Landfill Hours and Fees Will Change
The hours and fees charged at the Orange County Landfill will revert during the last week of August to close what they were prior to Tropical Storm Harvey. The Commissioners Court approved on Tuesday...
View ArticleRestaurant Reports; Lucy’s Scores 100
Restaurants and food businesses visited by the Orange County health inspector during the first half of August were cleaner than the ones rated in July. The worse one was an 81 and none scored in the...
View ArticleDriver Unloads A Mess On 105
Authorities say Wednesday afternoon a truck unloaded at a business on FM 105, between Hwy. 87 & 62, and pulled out of the business with its bed still raised. The bed struck the power lines which...
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Traffic Stop Puts Vidor Man In Jail
On Wednesday August 15th 2018 at approximately 9:33PM, Investigators with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division along with Investigators with in the City of Orange Police Department...
View ArticleSearch Finds 120 grams of Meth
On Wednesday, August 15th 2018 at approximately 11:40 Pm, Orange County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division along with the City of Orange Police Department Narcotics Division and the Jefferson County...
View ArticleCounty Sales Tax Numbers for June
Commercial sales in Orange County still steadily rose in June as people continue to buy goods months after Tropical Storm Harvey. However sales may begin to slow down. At an Orange City Council budget...
View ArticleVidor Appeal Pays Off With Harvey Funds
Vidor city officials were successful in pleading their case to get more money from one of the Hurricane Harvey federal recovery funds. The city will get almost $1.6 million more than originally...
View ArticleOC Receives Funds From SETRPC
The Southeast Texas Regional Planning Commission (SETRPC) approved Wednesday distributions of disaster recovery funds. Orange County will be one of the biggest recipients. Orange County Commissioner...
View ArticleOC Sheriff’s Office Calls August 6-12
Orange County Sheriff’s Office Calls August 6-12 Burglary of a building, 10:13 a.m August 6, 7800 block of Highway 62 North in Orange. Burglary of a building, 7:09 p.m. August 6, Vidor. Theft, 4:36...
View ArticleFormer Officer Behind Bars
A former Orange police officer will be spending time behind bars because of a variety of probation violations. 128th State District Judge Courtney Arkeen Friday gave a punishment of 20 months in prison...
View ArticleBC Man Dies In Industrial Accident
A 21-year-old Bridge City man died Friday afternoon in an industrial accident at a Port Arthur business. Officials said Tyler Winfree died after inhaling ethylene dicloride. First responders were...
View ArticleNewton Co. Sheriffs Report
Newton Co. Sheriffs Report by Sheriff Billy Rowles Wow! What a week! This report might be a little long. Please go get game camera’s and put them out around your house and property. Thieves are...
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Workers Show Up At Memorial
The Sons of Confederate Veterans last week began the first work in five years at the confederate flag memorial on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Orange. Marshall Davis, a statewide spokesman for the...
View ArticleYeti Thefts On The Increase
Orange police were called to investigate a handful of burglaries during the weekend, including one at a business on Simmons Drive. A Yeti cooler was stolen Friday afternoon from a garage with an open...
View ArticleAuthorities Looking For Missing Woman (Update)
Update: Late Monday the body of Ashley Southern was discovered in a wooded area near the Indian Lake area. Newton Co. Sheriffs Dept. is looking for a woman who has been reported missing. She was...
View ArticleProposed RV Park In BC Voted Down
A request for a property in Bridge City to be used for a recreational vehicle park was denied by a close vote of 5-4 Monday by the Planning and Zoning Commission. Clint Wise presented a plat to the...
View ArticleOrange Man Killed In Accident
At approximately 11:00a.m., the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) received a report of a multiple vehicle crash on Interstate 10 in Jefferson County. The crash occurred near Gator Country....
View ArticleOCC Votes To Keep Same Tax Rate
The Commissioners Court unanimously voted Tuesday to keep the same tax rate as this year’s rate for next year. The county is facing a deficit of about $3.1 million in its current budget and reduced...
View ArticleFoul Play Not A Factor In Death
Foul play is not suspected in the death of a 29-year-old woman whose body was found Monday evening in deep woods off the Sabine River in north Orange County. Orange County Sheriff’s Investigations...
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Woman Drives Through Business
Tuesday afternoon around 4pm a woman pulled up to the Quick Lane area at Sabine River Ford but instead of pushing the brake she hit the gas pedal and drove through the front of the store. The woman was...
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