2pm Monday Update
• Orange County Emergency Management has called a mandatory evacuation for everyone north of Interstate 10 and east of Texas Highway 87. • A Red Cross shelter will be set up at North Orange Baptist...
View ArticleGates Down To 8 Feet
Spillway releases from the Toledo Bend Reservoir are continuing to be reduced as lake levels lower in the aftermath of the major rain event which dropped 18 inches of water directly over Toledo Bend....
View ArticleRoad, Ramp Closed
7:30pm Monday- Both ends of Simmons Drive are under water and police are also closing the entrance to the Orange Boat Ramp. The post Road, Ramp Closed appeared first on KOGT.
View ArticleEvacuation Shelters
Shelters are being setup by the Red Cross in Orange County for those evacuating from the rising waters of the Sabine and Neches Rivers. Adam Fields with Red Cross said they were operating two shelters...
View ArticleMonday Report From Deweyville
Deweyville in southern Newton is already feeling the effects of the high water from the Sabine River. Steve Stewart from radio station KJAS in Jasper visited Deweyville Monday and said the scene is...
View ArticleI-10 Travel Alert
Flooding from excessive rainfall along the Texas-Louisiana state line has resulted in the states of Texas and Louisiana considering closure of Interstate 10 near the state line as early as Tuesday...
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Good Friday Easter Egg Hunt
9-month-old Auriellah Lewis won her first bicycle Friday when she picked up an Easter egg with a winning slip. Children, parents, grandparents and friends gathered Friday morning at the Riverfront...
View ArticleAccident Kills BC Man
At approximately 10:30 a.m., there was a one vehicle crash on FM 1006 in Orange County. The crash occurred in front of the DuPont Plant just one mile South of Orange. A 2000 Toyota pickup truck was...
View ArticleOfficials Get Review of Flood Damage
State Senator Robert Nichols was in Orange this week. Senator Nichols along with Congressman Brian Babin met with officials from the Sabine-Neches Waterway on Wednesday. Thursday he met at the Orange...
View ArticleAltercation Results In Death
On Sunday, March 27, 2016 at 12:18 a.m., the Orange County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call in reference to a disturbance that occurred at a residence in the 9100 block of Stonewood Drive. The...
View ArticleTIC To Reopen Soon
The Texas Travel Information Center on Interstate 10 east of Orange has been closed to the public for over two weeks. The center closed its doors as normal at 5:00 Sunday afternoon, March 13, and was...
View ArticleHill Is New EDC Director
The Orange County Economic Development Corporation (EDC) has a new Executive Director. Jessica Hill is excited about taking on her new position with the EDC. Hill has experience working with the county...
View ArticleBrownwood Victim Identified
Orange Detective Captain Robert Enmon said 39-year-old Shane Austin Cooper apparently died from lacerations by “a small bladed weapon.” Patrol officers found Cooper’s body about 2:30 a.m. Thursday...
View ArticleOrange Police Weekend Reports
Orange police have started an investigation of a possible sexual assault after a resident in the Brownwood area found a “disturbing photograph” left in a backyard after flood waters went down. The...
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Boil Water Notice Rescinded In MV
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View ArticleSmash And Grab Tuesday
Smash and grab thieves drove a stolen pickup truck into a convenience store early Tuesday morning and stole an ATM. Orange police report the Shell store at 1955 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at the...
View ArticleFlood Assistance
U.S. Rep. Brian Babin was a guest on KOGT’s “People in the Know” program Wednesday and said that his office will be facilitating a “Flood Disaster Assistance Workshop” on Thursday, March 31st, at...
View ArticleRed Cross Honored At CC
The Commissioners Court approved a proclamation Monday that recognized the American Red Cross as everyday heroes. Larry David and Ida Schossow accepted the proclamation on behalf of Red Cross. David...
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Old Bus Station Torn Down
The small cinderblock building that once served as the Greyhound Bus station in downtown Orange was quickly reduced to rubble Wednesday afternoon. Lamar State College-Orange President Dr. Michael...
View ArticleSmash and Grab Tuesday-video
The ATM stolen from a convenience store Tuesday morning in a smash-and-grab break-in has been found empty in Houston. The thieves stole two pickup trucks in Orange before using one of them to ram...
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