WO Man Passes During Tubing Trip
A West Orange man died Wednesday (June 5) after spending a day on the Buffalo National River in Arkansas. Park rangers with the National Park Service near Yellville said they were alerted by the...
View ArticleHigh Speed Accident Kills Driver
At approximately 4am Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Troopers responded to a single vehicle crash on FM 1135 in Orange County. Initial reports indicate that a Chevrolet Camaro was traveling...
View ArticleCommissioners Get Spine Update
The United States Army Corps of Engineers have been working to provide a seawall or dike which has been termed the Coastal Spine to diminish the impact from storm surge caused by a tropical...
View ArticleTxDOT May Help With Drainage
Flooding during Tropical Storm Harvey was obviously caused by a year’s worth of rain falling in about a 24-hour period. Since Harvey state and county officials have been studying and working to find...
View ArticleNewton Co. Sheriff’s Report
by Sheriff Billy Rowles Court this morning so let’s get started. We had a hit and run fatal pedestrian accident on FM 363. It happened about 3:00 a.m. on June 5, 2019. Anyone with any information,...
View ArticleOrange Police Reports
A man was arrested Friday afternoon in connection with firing two gunshots, one at a house and one at a man who chased after him. Orange police had a 911 call about 4:30 p.m. Friday to a house in the...
View ArticleNew Leadership At WOFD
There will be changes in the leadership for the West Orange Volunteer Fire Department. West Orange Mayor Roy McDonald made appointments of the Fire Chief and Assistant Fire Chief during the City...
View Article427 Acres Released For Chevron
The Orange City Council Tuesday began the disannexation process to remove 427 acres at the request of Chevron-Phillips. The company has announced the acreage off Highway 87 South between FM 105 and FM...
View ArticlePinehurst Prohibits Parking
Parking on certain streets in Pinehurst will be prohibited after action by the City Council on Tuesday. At least six streets were identified where private vehicles being parked by the curb are...
View ArticleCommissioners Discuss CDBG
Orange County took several small steps Wednesday to be prepared to accept a Community Development Block Grant involving Hurricane Harvey. Still to be decided though is whether the county will choose...
View ArticleTwo Arrested For Thefts Around Toledo Bend
Two eighteen year olds from Orange County have been arrested and charged with the theft of numerous items from homes and camps around the southern end of Toledo Bend Reservoir. The Newton County...
View ArticleGuns, Other Items Recovered
Orange police have recovered guns and other items stolen from vehicles in the Country Club area last week. Three people have been arrested on unrelated charges but are believed to be connected with...
View ArticleKaderli To Be Tried For Murder
A man under a murder indictment for a 2015 stabbing death is now in the Orange County Jail and will have a trial date set. 61-year-old Roland Kaderli Jr. is accused of stabbing his stepson to death in...
View ArticleFlag Day-June 14
Flying the red, white and blue is an honored tradition but there are rules to flying or showing the flag. HONORING THE FLAG CODE On June 22, 1942, Congress passed a joint resolution, later amended on...
View ArticleFire at West Port Thursday
A wooden pier on the Sabine River caught fire Thursday evening at the West Port Shipyard in downtown where workers were repairing a barge. The Orange Fire Department had problems putting out the...
View ArticleRunoff Decided Saturday
Polls for the Orange City Council runoff election will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday. Registered city voters must go to their assigned boxes. Single Member District 1–Salvation Army on Martin...
View ArticleOC Sales Tax Report
The Texas Comptroller’s Office has sent monthly payments to the entities covering sales for April. Some have had increases in the monthly sales compared to the month in 2018, but are still down for...
View ArticleRobbers Caught Quickly
On Saturday, June 15, at 10:38 am, officers responded to 1100 16th Street (EZ Pawn) in reference to an Aggravated Robbery. Officers were advised that two black males entered the store, one with a...
View ArticleRunoff Election Results
Former Orange City Councilwoman Mary McKenna will be returning to council after defeating incumbent Annette Pernell in Saturday’s runoff 112-34 for the Place 4 seat. In the runoff race for Place 5...
View ArticleMayor Wants To Rename Simmons Drive
A new covered pavilion is coming to the Boat Ramp as the far east side of Orange has new development, Mayor Larry Spears Jr. thinks it’s time to rename Simmons Drive. “Over the decades, Simmons Drive...
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