Truck Catches Fire On MLK
A woman driving a Dodge pickup avoided injury Monday after the truck she was driving caught fire. The woman was northbound just before the light at MLK and I-10 when the truck started smoking. Joe...
View ArticleMotorcycle Accidents On OPD Weekend Reports
Three motorcyclists were seriously injured in two separate crashes during the weekend. A Bridge City woman Friday night had to be taken by medical helicopter to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont after...
View ArticleHarvey Money Divided By HUD
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson Monday announced the plans for spending $5 billion to help Texas recover from Hurricane Harvey. Houston and Harris County are designated to...
View ArticleBC Approves Changes For Housing
The Bridge City Planning and Zoning Commission met Monday. Final approvals were given to a zoning change request and to a plat for a new housing subdivision in Bridge City. The commission approved a...
View ArticleWO Applies For Mitigation Grant
The City of West Orange will be applying for a Hazard Mitigation Grant. Meeting in a called session on Tuesday the West Orange City Council approved for the city to submit the request for the $9.9...
View ArticleMower Stolen From Business
A Tiger Cat riding mower has been stolen from outside Child’s Ace Hardware, a store owned by Orange City Councilman Brad Childs. The mower was at the store for repairs and, according to the report from...
View ArticleCommissioners Hold Court Tuesday
With less than a week before the county takes over the operation of the Orange County Airport, the Commissioners Court Tuesday approved funds to pay the salary for an employee to work at the airport....
View ArticleMan Struck and Killed on Hwy.87
At approximately 4:45am Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Troopers responded to an auto-pedestrian crash on Highway 87, near SH 62, in Orange County. Initial reports indicate that a 2001 Dodge...
View ArticleBoard Approves Grant For Restaurant
The construction of a restaurant along the downtown Orange boardwalk is ready to begin after the city council and board of the economic development corporation formally approved a grant and lease. City...
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Drainage Problem Workshops Are June 28
The Commissioners Court is seeking input from multiple sources to deal with and improve the drainage in Orange County. The Court has scheduled two workshops on Thursday at different times to allow as...
View ArticlePolice Looking For Kleptosaurus Rex (Video)
A person wearing a dinosaur head broke into the Palais Royal store in Northway Shopping Center and stole a few items. Orange Detective Captain Robert Enmon said he has seen a lot of face coverings...
View ArticleOC Sheriff’s Office Calls June 18-24
Orange County Sheriff’s Office Calls June 18-24 Public intoxication, 6:56 p.m. June 18, 500 block of Cornell Street in Vidor. Intoxicated man trying to open the door in a residence. Theft, 7:30 a.m....
View ArticleCitizens Voice Drainage Concerns
Two workshops were held Thursday by the Commissioners Court to discuss drainage in Orange County. During the almost seven hours combined about 70 citizens voiced their concerns of the drainage in...
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Parts of Orange Under Boil Water Notice
Due to low pressure and outage, the TCEQ has required the City of Orange to notify customers in the following areas to boil water to prior to consumption (e.g. washing hands/face, brushing teeth,...
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Moutons Hoping Not To Lose Second Home In 10 Months
Patty and David Mouton are back in their Harvey-flooded house now. But Friday morning, they are facing another disaster, this one caused by fire. Their retirement house in Forbes Park, Colorado, is...
View ArticleMan Dies Trimming Trees
Saturday, June 30 at 12:23 PM, Officers of the Orange Police Department, the Orange Fire Department, and Acadian Ambulance were dispatched to 508 Hydrangea in reference to a male who had been...
View ArticleNewton County Sheriffs Report
NEWTON CO SHERIFF’S REPORT 07/02/2018 by Sheriff Billy Rowles Happy 4th to ALL. Hope your hot dogs and watermelon are good. Let’s see what’s going on. Good job goes out to Deputy Hopson. We got a...
View ArticleBoil Water Notice Thru Holiday
City of Orange residents located in the following areas are currently under a boil water notice and will remain so through Thursday, July 5, subject to TECQ testing and approval. All Customers located...
View ArticlePlant Worker Suffers Injury
A medical helicopter landed at the former DERA on Chemical Row Monday afternoon to transport a worker at the Invista plant with a “traumatic injury” to an out-of-town hospital. Orange Fire Chief David...
View ArticleBroke Valve Cause Of Boil Water Notice
The western part of the city of Orange is still under a boil water notice because of a leak and loss of water pressure on Friday. Public Works Director Jim Wolf said Monday afternoon the lines have...
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