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NWS Lake Charles weather update: 2:30 p.m.
Friday and Saturday will be dry with near normal temperatures. Rain returns to the forecast on Sunday, and continues for much of next week. One ...
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Changes in beef industry go beyond the numbers
By Nathan Gregory MSU Extension Service STARKVILLE, Miss. — Mississippi’s beef cattle herd size and farm inventory have ...
NWS Lake Charles weather update: 2:30 p.m.
Friday and Saturday will be dry with near normal temperatures. Rain returns to the forecast on Sunday, and ...
Four MVE students on kill list
Press release from LCMCISD While doing regular maintenance along Highway 62, the Mauriceville Utility District found a kill ...
The Storm Expo
Heritage House of Orange County will host The Storm Expo from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Saturday, ...
News
Changes in beef industry go beyond the numbers
By Nathan Gregory MSU Extension Service STARKVILLE, Miss. — Mississippi’s beef cattle herd size and farm inventory have not changed much in the last three ...
by Dawn Burleigh.
News
Louisiana Private Recreational Red Snapper Season to Open Friday, May 28
The 2021 private recreational red snapper season will begin on Friday, May 28 in both state and federal waters. The season will run weekends only ...
by Dawn Burleigh, Thursday, May 6, 2021 2:03 pm
High School Sports
LC-M’s Brown nets State Silver with nice effort in the shot put
Little Cypress-Mauriceville senior Kollyn Brown captured the Silver Medal in the shot put at the Class 4A Track & Field Championships at the University of ...
by Van Wade, Thursday, May 6, 2021 11:38 am
High School Sports
Vidor’s Stephenson leaps to State silver medal in high jump
Vidor freshman standout high jumper Raegan Stephenson earned the Silver Medal at the Class 4A Track & Field State Championships Thursday morning at the University ...
by Van Wade, Thursday, May 6, 2021 10:57 am
Crime
Man shot refuses to press charges
A man refuses to assist police or file charges after being shot in the leg on Wednesday. Orange Police Department was dispatched at 12:37 a.m. ...
by Dawn Burleigh, Thursday, May 6, 2021 10:29 am
High School Sports
LC-M’s Burke named SETCA Boys Golf Player of the Year
For the second year in a row senior Jack Burke has been named the Player of the Year for Boys Golf by the SETCA (Southeast Texas ...
by Van Wade, Thursday, May 6, 2021 10:27 am
News
Pullen requests recount
Council member Patrick Pullen has requested a recount for the May 1, 2021 election. Pullen received 138 votes compared to 145 his opponent, David Bailey, ...
by Dawn Burleigh, Thursday, May 6, 2021 9:26 am
Lifestyle
Vendors needed
CASA is hosting a free family fun day on June 26th, 2021, at Claiborne Park in Vidor and is need of vendors to help make ...
by Dawn Burleigh, Wednesday, May 5, 2021 3:43 pm
High School Sports
BC distance standout Shaw inks with Jacksonville College
Bridge City standout cross country and trackster Caden Shaw signed to run for Jacksonville College Wednesday in front of family and friends at Bridge City ...
by Van Wade, Wednesday, May 5, 2021 3:12 pm
Columnists
OP-ED: Positive Highlights – Now is the time to make a difference
In order for a COMMUNITY to grow, it must take the COMMUNITY to WORK TOGETHER. Orange, Texas now is the time to appreciate the hard ...
by Dawn Burleigh, Wednesday, May 5, 2021 2:15 pm
Columnists
OP-ED: Outside the Lines: American Corporations and Society
During a heated 1990 U.S. Senate race in North Carolina between the Republican incumbent Jesse Helms and Democratic challenger Harvey Gantt, basketball superstar and North ...
by Dawn Burleigh, Wednesday, May 5, 2021 2:13 pm
Columnists
OP-ED: Texas is fighting back against big businesses that threaten oil, gas jobs
In the past few years, we’ve seen a dangerous shift in American big business. Powerful CEOs have made the decision to use their companies to ...
by Dawn Burleigh, Wednesday, May 5, 2021 2:12 pm
Columnists
OP-ED: The lasting effects of Winter Storm Uri
It seems odd to still be discussing Winter Storm Uri in May, more than two months after it battered Texas, but that is what the ...
by Dawn Burleigh, Wednesday, May 5, 2021 2:10 pm
Local
Plant A Tree event
Vidor Chamber of Commerce is asking residents to please join us and PLANT A TREE in honor of Arbor Day Thursday May 6th, 2021 at ...
by Dawn Burleigh, Wednesday, May 5, 2021 2:07 pm
High School Sports
Cardinals have bidistrict date with Longhorns set
The Bridge City Cardinals have their Class 4A Region III Bidistrict baseball playoff set. The Cardinals (14-12-1), the third-place seed out of District 22-4A, will ...
by Van Wade, Wednesday, May 5, 2021 12:42 pm
High School Sports
Bridge City announces Athletic Banquet winners
Here are the winners from the Bridge City Athletic Banquet held earlier this week: Volleyball~ MVP ~ Harlee Tupper Offensive Player of the Year ~ ...
by Van Wade, Wednesday, May 5, 2021 10:38 am
News
BCHS students shine at Stark Reading Finals
Bridge City High School’s Tuyen Le & Emily Haynes competed in the Stark Reading County Finals on Sunday, April 25th at the Lutcher Theater. Tuyen ...
by Van Wade, Wednesday, May 5, 2021 9:35 am
News
WO-S Choir shines at UIL competition
WO-S Choir Director Mr. Henson is proud to announce that the Varsity Choir students received superior ratings at UIL this past week. It has been ...
by Van Wade, Wednesday, May 5, 2021 9:10 am
High School Sports
Bears set for Hawks for bidistrict playoffs
The Little Cypress-Mauriceville Bears have their Class 4A Region III Bidistrict playoff series set. The Bears (13-14), the fourth-place team out of District 22-4A, will ...
by Van Wade, Wednesday, May 5, 2021 8:37 am
News
What made Orange Great: Orange once was a sawmill town
By Mike Louviere (Editor’s note: This is part two of a two part series on the history of sawmills in Orange.) Josiah Jordan built ...
by Dawn Burleigh, Wednesday, May 5, 2021 6:52 am
News
Family wants father recognized for contributions to Orange
By Dawn Burleigh In what is now a soccer field in the Cove area, across from the Port of Orange, is an area once known ...
by Dawn Burleigh, Wednesday, May 5, 2021 6:07 am
Faith & Values
UPDATE: National Day of Prayer events set for Thursday
An annual event held each year on the first Thursday of May are set for this year. Each year the president issues a proclamation to ...
by Dawn Burleigh, Wednesday, May 5, 2021 6:01 am
Columnists
OP-ED: Story Over a Cup – Be fruitful and multiply
It doesn’t matter how hard I try. I can work on it all day. I probably can work on it all night as well. But, ...
by Dawn Burleigh, Wednesday, May 5, 2021 12:59 am
Local
Walmart and Sam’s Club now administering walk-up COVID-19 vaccines
BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Walmart and Sam’s Club today announced a new COVID-19 vaccine milestone: Immunizations are now available to customers and associates in all of their ...
by Dawn Burleigh, Tuesday, May 4, 2021 5:19 pm
News
Louisiana Shrimp Season to Open May 10 in the Remaining State Outside Waters
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced that the portion of state outside waters between the Atchafalaya River Ship Channel at Eugene Island westward ...
by Dawn Burleigh, Tuesday, May 4, 2021 3:42 pm
Crime
Former Atomwaffen Division Leader Sentenced for Swatting Conspiracy
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A former leader of the Atomwaffen Division in Texas, a racially motivated violent extremist group, was sentenced today to 41 months in ...