City To Offer Business Incentives
The city of Orange is ready to offer incentives for businesses to build at 16th Street and Interstate 10 even before the zoning has officially changed. City Council will meet Tuesday morning and the...
View ArticleMay 5 Election Day: Where and Who
Saturday is Election Day for city councils, school boards and special districts. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Where do I vote? Orange County Port District County Voting Precinct...
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Election Day Results
Orange County Port Commission Precinct 1: Incumbent Keith Wallace 1223 Dr. Travis Miller 1174 At-Large: Carroll G. Holt 1055 Tim Schossow 960 Walter James Mullens III 419 Orange City Council...
View ArticleOrange Elects Spears As Mayor
Larry Spears Jr. had a double celebration Saturday night. He won the election to be Orange’s new mayor, plus he and his wife, Trisha, had a gender reveal party for their first child together. Spears...
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Guidry Charged With Possession
On Saturday. May 5, 2018 at approximately 3:37 P.M. Officer J. Lockett of the Pinehurst Police Department responded to the area of Somerset and Bayou Bend in Pinehurst, in reference to a suspicious...
View ArticleNewton Co. Sheriff Report
by Sheriff Billy Rowles The weather was great for the Newton County Jr. Live Stock Show and Fair. Great big thanks to all the volunteers who helped put it on. Lots of time is spent by the kids...
View ArticleOCP To Purchase Theater
The Twin Cinema on Bowling Lane will soon be seating audiences, but instead of movies, the spectators will be watching live theater productions. The Orange Community Players will be moving to the...
View ArticleOC Sheriff’s Office Calls April 30-May 6
Orange County Sheriff’s Office Calls April 30-May 6 Theft, 9:08 a.m. April 30, 600 block of Windmill Way in Vidor. Burglary of a habitation, 10:49 a.m. April 30, no address given. Theft, 12:23 p.m....
View ArticleCouncil Meets Tuesday On Sewage Treatment Contract
The Orange City Council on Tuesday will vote on whether to have a private contractor run the sewage treatment plant for the next five years. The council had a workshop in April about the proposal to...
View ArticleOrange Police Reports
Orange police are investigating two separate cases of threats made to individuals. One complaint was filed Friday afternoon. A man living in the Little Cypress area went to the police station after...
View ArticleCouncil Approves Sewage Company Contract
Orange Mayor Jimmy Sims presided at his last city council meeting Tuesday and at the end, choked back tears when he thanked his family. His wife, Kaye, and daughter, Haley, attended the meeting and...
View ArticleCrooks Chairs First Meeting
Tuesday was the first Commissioners Court meeting chaired by new County Judge Dean Crooks since his appointment two weeks ago. Crooks said he is pleased with assuming all the responsibilities of the...
View ArticleNichols Receives Legislative Champion Award
This week, Senator Robert Nichols (R-Jacksonville) received the ‘Legislative Champion Award’ from the Texas oil and gas industry, at a luncheon for East Texas leaders at the Lufkin Lions Club. “I am...
View Article18 Wheeler Overturns
On Wednesday, May 09, 2018, at 7:47 AM the Vidor Police Department assisted Orange County ESD #1 with an overturned 18-wheeler tanker truck at he intersection of Sargent and Sarver Streets in Vidor....
View ArticleAccident Backs Up Morning Traffic
At approximately 10 a.m., the Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers responded to a multiple vehicle crash on Interstate 10. The crash occurred near mile marker 857. Preliminary reports indicate...
View ArticleMisdemeanor Turns Into Felony
A man who could have been arrested for misdemeanor public intoxication was shocked with a Taser gun and now faces a state jail felony charge of evading detention. Orange police report the incident...
View ArticleOrange Residents To Save Money
Property owners in Orange will be able to save money because of an improved fire insurance rating, Fire Chief David Frenzel told the city council Tuesday. He said the council agreed to invest $34,000...
View ArticleDeweyville Man Dies In Accident
A man is dead following a tragic accident in the south end of Newton County. Deputies with the Newton County Sheriff’s Department said officers and other emergency crews were dispatched to Deweyville...
View ArticleToo Close For Comfort
An Orange police captain drove up on some fishy behavior during his lunch break Wednesday. He then used diplomacy to work out the great sushi detente. Detective Captain Robert Enmon said he drove into...
View ArticleSales Tax Still On The Increase
Sales tax income for local entities continues to rise in the months after Tropical Storm Harvey. The Texas Comptroller’s Office has sent money to the entities covering sales for the month of March. The...
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