Man Drives Into Train
A 26-year-old man escaped injury when a train hit his pickup truck on Cordrey Avenue Thursday evening. Orange police report Shaun Nicholas McCall said he ran through the crossing signal because he had...
View ArticleFregia Bobcat Queen
Paris Fregia, daughter of Ronnie and Julie Fregia, was crowned Homecoming Queen at Orangefield High School during halftime. The Bobcats beat Kelly to improve to 2-3 on the season. The post Fregia...
View ArticleVidor Opposes County Financing
On September 22, 2016, the Vidor City Council passed a resolution opposing the Orange County Commissioners Court financing, either in part or full, any Texas Department of Transportation roadway....
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Tiny Town
War had swept across the globe and the United States was ordering ships to send to battle. In Orange, shipyards around the Sabine River bustled with construction. Workers flocked to get jobs and they...
View ArticlePinehurst Improves Wastewater Plant
Improvements to the Pinehurst wastewater treatment plant should be in the works within the next few weeks. The Pinehurst City Council held a special called session Monday to approve the contract for...
View ArticleWO Approves Block Grant
The City of West Orange approved Monday the grant administrator and the engineer to handle a $275,000 block grant for sewer repairs in the city. Mayor Roy McDonald shared the details of the block...
View ArticleOPD Weekend Reports
Orange police are investigating a Friday night home invasion robbery at a unit in the Terrance Vine Apartments on Meeks Drive. Officers went to the apartment at 8:49 p.m. Friday. A man and woman in the...
View ArticleMissing Woman
The Orange Police Department took a missing person report on 09-10-16. Through the course of the investigation, it was discovered the last known location of the missing person was at a residence...
View ArticleTuesday Accident Ties Up Traffic
At approximately 2:45p.m., the Texas Department of Public Safety received a report of a multiple vehicle crash on Interstate 10 in Orange County. The crash occurred approximately two (2) miles west of...
View ArticleCertificate Pay Stays
OC Sheriff Keith Merritt addresses Commissioners Court Tuesday afternoon. The Commissioners Court clarified Tuesday its action from the last meeting and approved keeping certificate pay for the...
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Traffic Stop Equals Two Arrests
On Sept. 26, Officers with the Orange Police Department Narcotics Division and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division initiated a traffic stop on a black Ford truck that pulled in at a...
View ArticleCan You Identify This Person? (video)
On Sept. 17, at about 6:41 PM, a black male wearing a white shirt and black pants committed a robbery at Kroger, 1600 16th St., in Orange. The black male is suspected of shoplifting and using force...
View ArticlePavilion To Get Potties
The downtown Riverfront Pavilion will be getting restrooms this year, but not the architecturally-designed building. The Orange City Council Tuesday voted to buy pre-fabricated restrooms like the ones...
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Lions Carnival Opens Wednesday
The ribbon was cut on the 77th Lions Club Charity Carnival Wednesday. The event is dedicated this year to Lion Larry David who has been with the carnival some 45 years. The carnival will be open...
View ArticleHomicide On Pine Wednesday
On September 28, 2016, at 8:13 P.M., Officers from the City of Orange Police Department responded to a call of a disturbance at 111 Pine. Officer arrived and discovered a male with a gunshot to his...
View ArticlePolice Have People To Question In Homicide
Detective Captain Robert Enmon said Orange police have “some people of interest we are looking for to question” in the shooting death of a 20-year-old man last night. Justice of the Peace David Peck...
View ArticleDriver Sentenced To 20 Years
State District Judge Buddie Hahn on Thursday sentenced a commercial truck driver to 20 years in prison for four counts of manslaughter. Roy Ellis Holcomb Jr. had previously pleaded guilty to the charge...
View ArticleAccident Blocks I-10 Traffic Westbound
At approximately 11:00a.m., the Texas Department of Public Safety received a report of a two vehicle crash on Interstate 10 in Orange County. The crash is near FM 1442 and involves a truck tractor...
View ArticleTheater Robbed
A male and a female walked in to the Orange Cinema Saturday afternoon and left with an undetermined amount of cash after the male pulled a gun. They then took off on foot. If you have any information...
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Treasure in Orange?
When people used to day-dream about a fortune, the money didn’t come a winning lottery ticket or a trip to a casino. The riches would come from finding the treasure of pirate Jean Lafitte. Tales of him...
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