HOT Funds Distributed At CC
The recommendations from Hotel Occupancy Tax Committee were approved by the Commissioners Court Tuesday during its regular weekly meeting. Prior to the meeting the HOT Funds Committee held a public...
View ArticleNew Councilwoman Sworn In
Three Orange city councilors took the oath of office Tuesday morning with two incumbents returning. In addition, the council chose Councilor Larry Spears Jr. as mayor pro tem to preside in the absence...
View ArticleEarly Voting Underway
After the first two days of early voting, Orange County has recorded a grand total of 344 early votes in the Republican primary runoff. Of those votes, 197 were cast in person at the four early voting...
View ArticlePinehurst Has Swearing In
The oaths of office were given to Mayor Pete Runnels as well as Aldermen John Zerko and Dan Barclay during the City Council meeting held in Pinehurst Tuesday evening. All three ran unopposed which...
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Councilman Helps Police
Orange City Councilor Dr. Wayne Guidry helped police catch a vandal Tuesday morning. Guidry, who is the executive director of operations for the West Orange-Cove school district, found a man who had...
View ArticleNew Mayor In Bridge City
A changing of the guard of sorts occurred Tuesday evening at the City Hall in Bridge City. Kirk Roccaforte stepped down as mayor of the city after serving ten years in the position. Term limits...
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106 Year Old House Receives Marker
The branches of live oak trees shade the streets in the Old Orange Historic District and one of the trees will be offering a shady spot for new Texas Historical Marker. The marker is for the...
View ArticleWoman Robs Bank Friday
A woman robbed the Capital One Bank, 3738 16th Street, about 4 Friday afternoon. Orange Police Lieutenant Jason Ashworth said a woman entered the bank and handed a demand letter to a teller. The woman...
View ArticlePit Bull Attacks Pinehurst Man
A 39-year-old Pinehurst man was seriously injured after a pit bull dog attacked him Wednesday afternoon. Friday about noon, authorities had to tranquilize a different pit bull from the same house. It...
View ArticleMan Found Deceased
On Sunday May 22, 2016 at 2:20 a.m. the Orange Police Department, Orange Fire Department, and Acadian EMS responded to the Sienna Shipyard located at 615 Georgia Street. It was reported that an...
View ArticleMotorcycle Accident In Vidor
The female passenger injured on a motorcycle during an accident Sunday in Vidor is in critical condition at a Beaumont hospital. Stephanie Davis with the Texas Department of Public Safety reported that...
View ArticleOfficer Shoots Dog In Pinehurst
On Monday, May 23 at 1:14 p.m. Officer K. Norton of the Pinehurst Police Department responded to W. Harding Circle in Pinehurst in reference to a vicious dog. It was reported that while a neighbor was...
View ArticleCouncil Meets Tuesday
The Orange City Council will vote Tuesday to award a contract for improvements to the No. 2 Fire Station on Allie Payne Road. The council meets at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday and the agenda includes action to...
View ArticleRunoff Election Day Tuesday
Tuesday is the runoff election for the Republican and Democratic primary races. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at regular sites listed on voter registration cards. The only local race on the...
View ArticleCounterfeit Bills On Rise
Orange and Pinehurst police in the past week have had reports of counterfeit bills, mostly $100 but also $20. Some of the bills have been found by clerk’s using the special pens that detect fake money....
View ArticleFBI Looking For Bank Robber
The FBI has joined in the hunt for the woman who robbed the Capital One Bank Friday afternoon. Though some people have speculated the robber might be a man using a scarf to cover his neck, Orange...
View ArticleSTAAR Testing Lawsuit
Parents from around Texas including one from the Orangefield School District have filed a lawsuit in Austin looking to throw out the results of this year’s STAAR test scores. The lawsuit claims the...
View ArticleQuiet Zone Begins In Orange
People in Orange should not be hearing train horns beginning Tuesday morning as the city’s railroad quiet zone started at 9 a.m. The effort to get a quiet zone started in January 2011, and Public Works...
View ArticleCommissioners Meet
With the approach of the one year anniversary of fatal floods in the Texas Hill County last spring, Governor Greg Abbott has proclaimed the week of May 23-27, 2016 as Flood Awareness Week in Texas....
View ArticleRunoff Election Results
Comm. Prec. 1 (FINAL) Johnny Trahan 628 Bobby Manshack 418 Newton Co Judge (Rep) FINAL Bobby Fillyaw 228 Paul Price 289 Newton Co. Sheriff (Dem) FINAL Eddie Shannon – I 388...
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