Bridge ...
by Van Wade, Friday, July 30, 2021 8:25 am
News
K9 Jocko End of Watch
PRESS RELEASE — The Lake Charles Police Department recently honored the service of one of their retired members of their K9 Division, K9 Jocko. K9 ...
by Dawn Burleigh, Thursday, July 29, 2021 1:45 pm
High School Sports
Battlin’ Bear Football Camp a “growling” success
The 2021 LC-M Battlin’ Bear Football Camp was a huge success as over 130 7th through 9th graders took part in the 4-day camp held ...
by Van Wade, Thursday, July 29, 2021 12:12 pm
News
Illumination Project on MacArthur Drive moves forward
By Jonathan Roy The Orange Leader Despite the stormy weather, Tuesday night Orange city council members met to unanimously approve a resolution for the Illumination ...
by Dawn Burleigh, Thursday, July 29, 2021 11:44 am
News
Beaumont has first confirmed case of COVID-19 Delta Variant
On Wednesday, July 28, the City of Beaumont received notification of its first confirmed case of the COVID-19 Delta Variant. The city is releasing ...
by Dawn Burleigh, Thursday, July 29, 2021 9:45 am
Sports
Lamar ready to crank up in the WAC
THE WOODLANDS, Texas – Lamar University head coach Blane Morgan and players Jeremy Davis (6-5, 245, Sr., TE) and Anthony Ruffin (6-1, 200, Jr., DB) ...
by Van Wade, Thursday, July 29, 2021 8:16 am
Columnists
OP-ED: THE IDLE AMERICAN – Space shots and crumbling cookies
If only life could be as simple as that Blue Bell ice cream delivery guy’s view of his job. It seems to take simplicity to another ...
by Dawn Burleigh, Thursday, July 29, 2021 7:06 am
News
The Poor People’s Campaign starts 27-Mile Moral March for Democracy from Georgetown to Austin
Georgetown, Texas – Over 40 organizations led by the Texas Poor People’s Campaign completed the first leg of their 27-mile Moral March for Democracy from ...
by Dawn Burleigh, Thursday, July 29, 2021 6:41 am
News
Texas Marine accounted for from World War II
WASHINGTON—The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Marine Corps Sgt. Fred Farris, 19, of Hillsboro, Texas, killed during World War II, was accounted ...