Sales Tax Numbers Are Up
Sales tax returns are up again across the county for the month of February. The Texas Comptroller’s Office has sent the payments to the entities. Pinehurst showed a drop for the month compared to the...
View ArticleNewton Co. Sheriff’s Report
by Sheriff Billy Rowles Hope all is well with everyone. I’m like you, I’ll be so glad when all this Covid-19 is over and gone. Let’s see what ’s been going on. We have had one employee tested and we...
View ArticleSRA Opens All Gates Two Feet
The Sabine River Authority Monday morning has opened 11 gates two feet each at Toledo Bend Reservoir The lake level at 4 a.m. was 172.81. Federal regulations require gates to open at 172.5 feet. One...
View ArticleOrange Council Meets Tuesday
The Orange City Council will have its regular second meeting of the month Tuesday at 9 a.m. Only 10 people will be allowed in the council chambers and the meeting will be conducted through a...
View ArticleBusy Weekend For OPD
Holy Week ended up hectic for Orange police as they investigated a stabbing, two shootings, and a choking attack. None of the victims had life-threatening injuries. Three of the assaults involved...
View Article46 Positive Cases In OC
Orange County Judge John Gothia expects the number of positive Covid 19 cases in the county to increase because of the number of results still pending. However, calls to the hotline for people with...
View ArticleBurn Ban Lifted
Tuesday Orange County lifted the burn ban, allowing the burning of debris, green waste in the unincorporated areas of the county. The burn ban had been in place because of the possible respiratory...
View ArticleNo Chicken For You
Three people won’t be getting any Chick-Fil-A from Orange’s new restaurant anytime in the near future. Orange police gave them trespass warnings Tuesday afternoon because they brandished a paintball...
View ArticleDisaster Declaration Extended To May 12
The Commissioners Court held its regular monthly meeting Tuesday. The Court gathered in the Commissioners Courtroom and attendance was limited to just ten people which included County Judge John...
View ArticleCity Buys Old Cove School
The Orange City Council Tuesday agreed to buy the old Cove school on DuPont Drive for $10,000 so the sprawling, dilapidated building can be torn down and the debris removed. The council also voted to...
View ArticleOC Sheriff’s Report Apr. 6-12
The Stay Home, Stay Safe order for the pandemic is cutting back on crime. Last week the Orange County Sheriff’s Office had reports of only one burglary and one theft of a motor vehicle, both in the...
View ArticlePH Postpones Cleanup
The Pinehurst City Council conducted a teleconference Tuesday for its monthly meeting. All of the council members phoned into the meeting conducted by Mayor Dan Mohon. City Administrator Robbie...
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20 Have Recovered From Virus
Orange County’s Covid 19 statistics include 20 people recovering from the disease, plus new cases are slow to increase. County Judge John Gothia said Thursday that even testing numbers are going down....
View ArticleCovid-19 Timeline In OC
February 5 was a Wednesday and Dr. Tom Johnson of Lamar State College-Orange was on the KOGT Morning Show and he brought a guest. Johnson brought Dr. Ni Song, an LSCO associate professor of biology,...
View ArticleGovernor Closes Schools For The Rest Of The School Year
Friday in a press conference Texas Governor Greg Abbott officially closed all schools in the state, for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year due to the spread of coronavirus. This includes...
View ArticleGovernor Announces Changes at Press Conference
Friday, Governor Greg Abbott announced that public and private schools, along with higher learning institutions, will be closed for the rest of the school year. He also named a Strike Force to help...
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Gothia Responds To Governors Order
Governor Greg Abbott issued some revisions to his executive order concerning restrictions because of the COVID pandemic during his press conference on Friday. Later that day Governor Abbott held a...
View ArticleEconomics and COVID
With the expected announcement by Governor Abbott on Friday concerning re-boosting the Texas economy many local businesses are in anticipation of going back to business as usual or at least as best as...
View Article13 Deaths, 86 Recoveries as of April 19
The Southeast Texas Regional Emergency Operations Center has summarized and consolidated all information related to COVID-19 activities in Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, and Tyler counties...
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