Pinehurst Council Meets
The Pinehurst City Council reappointed Debbie Cormier as the city secretary Tuesday night. Pinehurst Mayor Pete Runnels said Cormier is a great asset for the city. Runnels praised Cormier as going...
View ArticleAnother Auto/Ped Fatality on I-10
A 45-year-old Michigan man walking along an Interstate 10 service road near Cow Bayou was killed Tuesday night after being hit by an SUV. The death is the third interstate service road pedestrian...
View ArticlePolice Say Still No Clues In Homicide
September 28 had a warm fall evening. At the Sabine Park Apartments, people usually congregate in the main parking lot to socialize or sit out on a stoop. A little after 8 that evening, 20-year-old...
View ArticleConstruction Permits
New construction and remodeling projects were so slow in Orange during September that the biggest project was the installation of a new 9-1-1 tower at the police department. Shaffer Tower Service took...
View ArticleBC Joins Cities Against Loop
Bridge City has followed the cities of Vidor and Orange in approving a resolution opposing Orange County financing a Texas Department of Transportation roadway at the present time. The resolutions...
View ArticleEarly AM Accident on FM 105
At approximately 6:30a.m. Friday, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) received a report of a multiple vehicle crash on FM 105 in Orange County. The crash occurred near Old Spanish Trail. A...
View ArticleShooting on 8th Street
On Friday, October 14, 2016, at 8:16 pm, officers with the City of Orange Police Department were dispatched to 2609 8th Street, in reference to a disturbance involving a victim with a gun shot wound to...
View ArticleAccident Backs Up I-10 Traffic
Around 10am Saturday, this vehicle veered off of I10 eastbound near Simmons Drive in Orange and landed upside down. At least one witness said it looked like an 18 wheeler cut in front and maybe bumped...
View ArticleTrooper Receives Purple Heart
Local state Trooper Kimberly Ousman has received the Texas Department of Public Safety Purple Heart for being injured on the job while investigating an Interstate 10 crash two years. DPS in a news...
View ArticleFraud Cases Up
Orange patrol officers made extra trips back to the police station Tuesday as reports from crimes came in. Five different people walked in with complaints of money being stolen from their banking...
View ArticlePolice Reports Include Unresponsive Child
Orange police and Texas Child Protective Services are investigating injuries to a baby girl Sunday night. Police were called to the apartments at 3819 Meeks Drive at 9 p.m. Sunday because of the child...
View ArticleNeighborhoods Covered In Black Powder
Suzy Wallace, who lives in Cypress Bayou I subdivision, woke up Saturday morning to find the black powder was back. It covered the plants, the patio furniture and even the trash can. After touching the...
View ArticleOC Health Inspections
Food businesses and restaurants continue to score high in health inspections even with some flies at a couple of places and mice feces in a storage room. Orange County Health Inspector James Scales...
View ArticleCommissioners Meet Tuesday
October marks the beginning of a new year for the Orange County Economic Development Corporation (EDC). The Commissioners Court approved the amended by-laws and amended interlocal agreement for the EDC...
View Article“Old Cody’s” Coming Down
Question of the Day… What’s going on at the “old Cody’s” near the corner of 16th and I-10? Yes the building is being torn down and land is being cleared. TxDOT has been in the process of connecting...
View ArticleBC Council Approves BCPD Contract
The Bridge City Police Association has a new contract with the City of Bridge City. The City Council approved the contract Tuesday evening which will go into effect this month through September of...
View ArticleOC Sheriff’s Calls October 10-16
Orange County Sheriff’s Office Calls October 10-16 Disturbance, 3:07 a.m. October 10, 400 block Sawmill Road in Vidor. Sexual assault of a child, 9:18 a.m. October 10, reported to sheriff’s office in...
View ArticleFender Bender On MacArthur Wednesday
No serious injuries were reported in a collision on MacArthur Drive about noon Wednesday. Orange Police Lieutenant Eric Ellison said a woman slowed down to allow a pedestrian to go through at a marked...
View ArticleJuvenile Arrested at BCHS
A teenaged male was arrested Wednesday morning for allegedly assaulting the chief of police for the Bridge City School District and a Bridge City police officer. According to a press release from...
View ArticleCommissioners To Hold Town Hall Meeting
ORANGE COUNTY TOWN HALL MEETING County Judge Brint Carlton and the Orange County Commissioners would like to invite the public to attend a Town Hall Meeting. When: Tuesday, October 25, 2016 immediately...
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