Commissioners Meet, Award Contract
The Commissioners Court awarded the contract for repairs to the Vidor Community Center Tuesday. Four contractors returned bids to the county to do the repairs. The low bid from the four contractors...
View ArticleCouncil Promoting East Town
Orange will have the ground-breaking ceremony next week for the new Riverside Pavilion off Simmons Drive. City Manager Mike Kunst made the announcement of the December 17 date to the city council...
View ArticleMarch 3 Primary Races Announced
Filing to run in party primary races has ended and Orange County will have five contested races, all in the Republican party. The only Democrat to file was Jack Smith to run as the party chair. The...
View ArticleShahan Appointed To Council
The City of Pinehurst has a new alderman. The City Council unanimously appointed Dr. Michael Shahan to the council during its meeting Tuesday night. Shahan retired just over a year ago as the...
View ArticleOC Health Inspections
Orange County Health Inspector James Scales has reported health inspection scores for the months of September, October, and November. Scales reported scores of 100 at most of the schools he inspected....
View ArticleOrange Relocating Waterline
The city of Orange is preparing for the removal of the Interstate 10 frontage road bridges at Adams Bayou. The city council Tuesday agreed to remove and relocate an aerial waterline that crosses a...
View ArticleInvestigation Completed by Detectives
Orange police detectives have finished gathering evidence in the crash that killed a garbage truck worker last year. The information has been submitted to the district attorney’s office for possible...
View ArticleAccident On 1442 Takes Life
49-year-old Larry Darren Hyde of Vidor died Friday morning in Bridge City after his vehicle rolled over and he was ejected. No one else was in the vehicle. The crash was about 9:15 a.m. in the 4700...
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Boil Water Notice in Deweyville
This is for some residents of the South Newton Water Supply. The post Boil Water Notice in Deweyville appeared first on KOGT.
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Two Charged In Armed Robbery
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in the armed robbery of the M&S Grocery in Little Cypress. The robbery occurred Sunday night and Sheriff’s Office investigators have been...
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Puppies Left Abandoned
The City of Pinehurst opened the first dog park in the county this month called “Pawhurst” on Park Avenue. This week the city showed again their love for man’s best friend. Seven puppies were left...
View ArticleTuesday Vote Could Change Future of County
Orange County commissioners on Tuesday will vote on a tax abatement for a new, $5.6 billion Chevron Phillips chemical plant. The county tax abatement is the last step in a number of government...
View ArticleNewton Co. Sheriffs Report
by Sheriff Billy Rowles Gotta get right to it. Gotta get back to the south end of the county. We have a man with mental issues in the woods. He is armed but no threat to the public. He wants to harm...
View ArticleAuthorities Still Looking
Law officers Monday afternoon were still searching southwest Newton County for an armed man who is suspected to have mental problems. The search started Sunday afternoon and extended into the night....
View ArticleVandals Damage Theater
Young vandals Saturday afternoon broke windows and damaged the old movie theater that Orange Community Players has been working to remodel into a new theater. A citizen called 911 about 2:30 p.m....
View ArticleBabin Has Ribbon Cutting
A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Monday afternoon at the new office in Orange for U. S. Congressman Brian Babin. The congressman’s office has moved to the new City Hall of Orange on 16th Street....
View ArticleWO Cost Reduced On Plant
The City of West Orange got some good news Monday concerning the grant to upgrade the city’s Waste Water Treatment Plant. The city’s cost to the grant administrator will be reduced. The grant...
View ArticleMissing Woman Found Safe In Orange
A missing 78-year-old woman with dementia who left a Shreveport hospital Monday morning was found safe at an Orange hotel early Tuesday. Mary Kathryn Conaster, who lives in Carthage, Texas, left the...
View ArticleFEMA awards $1.5 million to OC
FEMA awards $1.5 million to Orange County to elevate 12 flood-damaged homes AUSTIN, Texas – FEMA has awarded $1.5 million to Orange County, through the Texas Division of Emergency Management, to fund...
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Groundbreaking for Pavilion
Next December if people gather at the river, they won’t have to stand in a 15 mph north wind with a 38 degree chill temperature like it was Tuesday. Orange’s Riverside Pavilion will offer a covered...
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