Tax Free Weekend
This year’s Sales Tax Holiday is Aug. 11 – 13. As in previous years, the law exempts most clothing, footwear, school supplies and backpacks priced less than $100 from sales and use taxes, which could...
View ArticleAngelo Charged With Capital Murder
An Orange County grand jury has indicted a 52-year-old man for capital murder in connection with the stabbing deaths of an elderly Vidor couple in 2015. District Attorney John Kimbrough Friday...
View ArticleSheriffs Employee Arrested
In the month of May 2017 a complaint was filed on an Orange County Deputy Sheriff regarding a violation of Texas law that allegedly occurred in April 2017. Due to the seriousness of the complaint, the...
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Bike Accident Sends One To Hospital
Friday evening Orange Police, Fire and Acadian ambulance responded to a motorcycle accident near the intersection of Bear Path and FM 1130. Officers on the scene said the 36 year old man was driving...
View ArticleNewton Co Sheriffs Report
SHERIFF’S REPORT by Sheriff Billy Rowles 08/14/2017 About the time it starts slowing down, it gets crazy again. Let’s see what crazy is. Deputy Laird on his way home and getting off, when a...
View ArticleIrving Street Road Construction
NOTICE FROM TxDOT: Irving Street in West Orange will be closed between Stevenson St. and FM 1006 for road repairs beginning Monday, August 14, 2017 for approximately 5 – 6 days. Please make plans to...
View ArticleGroup Shows Support For Charlottesville
About 50 people gathered on the steps of the Orange City Hall Sunday night to show support for the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, and in opposition to hate and racism. Those that attended were...
View ArticleSales Tax Up In Orange, Pinehurst
Earlier this month, Pinehurst City Administrator Robbie Hood praised department head Harry Vine for getting adjustments for businesses paying sales taxes. The effort is now showing up in the monthly...
View ArticleOrange Police Weekend Reports
Two vehicles were reported stolen from residences in Orange during the weekend. Police went at 1:13 a.m. Friday to a vehicle stolen from a house in the 400 block of Moreell Street in the Navy Park...
View ArticleWO Budget Includes Tax Increase
The West Orange City Council has scheduled two public hearings on the city’s proposed budget and tax rate for later this month. The two hearings will be Monday, August 28, and Thursday, August 31....
View ArticleTwo Men Arrested By OPD
Orange police arrested two men, one who apparently was carrying a pistol, after getting a 911 call early Monday morning concerning men looking into windows of cars at an apartment complex on Meeks...
View ArticleCommissioners Court Approves Raises
The Commissioners Court approved Tuesday proposed salaries for elected officials in Orange County. All 18 officials would receive a pay increase with the recommended salaries proposed by County Judge...
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Two Busted For Possession And Guns
On Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at 7:30 P.M. Officer J. Lockett of the Pinehurst Police Department conducted a traffic stop in the 2500 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Pinehurst. The driver was...
View ArticleCBA Talks Stall Again
The collective bargaining agreement between Orange County and the Sheriff’s Office Employees Association seems to have stalled after another negotiation Tuesday night. The negotiations lasted less...
View ArticleBC Holds Budget Hearing
The City Council in Bridge City held two public hearings Tuesday night on the 2017-18 budget and the proposed tax rate for next fiscal year. There were no citizens’ comments during the hearing on the...
View ArticleCounty Settles With Shannon
The Newton County Commissioners Court this week approved paying a settlement of $200,000 to former Sheriff Eddie Shannon, who filed a federal lawsuit against the county. In the lawsuit, Shannon had...
View ArticleHickey Guilty Of Drug Trafficking
A 36-year-old Vidor man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston. Jonathan Derick Hickey pleaded...
View ArticleArea Excited For Eclipse Monday
A dark shadow will fall across the United States on Monday and some people are going wild. They’ve planned vacations and reserved hotel rooms across the center of the part of the country to see a full...
View ArticlePole Struck By Lightning
A power pole at the corner of Irving and Chemical Row in Orange was struck by lightning Thursday around lunch and caught fire according to the Orange Fire Department. The pole burned into two pieces,...
View ArticleHeat Advisory Again For Friday
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