OC Restaurant Reports
Kam Wah Buffet on Strickland Drive in Pinehurst received an ‘F’ on a county health inspection on Tuesday. Inspector James Scales reports he will be making daily visits to the restaurant to assure the...
View ArticleOld Business Coming Back?
A Stuckey’s center with shops for Baskin-Robbins ice cream, Dunkin’ Donuts and Church’s Chicken will be built at Interstate 10 and FM 1442. Orange County Precinct 2 Commissioner Barry Burton Thursday...
View ArticleDo You Know These Two?
The Pinehurst Police Department needs help locating persons of interest involved in several forgeries in the Orange and Jefferson County area. A white male, possibly with the first name Anthony and a...
View ArticleMan Injured In Disturbance
On Friday, Aug. 18 at around 5:17pm Orange Police responded to the 1500 block of Main where they found a 38 year old man inside a vehicle bleeding from a wound to the left side of his chest. Police...
View ArticleMan Found Stabbed On 4th Street
On August 18at 8:22 PM, officers of the Orange Police Department were dispatched to 2049 4th St., the Alexander Homes Apartments, in reference to a subject that had been stabbed. Officers located a 74...
View ArticleHot Fire, No Injuries
At approximately 6:15pm, the Orange Fire Department along with assistance from ESD 2 and West Orange VFD, responded to a reported fire at Beckett & Beckett on S Hwy 87 which processes plastics....
View ArticleThree Indicted For Kidnapping
An Orange County grand jury has indicted three young men for first degree felonies in connection with the May kidnapping of local lawyer Jim Bearden from his Bridge City home during a burglary....
View ArticleWeekend Police Reports
Two people were injured in separate vehicular accidents in Orange during the weekend. A 20-year-old Spring man had to be taken to a Beaumont hospital after his Honda Civic went off an Interstate 10...
View ArticleNewton Co. Sheriffs Report
Newton County SHERIFF’S REPORT by Sheriff Billy Rowles 08/21/2017 Very busy so let’s get with it. We had an old hay cutter stolen off FM 1414. Owner said he didn’t know what kind it was. Anyone...
View ArticleCharges Filed In Murder
Orange police have filed murder charges against a 72-year-old man in connection with the Friday night stabbing death of 74-year-old Alvin Wilkins. Detective Captain Robert Enmon said Jerald Forbes was...
View ArticleEight Year Old Dies In Boating Accident
A Vidor man has been arrested in Louisiana for several charges in connection with a boating accident Sunday afternoon that killed a Vidor boy on the Sabine River at Nibblett’s Bluff Park. The...
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Eclipse Seen By Many In Orange County
JJ Phillips of Orange doubled up his camera filters to get this great shot of Monday’s eclipse. The next one is set for the year 2024 with totality running through the middle of Texas. Right about...
View ArticleOrange Discusses Insurance Increase
The Orange City Council Monday learned the bids for employee health insurance came in with a smaller than expected increase. That means the city may not have to raise the tax rate as much as earlier...
View ArticleHarvey Messing With Weekend Plans
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles is monitoring the remnants of Harvey. It is currently moving over the Yucatan Peninsula, and will move into the Bay of Campeche tonight. It will likely...
View ArticleOC Sheriffs Calls Aug. 14-21
Orange County Sheriff’s Office Calls August 14-21 Harrassment, 7:13 a.m. August 14, 1400 block of Freeway Boulevard in Rose City. Theft, 10:50 a.m. August 14, 3800 block of FM 408 in Orangefield....
View ArticleCarthell Settlement Offer Made By CC
Orange County will offer a former prisoner in the county jail $135,000 as a settlement in his lawsuit against the county. The Commissioners Court Tuesday approved the recommendation of Assistant...
View ArticleHarvey Information
Check this post often for updates Sandbags will be available at the locations listed below. Citizens are welcome to bag the sand for use in protecting their homes. You will need to bring your own...
View Article5pm Harvey Update
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles is monitoring Tropical Depression Harvey, which is expected to become a tropical storm today or tonight. Harvey will move northwest across the Gulf and make...
View ArticlePinehurst Accepts Audit
It took seven months to get it completed, but the Pinehurst City Council accepted the city’s 2015-2016 annual audit Tuesday evening. Rick Shell with the accounting firm of Carr, Riggs, & Ingram...
View ArticleProperty Tax Increase In Orange
Property owners in Orange will see a tax increase this year for the first time in three years. The Orange City Council Tuesday unanimously in a roll-call vote agreed to set a tax rate of 71 cents and...
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