Bridge City News

A man jumped off the Veterans Memorial Bridge in Orange County aboutA 10:30 a.m. Saturday, surviving the initial jump but later drowning.

By Sherry Koonce The Orange Leader Rescue efforts to find the body of a man believed drowned after he jumped off the Veteran's Memorial Bridge Friday have been halted.

December 30, 2009 Posted: December 29, 2009, 9:29 PM CST Last updated: December 29, 2009, 11:51 PM CST Part nine of a 10-day series of stories that shaped the last decade.

On Friday, January 1, 2010 at approximately 10:15 AM the Orange County Sheriff's Office received a call of a person jumping off of the Veterans Memorial Bridge on Hwy 87 in Orange County.

Search and recovery crews are looking for a man who jumped off of the Veterana s Memorial Bridge Friday morning.

And fire crews in Orange County spent a few hours fighting a trailer fire this evening.

Make plans now because the 2010 Gulf Coast Music Hall of Fame Show is going to have an Orange flavor.

Kim Sensat's fourth grade class at Bridge City Intermediate School decided they wanted to do something different for Christmas this year.

A hard year of hurricane recovery for Bridge City has turned into a successful season for holiday shopping in the Orange County town.

Members of the Bridge City Chamber of Commerce and Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce welcomed ReMax Platinum and owner Wilma Horner to the fold with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday and grand opening celebration.

This week's restaurant inspection scores come to us from the Orange County Health Department.

A new elementary school which is slated for construction next month will match other schools within the district in name.

To those students who had hoped to hide a few bad grades from mom or dad, it just got a little bit harder.

U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that two Bridge City, Texas women have been arrested for hurricane-related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas.

Overcome with emotion, Theresa Beauchamp, accepted the Athena Award Tuesday evening at the annual Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce banquet.

The women of the Altrusa Club met Thursday evening for their annual fundraiser. In addition, the club presented a check to Rebecca Greer, a local physical therapist, for the purchase of special equipment needed for a child with Spina Bifida.

An inaugural event is being put together by the Bridge City Chamber of Commerce.

An early Wednesday morning fire left a house totally destroyed in Orange County.

During a commissioners' court meeting on Monday, Orange County Judge Carl Thibodeaux addressed some issues regarding FEMA mobile homes.

Andrew Thompson,17, was on his way home after a long day at school and working a part-time job and was only 1/2 block from home when he was struck by an alleged drunk driver.