Orange Building Permits For June
MCT Credit Union led the value of building permits issued in the city of Orange during June. The financial business at 5401 16th Street received a permit for $301,500 worth of remodeling. Two churches...
View ArticleCouch In Road Kills Driver
The Texas Department of Public Safety responded to a one vehicle crash last night on IH 10 near Mile Marker 858 involving a motorcycle. The preliminary crash investigation indicates at approximately...
View ArticlePaving Roads Begins After Vote
The Orange City Council will vote Tuesday to award a $1.3 million contract for repaving work on 12 streets north of Interstate 10. After analyzing bids, Public Works Director Jim Wolf is recommending...
View ArticleNewton Co. Sheriff’s Report
by Sheriff Billy Rowles Wow what a week. We have had people in school plus sick. Thanks to everyone who stepped up to help. We are starting to see corn sacks on the side of the roads. Yep, it’s...
View ArticleOPD Reports Include Guns, Skimmers
Two cases of gunshots were reported to Orange police during the weekend, and a couple traveling on Interstate 10 Sunday afternoon said another driver pointed a pistol at them. Also, two more...
View ArticleEnd of Recycling Not County’s Call
Recycling at the Orange County Landfill will cease to be done at the end of July. County Road and Bridge Engineer Clark Slacum oversees the operations at the landfill and confirmed the end of...
View ArticleCourt Approves FEMA Buyout
The Commissioners Court approved Tuesday accepting the FEMA Buyout Program as part of the Hazard Mitigation Grant for the county. Under the federal buyout program twenty properties will be purchased...
View ArticleOC Sheriff’s Report July 15-21
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office had five reports of burglaries and three new cases of theft last week. The burglaries were spread through the rural areas Vidor, Mauriceville, Bridge City, and...
View ArticleMore Streets To Be Paved
Orange Public Works Director Jim Wolf said the city may get to repave an extra mile of streets because construction bids were less than budgeted. Tuesday, the Orange City Council approved giving the...
View ArticleCrimestoppers Looking For Thief
Can you identify the person in this video?? On June 16th an unknown white male took items from a lawn trailer located at 4415 N. Main in Vidor. The suspect entered the yard on 2 separate occasions...
View ArticleOFD Keeps Fire From Spreading
A house fire Thursday morning damaged a bedroom, but the Orange Fire Department was able to stop the blaze from spreading. The fire was reported about 10 a.m. at 17 Colburn by Lakeside Street in the...
View ArticleMeeting Called For Orange City Manager
The Orange City Council will have a special called meeting next week about hiring a new city manager. The meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, August 1, at the council chamber next to the Orange...
View ArticleReed Appointed To Council
A new member on the City Council in Bridge City is a familiar face. Mike Reed was appointed Wednesday to fill the vacant Place 2 on the council. Reed spent ten years on the council previously. He is...
View ArticleOfficer Involved In Fatal Accident
The Texas Dept. of Public Safety is investigating an accident that happened Thursday on US 69 between Zavalla and Lufkin that involved three people from Orange. The preliminary investigation indicates...
View ArticleMy Five Cents
by Senator Robert Nichols As the last days of summer are fast approaching and you are trying to fit in one last vacation, why not look at some of the exciting destinations in Texas? You can visit the...
View ArticleBC Starts Budget Talks
The City Council in Bridge City got a preliminary look Thursday at the city’s budget for next fiscal year. An hour workshop was held for the council during which each member received binder detailing...
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Rafiq Now In OC Jail
A 23-year-old man accused of killing a college student who was his roommate is now in the Orange County Jail. Samed Faroq Rafiq was arrested in Farmingdale, New York, on May 1 after his indictment in...
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Orange Was Known For Riff-Raff’s
Will Harris had a double-barrel shotgun. He went into the Custom House saloon and shot Felix Chenault twice. He claimed Chenault first pulled a gun on him. Harris’s brother, who was outside, got a...
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Three Die In Downtown Shootings
Will Harris had a double-barrel shotgun. He went into the Custom House saloon and shot Felix Chenault twice. He claimed Chenault first pulled a gun on him. Harris’s brother, who was outside, got a...
View ArticleNewton County Sheriff’s Report
by Sheriff Billy Rowles I’m in school in San Antonio with the rest of the Texas Sheriffs. Guess what, they have the same problems we do. Let’s see what’s been going on. We received a call from Charles...
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