Labor Day Closings
Local, state, and federal government offices will be closed Monday for Labor Day. The offices will open for business on Tuesday. Garbage pickup in Orange, Bridge City, and Vidor will continue with...
View ArticleDorian Not Only System On Radar
Friday, 2pm Update The National Weather Service in Lake Charles is monitoring Dorian, which is going to be a major hurricane. This dangerous system will reach the east coast of Florida on Tuesday. It...
View ArticleTwo Arrested Thursday
Orange police had a hectic time at a 16th Street business at noon Thursday as they made two arrests in separate misdemeanor incidents. Officer S.J. Mulhollan reported he went to Kroger to assist...
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Bayou Getting Makeover
Work is being done to improve the drainage throughout Orange County especially in the two years since Harvey. This has involved the extensive clearing of ditches throughout the county and other...
View ArticleHillbrook Residents Looking For Assistance
Residents from the Hillbrook neighborhood asked the Orange City Council to use city code enforcement to solve problems with a decaying, vacant house in the affluent subdivision. The neighborhood was...
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Annual Labor Day Picnic Held
The annual Labor Day Senior Citizens Picnic was held Monday. The event was held at the Family Life Center on 41st Street. Pinehurst Fire Chief Shon Branham led the entertainment for the event....
View ArticleNewton Co. Sheriff’s Report
by Sheriff Billy Rowles Let me start off by asking you to remember the victims of their families in the Midland and Odessa shooting. Several friends involved. Hope everyone here is having a great...
View ArticleMultiple Accidents Kills Vidor Man
At approximately 5:15p.m., the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) received a report of multiple crashes on Interstate 10, near Taylor’s Bayou, in Jefferson County. The initial crash involved four...
View ArticleSeveral Accidents Over Weekend
A Gretna, Louisiana, man was injured Monday after his car went off the roadway, hit a utility pole, a fence, and a gate, and then rolled over. The crash was about 12:30 p.m. on Highway 87 South near...
View ArticleCC Approve Chevron’s Request
The Commissioners Court approved adjusting the budget for the Hazard Mitigation Elevation Project for Orange County Tuesday. The program is covered by a grant, but the funds were not sufficient to...
View ArticleCity To Approve Kunst Contract
The Orange City Council Tuesday will approve a contract for the new city manager that includes an annual salary of $150,000 plus a $6,000 annual vehicle allowance. The council last month named Mike...
View ArticleRestaurant Reports-August
Orange County Health Inspector James Scales had 22 food business inspections during August with eight having perfect scores. The lowest score was an 86 at Daily Donuts in Bridge City. The perfect...
View ArticleNewton Co. Sheriff’s Report
Hope everyone has had a good week. Not too bad around here. Let’s see what’s been going on. Stealing, stealing and more stealing. We have been hit hard from one end of the county to the other. Chief...
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Same Suspect Wanted In Two Armed Robberies
On Saturday, Sept. 7, officers responded to an aggravated robbery at the Dollar General located at 3024 16th Street in Orange. It was reported that a white male entered the store, brandished a...
View ArticleATV Accident in Vidor
At approximately 12:45a.m., the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) responded to a crash involving an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) on Lost Lake Lane in Orange County. The initial DPS crash...
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BC Looking For Suspects
Bridge City Police tell KOGT the people in these photos are wanted for questioning in a burglary that occurred on August 10, 2019 at the Game Day Carwash, located on West Roundbunch. If anyone can...
View ArticleMan Arrested For Armed Robberies
On September 09, 2019, the Orange Police Department received numerous tips from multiple concerned citizens regarding the white male suspect who was believed to have committed several recent...
View ArticleWO Adopts Budget
The City Council adopted the budget and approved the tax rate for West Orange on Monday. The budget will be $3,673,904 for the new fiscal year. The approved tax rate is $0.470 cents per $100...
View ArticleOrange PD Reports Thefts
Equipment was stolen from the site of Norman Highway Construction on Womack Road during the weekend. An employee of the company called Orange police Monday morning to report the theft. Police report...
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Big Projects To Begin In Orange
Big construction projects are coming to Orange with the new Riverside Pavilion and a new hospital-medical center. The Orange City Council Tuesday approved the plans for the pavilion and the property...
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