Man Arrested For Forgery
Local law agencies today had a search warrant for a house in Roselawn and arrested a man for counterfeiting currency. The warrant and arrest come after several fake $100 and $20 bills have been showing...
View ArticleFraud At All Time High
Fraud is reaching “epidemic levels” with technology and the internet, but the technology also puts power in the hands of consumers, said Stephen Lee, president and CEO of First Financial Bank,...
View ArticleCouncil Discusses Fire And Garbage
The Orange Fire Station No. 2 will be getting an addition soon after the Orange City Council approved a construction contract plus extra money for the project. The council met Tuesday in a regular...
View ArticleMan Struck On 16th Street
A 62-year-old man was seriously injured Tuesday night when he was hit by an SUV in the 2900 block of 16th Street. Police said the man was wearing dark clothing and either standing or walking in the...
View ArticleLongtime Local Attorney Passes
Attorney Joe Alford, who had a private practice and represented several public entities, died early Thursday from cancer. He was currently the city attorney for West Orange, the Little...
View ArticleDrug Arrest After Shooting
A Vidor man who was at the house where a woman was shot Sunday was arrested on drug charges Wednesday evening. Orange County Sheriff’s Investigator Janois Grizzaffi said 52-year-old Randy L. Wasnak was...
View ArticleTwo Women Have Altercation
Orange police are investigating an incident that happened early Wednesday morning to a worker at the Flying J truck stop off Interstate 10 at Highway 62. Patrol officers were called about 4 a.m. to the...
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Can You Identify This Man?
The Orange Police Department needs your help identifying the white male in the two photographs. If you can identify the white male, please contact the Detective Division at 409-883-1095. The person in...
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I-10 Accident Seriously Injures One
On May 26, 2016, at approximately 8:45 p.m., the Texas Department of Public Safety received a report of a two vehicle crash on Interstate 10 near Adams Bayou in Orange County. A Penske moving truck...
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Graduations Forced Inside
Graduations at Orangefield, Bridge City, and West Orange-Stark were moved from the stadium to the gym Friday night because of a line of thunderstorms that started just before graduation began....
View ArticleWar Brought Day of Fasting, Praying
Spectators watch the launching of the five-masted wooden schooner “City of Orange” at a local shipyard during World War I. The ship burned in Marseilles, France, on May 29, 1919. A war had taken over...
View ArticleCity Offering Money For New Developments
City of Orange Public Works Director, Jim Wolf, and Project Engineer, Don King with Fittz & Shipman recently confirmed timelines for an infrastructure project located at W. Allie Payne Road. The...
View ArticleMan Dies In Accident
On May 30, 2016, at approximately 11:30 p.m., the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) received a report of a two vehicle crash on FM 1442 at Cajun Way in Orange County. A 2014 Dodge pickup truck...
View ArticleCommissioners Meet
The Commissioners Court met Tuesday with only three of its members present. Not attending the meeting were County Judge Brint Carlton and Commissioner Barry Burton. The Court approved up to $30,000 for...
View ArticleOrange Police Reports
Bicyclist Hit by Pickup off Interstate 10 Monday A 50-year-old bicyclist was serious injured Monday evening when he was hit by a pickup truck on the Interstate 10 access road near Happy Home Drive....
View ArticleLark Street Complete
Construction has been completed as part of a Community Development Block Grant in Pinehurst. City Administrator Robbie Hood is pleased to announce the work is done on Lark Street. Hood said the...
View ArticleBC Grad Shot In Houston
A man killed Sunday morning during a mass shooting in the Houston Memorial area is a graduate of Bridge City High School. Police Monday identified 56-year-old Eugene Linscomb as one of those killed at...
View ArticleTCEQ Fines Former Local Company
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has fined Signal International of Orange for not filing a permit compliance certification. The fine will be submitted to the court handling the company’s...
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LSCO Breaks Ground Indoors
The soil was so wet Thursday morning that the ceremonial ground-breaking at Lamar State College-Orange was moved inside to the Student Center gym. Dry dirt was placed on plastic sheets so the officials...
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Latham Sentenced To 20 Years
In an unusual legal move, an Orange County prosecutor convinced a judge that 29-year-old Joshua Latham killed Tami Diane Higginbotham, even though Latham wasn’t on trial for murder. Friday, 163rd...
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