Body Of Missing Man Identified
The Bridge City Police Dept. along with the assistance of the Marine Division of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department recovered a body that was discovered in Cow Bayou Thursday morning. Captain...
View ArticleBeaumont Chase Ends In Orange
A burglary in Beaumont led to two high-speed chases, one on Interstate 10 that ended with a crash in Orange early Thursday morning. Six suspects were arrested in Hardin County and in Orange County...
View ArticleStiebig Appointed Vidor Mayor
The Vidor City Council unanimously appointed Kimberly Stiebig as Mayor of the City of Vidor at last night’s council meeting (January 10, 2019.) The City had been without a mayor since January 1 when...
View ArticleDV Residents Asked To Pen Concerns
Deweyville ISD Superintendent Keith Jones is collecting letters from people who want to try to get the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to try to change rules for water releases at Toledo Bend...
View ArticleTwo Arrested After Chase
On Saturday, January 12, 2019, at 01:16 am, a Vidor PD patrol unit equipped with a License Plate Reader was notified of a stolen vehicle. The vehicle a 2012 Kia Soul was reported stolen out of...
View ArticleTwo Jump Into Judges Race
Two local lawyers, Krispen Walker and Rex Peveto, have publicly announced they will run for the position of 163rd State District Judge in the 2020 election. Current Judge Dennis Powell has said he is...
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Orange Had Youth Center In 1958
Orange had an immense empty building and the public got together to turn it into a community center. The building became the “Orange Youth Center.” It had a skating rink, ping pong tables section,...
View ArticleCounty Pays Off Loan
As of January 10, Orange County has paid off its $8 million tax anticipation loan. The loan was designed to assist with the cash flow issues the county anticipated for the last three months of the...
View ArticleNewton Co. Sheriffs Report
Newton Co. Sheriffs Report by Sheriff Billy Rowles Hope all has been going well for ya’ll. We have been welcoming the New Year in – Can’t believe it’s 2019. Early last week we received a call of a...
View ArticleSales Tax Numbers For November
Sales tax income for cities in Orange County is starting to go down as repairs after Hurricane Harvey are completed. The decreases are shown in the first checks for 2019 sent by the Texas Comptroller’s...
View ArticleClaiborne Park Looking At Improvements
Orange County will be closing Pavilions #1, #2 and #3 at Claiborne Park immediately. After receiving structural reports in preparing documents to present to FEMA, it has been determined that there is...
View ArticleOPD Weekend Reports
Orange police were called to a “large fight” at a Simmons Drive bar Saturday night, but no one wanted to press assault charges. Detective Captain Robert Enmon said one man had been knocked unconscious...
View ArticleBCFD Battles House Fire Monday
A woodframe house at 230 Russell Street in Bridge City was damaged by a fire Monday morning, but no one was injured. The Bridge City Fire Department reports the occupants were not home when the fire...
View ArticleWO Meeting Includes Call For Election May 4
The West Orange City Council denied a request for a variance to the mobile home ordinance for a second time on Monday. Giancarlo Cardenas wanted to put a manufactured home on a small piece of property...
View ArticleChevron Considering New Plant In Orange
Chevron Phillips Chemical is considering building a plant worth in excess of $5 billion in Orange. Chaney Moore, real estate and property manager for the company, told the West Orange-Cove school board...
View ArticleBC Council Meets For First Time In 2019
Bridge City had its first meeting of the City Council for the New Year on Tuesday. The main order of business was the re-appointment of city officials. Bill Dixon was reappointed as the Municipal...
View ArticleHill, EDC Working Overtime For Finish Line
Officials in Orange County have been working to attract a new Chevron Phillips chemical plant for two and a half years. The efforts so far are successful. Monday night the company made its plans public...
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Suspect In Theft Identified
Bridge City Police said thanks to several calls, the man in the photo accused of stealing from Wal-Mart, has been arrested and charged with felony theft. Kevin Bradshaw, 50, of Orange, is also a...
View ArticleFilings Begin For Municipal Elections
Wednesday was the first day for candidates to file for municipal elections which will be held in May. The City of West Orange had one incumbent file and another announce she was not running for...
View ArticleCounty Deposits Big Check
Last week the news was Orange County had paid off its $8 million tax anticipation loan after using the minimum $2 million from it. This week there was more good news concerning $2 million for the...
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