Pair Busted Again For Drugs
On Tuesday, August 21st, 2018 at approximately 6:30PM, Investigators with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division along the City of Orange Police Department Narcotics Division were...
View ArticleSpine Project To Begin Soon
A system of 26.7 miles of levees and seawalls along south Orange County is part of three projects funded with $3.9 billion in federal funds announced in July. The project includes flood gates across...
View ArticleArtist Offering Reward For Stolen Art
Architect Rob Clark is offering a $1,000 reward for the return of a sketch pad with 10 years of his fine ink drawings. The 8×10 inch sketch pad was in a gray pack that was stolen from his pickup truck...
View ArticleCounty Gets Update With Way Services
County Commissioner Barry Burton met with representatives from Way Services twice this week. Way Services has worked on multiple energy efficiency projects to buildings owned by Orange County. Burton...
View ArticleOrange Votes On Tax Rate
The Orange City Council Friday afternoon agreed to a tax rate of 80.687 cents per $100 valuation, which is less than the 83 cents per $100 valuation previously announced. The proposed rate is a...
View ArticleWoman Hits Parked Car
A woman and child were injured Friday afternoon when their car rolled over after hitting a parked SUV. The collision was about 1:45 on Park Avenue at the intersection with 14th Street. Orange police...
View ArticleCity Will Adjust For Flood Protection
Orange Public Works Director Jim Wolf said the city has contingency plans for riverfront development in the case of construction of levees for a flood protection system. The plan to adjust to a levee...
View ArticleNewton Co. Sheriffs Report
Newton Co. Sheriffs Report by Sheriff Billy Rowles It has to slow down around here or it’s going to turn me into an old man. Let’s see what’s been going on. School has started in all three school...
View ArticleBusy Full Moon Weekend For Police
Orange police made two methamphetamine arrests during the weekend. They also encountered people giving them wrong names. A patrol officer Friday afternoon saw a man he knows driving a Suzuki pickup...
View ArticleThief Caught On Camera
Several cars were broken into Monday night and possibly early Tuesday morning in the Oak Creek Village neighborhood off Meeks Drive. This video shows the man believed to be responsible. If you can...
View ArticleDisaster Veterans Recall Harvey
Tuesday was when the rain that never stopped began. But don’t ask Orange police captains Robert Enmon or Keith Longlois about Tuesday night, or Wednesday, or Thursday. The hours and days blurred so...
View ArticleOrange Woman Dies From Injuries
A woman from Orange died Monday night after a two vehicle collision in Beaumont. Beaumont police report 44-year-old Samantha Swanson was seriously injured and later died at a Beaumont hospital. The...
View ArticleBCPD Trying To Identify Woman
Bridge City Police are looking for this woman who is a potential witness for an incident that occurred in the parking lot of the Bridge City Walmart on August 24, 2018. If anyone has any information...
View ArticleAccident Sends Orange Man To Hospital
A 24-year-old man from Orange was seriously injured Monday afternoon in a crash involving a sedan and an 18-wheel truck rig. The collision was about 4:45 p.m. on Interstate 10 east near Simmons Drive....
View ArticleLandfill Now Open Three Days A Week
The Orange County Landfill will be open only three days a week starting this Thursday. The Commissioners Court voted Tuesday to have the landfill open for public use on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and...
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Thief Strolls Into Dollar General
Police are looking for this man who broke into the Dollar General Store at 3024 16th Street early Monday morning. An alarm alerted police about 4 a.m. The man got inside by forcing open the back...
View Article16th Street Needs A Makeover
Sixteenth Street has businesses, but no charm and ambience. Orange Planning Director Kelvin Knauf presented the Orange City Council with ideas to make the street inviting for people. “There’s no easy,...
View ArticleOrange EDC Welcomes Business With Grant
The City of Orange Economic Development Corporation board along with the Orange City Council Tuesday approved a $75,000 grant for Triangle Rescue to build a training center. Economic Development...
View ArticleArrest Made On Shooting July 4
Vidor police have arrested a 19-year-old on a murder indictment in connection with the July Fourth shooting death of a Vidor man. An Orange County grand jury Wednesday indicted Keenan LeDoux of Vidor...
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Labor Day Weekend Looks Wet
Not a great forecast for Labor Day Weekend. The National Weather Service says a wet and stormy pattern is expected into this weekend and next week. Expect to see showers and thunderstorms develop near...
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