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Good Friday Closures
Government offices will be closed Friday in observation of Good Friday. The offices include the Orange County Courthouse and other county offices, and city halls in Orange, West Orange, Pinehurst,...
View ArticleNot A Good Friday For Shangri La
Shangri La Botanical Gardens Director Rick Lewandowski said despite the beautiful day the gardens will be closed Friday after a water main broke near the front gate. The post Not A Good Friday For...
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Egg-cellent Day For Hunting
Hundreds of kids showed up Friday morning for the annual City of Orange Easter Egg Hunt. The hunt was held at the Pavilion downtown. Some eggs contained special prizes. Happy Easter everyone! The post...
View ArticleOPD Dealing With Trespassers
Orange police have arrested three men in two days for criminal trespassing at 16th Street stores where they had been warned not to loiter. One of the three also faces a charge of soliciting without a...
View ArticleOC Restaurant Reports
Mice droppings, spider webs, mold, and gnats were some of the problems food businesses had during health inspections during the first part of April. Orange County Health Inspector James Scales went to...
View ArticleEarly Voting Starts Monday
Early voting for city council and school board races will start on Monday. The May 4 election includes a bond election for the Bridge City school district. Most people across Orange County will be...
View ArticleNewton Co. Sheriff’s Report
by Sheriff Billy Rowles Hope everyone’s Easter was as good as mine. Let’s see what has been going on. We reached our goal of $5000.00 to pay our K-9 Bruce’s medical bills. What a great turn out for...
View ArticleFatal Motorcycle Accident
A motorcycle crash Sunday night in Newton County killed a man from Orange. The Texas Department of Public Safety responded to the crash about 7:15 PM on FM 1416 about a mile south of the community of...
View ArticleOrange EDC Meets Tuesday
The Orange City Council will begin the basics of spending $8 million in general obligation bonds at the council meeting Tuesday. The council had agreed to spend at least half of the money on street...
View ArticleOPD Reports Include Guns, Drugs
A homeowner Sunday evening held a man and woman at gunpoint after seeing them on a surveillance property camera trying to take a tire off a vehicle. Orange police went to the 900 block of Burton...
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18 Wheel Rollover
An 18-wheeler rolled onto its side on DuPont Drive Tuesday morning. The Orange Police Department responded to the crash before 9:00 AM in the 1400 block of DuPont Drive. Officer J. R. Casey with the...
View ArticleTax Exemptions Approved in WO
The tax exemptions for tax year 2019 were approved Tuesday by the West Orange City Council. There were no changes in any of three exemptions. The Homestead exemption remains 20 percent of the...
View ArticleMarsh Estates Plat Approved
The Commissioners Court met in its weekly session Tuesday. The tax exemptions for tax year 2019 were approved by the Commissioners. The Court made no changes to the exemptions used last fiscal year....
View ArticleDPS Diverting Traffic at 858
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) will conduct a crash reconstruction causing the closure of all westbound traffic lanes of Interstate 10, at mile marker 858 (Rose City), in Orange County....
View ArticleChild Dies In Accident
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) confirms that the child involved in the crash on FM 105 in Orange County has died following his injuries from an accident Wednesday night. The 11-year-old...
View ArticleStreet Work Begins in Orange
Get ready for lots of street work in Orange. The city now has the $8 million from the sale of general obligation bonds and Tuesday, the council began the steps to spend the money. Public Works...
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Wilson Turns Himself In
A Jasper teenager has been charged with intoxicated manslaughter in connection with a crash that killed 17-year-old Maquala Lazenby of Orange. Maquala, who was a junior at West Orange-Stark High...
View ArticleRollover Accident Sunday Night
On April 28, 2019, at approximately 7:45p.m., the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) received a report of a rollover Crash in Orange County. The crash occurred near FM 1442. A Toyota passenger...
View ArticleNewton Co. Sheriff’s Report
by Newton Co. SheriffBilly Rowles Hope everyone had a great week. Not too bad around here. Let’s see what’s been going on. This Thursday, May 2, 2019 is National Day of Prayer. We are having a big...
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18 Wheeler Burst Into Flames
At approximately 9:15a.m. Monday, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) responded to a single vehicle crash on Interstate 10 in Orange County. The crash occurred just east of the MLK...
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