Commissioners Help Employees With Insurance
County employees with dependents will be paying less in health insurance next year. The Commissioners Court voted Tuesday to increase the county’s portion of dependent health insurance coverage for...
View ArticleBC Approves Proposed Tax Rate
The City Council gave approval Tuesday for the proposed tax rate next year in Bridge City. The proposed ad valorem tax rate will represent about a two and a half cent increase from this year’s tax...
View ArticleRomero’s Time To Shine
Three decades ago, Tina Romero got a part-time job at Staudt’s Jewelry on 16th Street in Orange as she went to college. It was her first job after high school and she didn’t expect it to turn into a...
View ArticleNo Rise In Water and Sewer Rates
As the Orange City Council mulls over a proposed new budget and tax rate, residents can be assured of one thing. They won’t have to pay more for water and sewer service this year. For the third...
View ArticleTake Out The Papers And The Trash
Members of the Orange City Council want to clean up the town and are willing to spend more money to do it. District 1 Councilor Pat Pullen during a budget workshop on Tuesday asked about adding another...
View ArticleSearch Warrant Executed But No Arrest Made
From the OC Sheriff’s Department: On August 8th, 2018 at approximately 2:26PM, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division along with Orange County Narcotics Division executed a...
View ArticleBC Water Now Filtered
It has taken a long time to get filters on the water wells in Bridge City. As of this month the city now has water filters on all its wells. Delays imposed by the Texas Commission on Environmental...
View ArticleCounty Releases Preliminary Budget
A preliminary budget for Orange County has been compiled for next year. The more than sixty-page document shows a budget of over 46 million dollars. The proposed budget was calculated with the same...
View ArticleWhat to do with the Natatorium?
Orange Mayor Larry Spears Jr. Thursday said he thinks the city could repurpose the natatorium into a community center with basketball and volleyball courts. The council today during a budget workshop...
View ArticleTax Free Weekend
The Texas Comptrollers Office says during this annual sales tax holiday, you can buy most clothing, footwear, school supplies and backpacks (sold for less than $100) tax free from a Texas store or from...
View ArticleOC Sheriffs Dept. Calls July 30-Aug.5
Thefts and burglaries once again were reported across rural Orange County last week. The Orange County Sheriff’s office had two calls about burglary of a habitation and two cases of burglary of a...
View ArticleCrooks Caught Red Handed
Orange Police Officer N.R Medina caught two men stealing a lawn mower early Thursday while he was patroling in the Oak Creek Village subdivision. He reported he was in the 4900 block of Oak Valley...
View ArticleNewton Co Sheriffs Report
Newton Co. Sheriffs Report By Sheriff Billy Rowles Hope everyone had a good week. Not too bad here until Friday. Let’s see what’s going on. 911 Operator, Bobbie Smith walked outside the Sheriff’s...
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House Burns In Greenway
A fire early Sunday morning gutted a Harvey-damaged house in Greenway Park neighborhood. The Orange fire department is investigating the cause. No one was living in the house at the time. The fire in...
View ArticleBCPD Looking For Suspect
Bridge City Police are looking for this woman who is a suspect in a theft at the WalMart in BC. The crime occurred on August 5. If you have information about this suspect please call the BCPD at...
View ArticleHarvey Damage Affects Taxes
Property owners who did not have damage from Tropical Storm Harvey last year will likely be paying more in property taxes for 2019 because of the decrease in values for buildings that flooded. For...
View ArticleTax Rate Increase in West Orange
Taxes in the City of West Orange will be increasing next year. The City Council held a workshop Monday on the city’s $3.7 million budget. Later during the regular monthly meeting, the council...
View ArticleOPD Looking For Check Thief
UPDATE: Thanks to KOGT.com readers the woman has been identified. Thank you! The female in the picture had a stolen check in her possession, the check was forged, and she cashed the check. If...
View ArticleVehicles Hit Immovable Objects
A Beaumont man was seriously injured Saturday night about 11:15 when the SUV he was driving on DuPont Drive veered off and hit a mailbox and then a tree. The Orange police officer who investigated...
View ArticleProposed Rate Is Not Final Rate
The Orange City Council Tuesday voted on a higher tax rate of about 11 cents per $100 valuation, though council members said they plan to continue to cut expenses to get a lower rate. The proposed rate...
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