Newton Co Sheriffs Report
Newton Co Sheriffs Report by Sheriff Billy Rowles Hope everyone had a great week. We earned our keep last week. We stay bowed up all week. Remember three of our co-workers in your prayers. 911...
View ArticleOrange Weekend Police Reports
AThe driver of an 18-wheel truck rig went to a hospital with minor injuries early Sunday morning after a collision with a large pickup truck by the LCM Mart, 8270 Highway 87 North. The driver of the...
View ArticleLarge Power Outage Again Monday
The 2,000-plus Entergy customers that went without electricity Thursday were the same ones who went without power again today during the same time frame. Entergy spokeswoman Kacee Kirschvink said a...
View ArticleTwo Die In Accident Monday Afternoon
At approximately 3:45p.m., the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) received a report of a multiple vehicle crash on Interstate 10, near FM 1135, in Orange County. Preliminary reports indicate that...
View ArticleAccident Victims Identified by DPS
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) can confirm that 46-year-old Pedro Jose Soza-Orozco of Groves, was pronounced deceased by Justice of the Peace Rodney Price following a multiple vehicle...
View ArticleRoad Closure On 62 Friday
The Orange Police Department will close both lanes of Hwy. 62 at the 9500 block in Mauriceville starting at 9:30 Friday morning so officers can conduct a crash recreation. The block is where Jay’s...
View ArticleCommissioners Meet Tuesday
The Commissioners Court approved an agreement Tuesday with the Spindletop Center in Beaumont to provide a Mental Health Liaison Deputy for the Orange County Jail. The program which has also been...
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Flood Fighters Optimistic About Whipping Mad Sabine
Sixty-five years ago, a tropical wave off the Gulf of Mexico brought days of heavy rain to East Texas. The Sabine River started to rise as the rain drained from the land. Floodwaters moved southward...
View ArticleVoting Results In Democratic Runoff
Voting in the Democratic Primary Run-off Election was done Tuesday in four designated locations. The voting locations were the same four locations that were used for early voting: the Orange Public...
View ArticleFEMA Closing DRC In County
The State of Texas/Federal Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) in the city of Orange will close permanently at 1 p.m., Saturday, May 26. However, help is just a mouse click, phone call or tap on the FEMA...
View ArticleOC Sheriff’s Office Calls May 14-20
Orange County Sheriff’s Office Calls May 14-20 Burglary of a building, 7 a.m. May 14, 4000 block of North Main Street in Vidor. Attempted burglary, 1:06 p.m. May 14, 5600 block of Orchard Street in...
View ArticleOrange Council Gives Approval
The Orange City Council Tuesday gave the final approval for the land along Interstate 10 between 15th and 16th Streets to become a mixed use zoning district. City officials previously said the zone...
View ArticleThief Passes Out In Store
Orange police had to pull a man from under bushes on Bob Hall Road early Wednesday morning after he tried to run away from a traffic stop. A patrol officer said the man drove an SUV off 16th Street...
View ArticleHouse Under Repair Burns
About 4:27am Thursday morning Orange firefighters were call to a house on fire at 4909 White Oak. Authorities at the scene said no one was home and the house was being worked on following Harvey. The...
View ArticleDepartment Heads Meet Judge
About 30 to 40 department heads at the Courthouse met Thursday morning with County Judge Dean Crooks. The meeting was like an informal staff meeting held in the Commissioners Courtroom. The media was...
View ArticleATM Break-In On 16th Street
Orange police are investigating the break-in of the Capital One ATM at Northway Shopping Center, 3738 North 16th Street. Officers reported finding the door open at 2:56 a.m. Wednesday and cash appeared...
View ArticleCouncil Meets For Workshop May 31
Once again, the Orange City Council will talk about spending $8 million on long-range projects. The council will have a public workshop on Thursday, May 31, at 9 a.m. in the Ira Williamson Meeting Room...
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McCorquodale On Sub That Was Never Found
A marker in Evergreen Cemetery in the section for a prominent local family does not show a grave. Instead it is a memorial. The body of Navy Reserve Lt.jg David Bennett McCorquodale has never been...
View ArticleWoman Struck By Truck In Vidor
At approximately 5:45a.m., the Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers received a report of an auto-pedestrian crash near the intersection of FM 105 and West Circle Road in Vidor. A 2015 Ford...
View ArticleTwo Robberies During Weekend (video)
An armed robbery was reported early Sunday morning at the Country Store on the corner of 16th Street and Interstate 10. Orange Police Detective Captain Robert Enmon said the robber might be the same...
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