Fire At Blue Bird’s Monday Morning
The Orange Fire Department extinguished a fire in the attic of the Blue Bird Fish Camp Monday morning. The call came in about 4:00 AM of the fire at the business located off of Simmons Drive. The...
View ArticleBaptist Closing All Emergency Services In Orange
Officials for the Orange Campus of Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas has announced that effective January 12, 2017, all emergency services will be discontinued. In a release to KOGT the hospital...
View ArticleHomeowners Want W.Bluff Road Repaired
Jimmy Burnitt is ready to build a new house along the Sabine River, but first he wants his road fixed. Instead of turning to Orange County to repair the rural road, he needs the city of Orange, which...
View ArticleOrange Police Reports
A 54-year-old bicyclist was seriously injured Friday in the 500 block of 16th Street after his bike collided with an SUV. Orange police reported Willie Grant was taken by Acadian Ambulance to St....
View ArticleCommissioners Approve Tax Abatements
The Commissioners Court approved tax abatements for eight residential properties in Vidor at Tuesday’s meeting. The properties are all part of the Pride and Progress program begun earlier this year in...
View ArticleGroup Concerned With Barges
A press conference was held Tuesday morning in the Commissioners Courtroom concerning a problem that has been on going on the Neches River. Citizens have been seeking action from the General Land...
View ArticleCitizens Speak Against Suing Barras
The Orange City Council met Tuesday morning and they had several citizens in line to meet with them. Included in the group were several people who spoke against the city suing Leslie Barras to collect...
View ArticleCounty Looking For Burglary Suspects
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office received numerous calls in the past 2 weeks in reference to burglaries of vehicles in the North Vidor area. Some items reportedly stolen were tools, purses, credit...
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Mustangs Send Off, Destination State Championship
The Orange community gave the WOS Mustangs a great send off Thursday morning as they lined the streets from the high school to the Intermediate, down 16th to the Elementary school, before hitting I-10...
View ArticleWO Council Follows Recommendations
The City Council in West Orange took steps Thursday in a called meeting to apply for a Texas Community Development Block Grant. The special called session was held in place of the regular council...
View ArticleNew Pumper For OFD
The City of Orange Fire Department took delivery of a 2016 Ferrara pumper on December 8th. The new pumper is replacing a Spartan pumper that was purchased new by the City in 1993. With the changes in...
View ArticleCity Begins Skate Park Project
Rainy weather has delayed pouring the concrete for Orange’s new skate park, but the project is still on track at Sunset Park on 16th Street. The Orange City Council Tuesday approved buying $85,411...
View ArticleSchools Ready For Holiday Break
Bridge City ISD is the only public school in Orange County that is out for the Christmas break this week. However, Deweyville schools are also out this week. Students in those two districts will go...
View ArticleOrange Police Reports
A person living in the Ridgemont subdivision shot and killed two dogs Sunday morning. The two dogs running at large had killed a smaller dog, according to Detective Captain Robert Enmon. Police were...
View ArticleMan Escapes Handcuffs
Orange police said a 21-year-old man arrested on a probation violation warrant got a hand out of a handcuff and ran away Saturday afternoon. Jecovin Provost has an Orange address and was arrested on...
View ArticleOC Sheriff’s Calls Dec. 12-18
Burglars were breaking into vehicles and stealing items last week, particularly in the Vidor and Mauriceville areas. Four vehicles were hit on Northwood Drive in Vidor during the night of December 12,...
View ArticleCommissioners Discuss Emergency Issues
Local emergency and urgent care facilities in Orange County spoke to the Commissioners Court Tuesday to provide information of alternatives to Baptist Hospital in Orange which is closing its emergency...
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Police Asking For Assistance
The suspect in the photographs has been entering unlocked vehicles and removing valuables left inside, i.e. wallets, purses, etc. This is occurring inside and outside the city limits of Bridge City....
View ArticleSupport For Barges In Bessie Heights
Months ago the Commissioners Court approved a resolution opposing the fleeting of barges on the Neches River in the Bessie Heights Marsh. Since then there have been public meetings by groups both...
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