Murder Suspect Arrested In Vidor
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday helped the U.S. Border Patrol stop a Greyhound bus in Rose City to arrest a suspect in a New Jersey murder. The male suspect and a woman with him were...
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Arrest Could Lead To More Charges
Bridge City Police have located two people believed to be involved in a theft, stealing items out of a vehicle parked at WalMart in Bridge City. Following a surveillance photo shown on KOGT.com, the...
View ArticleMan Identified Breaking Into Vehicles
Orange Police Detective Captain Robert Enmon thanked KOGT.com readers Thursday for helping police catch thieves. He said man has been questioned and then admitted to breaking into vehicles in the Oak...
View ArticleCity Selling Old Fire Station
The City of Orange is preparing to sell the old fire station on MacArthur Drive next to Lions City Park. The city’s Planning and Zoning Commission will meet Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. to vote to declare the...
View ArticleThurston George “T. G.” Baber, Jr
Thurston George “T. G.” Baber, Jr., 76, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 31, 2018, at his home in Orange. Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on October 17, 1941, he was the son of Thurston George...
View ArticleOrange County Sheriff’s Office Calls Aug. 20-27
Burglaries and thefts continued in rural Orange County during the week of August 20-27, but the sheriff’s office was also busy with complaints of disturbances and assaults. The arguments and assaults...
View ArticleMan Caught In Stolen Truck
A call about a possible intoxicated customer in Walgreen’s Thursday evening led Orange police to find a stolen pickup truck. A 59-year-old Lake Charles man was arrested. A patrol officer reported the...
View ArticleProblem Holding Up Sunset Completion
People who use Sunset Drive should not give up on the repaving project that has been stalled almost two months. Orange City Manager Dr. Shawn Oubre this week said the company that owns the natural gas...
View ArticlePedestrian Identified
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has positively identified the victim of an auto-pedestrian crash that occurred early Thursday morning on Interstate 10 in Orange County. Sergeant...
View ArticleRain Totals Could Rise Thru Week
The National Weather Service says a tropical depression or tropical storm could form in the eastern Gulf of Mexico on Monday or Tuesday. The preliminary forecast track brings it to southeast Louisiana...
View ArticleWoman Struck, Killed By Train
The Newton County Sheriff’s Office received a call at 11:05 p.m. on September 2, 2018 from Kansas City Southern Railroad stating that one of their trains just struck a person jogging on the railroad...
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Sunset Country Club Being Renovated
Sunset Grove Country Club will be closing the clubhouse while it undergoes a major renovation. “The plan is to reopen in January,” said Ross Smith, speaking on behalf of the shareholders. The building...
View ArticleSand Bags Available
Orange County Officials are monitoring the weather conditions throughout the week with input from national and state organizations and will provide updates through the local news media outlets as new...
View ArticleNewton Co. Sheriffs Report
Newton Co. Sheriffs Report by Sheriff Billy Rowles Sept. 3, 2018 Hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend. We stayed bowed up. Let’s see what all went on. We received a report of a couple of...
View ArticleGordon Bringing Rain To Orange County
The National Weather Service says Hurricane Gordon is expected to make landfall tonight as a category one hurricane along the Mississippi coast. For our region, one to three inches of rain is expected...
View ArticleCounty Working Off Of Reserves
Unlike many of the municipalities in the county, the Orange County Commissioners Court has chosen to not raise taxes next year. Despite lower property values and increased expenses in the wake of...
View ArticleOrange Police Reports
Two teenage brothers were taken to a hospital by ambulance Saturday evening after the go-cart they were riding on went into a ditch, according to Orange police. An officer went to the 5600 block of...
View ArticleOC Drainage Hotline Now Active
The Drainage Hotline for Orange County has become active and citizens can call it to help identify drainage problems. Lisa Reeves the director of Management Information Systems with the county made...
View ArticleWithers Named To BC Council
The City Council in Bridge City will vote on the proposed tax rate and the budget for next fiscal year in two weeks. Tuesday the council held its second public hearing on the proposed tax rate which...
View ArticleAccident On MLK Sends Two To Hospital
A man and woman were injured Tuesday when their car ran off the roadway of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and hit a guardrail. Orange police report the guardrail kept the car from going into a ditch. The...
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