OC Sheriff’s Office Calls December 10-16
Orange County Sheriff’s Office Calls December 10-16 Theft, December 10, 7:23 a.m. 5000 block of West Roundbunch Road in Bridge City. Fraud of social security number, 11:03 a.m. December 10, 9800 block...
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Heavy Load Turns Over On Hwy. 87
Just before noon Thursday this 18-wheeler full of gravel turned over as it was making the curve from Hwy. 62 onto Hwy. 87 going into Bridge City. The driver was taken to the hospital in Beaumont with...
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Anyone Know A Plumber?
Contractors for AT&T were working to put new phone lines underground when they broke a water main in Pinehurst at about 3:00 PM on Thursday. Water was pouring out of the break onto Strickland...
View ArticleJudge Parkhurst Sworn In Thursday
A full courtroom attended the swearing-in ceremony for Steve Parkhurst as the new judge of the 260th District Court on Thursday. The ceremony was held at the Orange County Courthouse in the 128th...
View ArticleHoliday Schedule For City/County Offices
Local government offices will be closed on Monday and Tuesday for the Christmas holidays. None of the cities in the county will have garbage pickup on Christmas Day, which is Tuesday. Then offices will...
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Rollover Accident Sends One To Hospital
Saturday just before noon authorities responded to a one vehicle rollover on FM 1130 near M&S Grocery or what some refer to as the big curve. An elderly man was driving north when he lost control...
View ArticleFire Burns Shed Off Echo Road
A brisk wind took what was believed to be a trash fire that later burned a shed and some of the woods near it. Little Cypress Fire Fighters responded to the fire on Third Street off Echo Rd. Saturday...
View ArticleOPD Finds Body In Apartment
On December 22, 2018 at 3:12 P.M. officers responded to an unresponsive person. Officers arrived and located a black male in an apartment in the 300 blk. of 2nd St. The person show no signs of life....
View ArticleOC Man Killed In Jasper County
A man from Vidor was killed as a result of a one-vehicle crash in Jasper County on Friday. The Texas Department of Public Safety responded to the single vehicle crash at about 12:15 PM on FM 1131 near...
View ArticleMan Loses Life In Fire
On December 25 at 01:46 AM, the Orange Fire Department and the Orange Police Department were dispatched to 6820 FM 1130 (across from LCJH) in reference to a fully involved house fire with a subject...
View ArticleNewton Co. Sheriffs Report
Newton Co. Sheriffs Report by Sheriff Billy Rowles WOW, what a ball game! WE WON STATE AGAIN! W.T, your staff and players make us so proud. Congrats!! By the way I hope everyone has a very safe and...
View ArticleRain, Wind Due For Wednesday-Thursday
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles is expecting a stormy weather pattern late Wednesday into Thursday. Between one to two inches of rain is expected area-wide, with locally higher amounts...
View ArticleWilliams Death Investigated As Homicide
The death of 37-year-old Octavious Lamont Williams is being investigated as a homicide. Orange Detective Captain Robert Enmon said Williams’ mother found his body in his apartment Saturday afternoon...
View Article2018: City of West Orange
The City of West Orange is a community of traditions. The annual Holiday in the Park is held every year in November and the Christmas Tree Lighting is an annual event held during December to celebrate...
View ArticleFire on Clark Lane Wednesday
Wednesday night about 10:15pm Orange Firefighters were called to 2605 Clark Lane where they found a home in flames. The woman inside told her father that she was cooking in the kitchen when the fire...
View ArticleFire Departments Have Been Busy
Orange had three major fires Christmas morning, including one that left a man dead in his small house on FM 1130. Another fire at the Craig Homes, operated by the Orange Housing Authority, damaged...
View ArticleAutopsy Says Williams Was Shot Dead
Octavious Lamont Williams of Orange died of gunshots to his upper torso, according to an autopsy report. Police Detective Captain Robert Enmon said the autopsy was conducted on Thursday. He said...
View ArticleSRA Opens Nine Gates At TBend
Because of recent rains, Toledo Bend Lake has reached 172.7o ft. The Sabine River Authority has responded by opening seven gates at one foot and two gates at two feet producing a CFS of 23,590. Full...
View ArticleAccident At Tourist Bureau Saturday
On Saturday, Dec. 29 at 4:45 am, officers of the Orange Police Department were dispatched to the Texas Travel Information Center, 1708 IH-10E in regards to a major accident. Upon arrival officers found...
View Article2018: City of Pinehurst
The year of 2018 may be forever known as the year after Harvey in the City of Pinehurst. Most of the year was spent cleaning up, repairing, and recovering from the storm that devastated parts of...
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