Accident at 62 & 105 Friday
Four people were injured, one seriously, during a crash Friday night on Highway 62 at FM 105. Orange police reported a Ford Expedition turned in front of a Jeep. The Jeep hit the passenger side of the...
View ArticleCourthouse Renovations On Hold
The county had hoped to be able to get the ball rolling in October for renovations to the Orange County Courthouse. The flooding from Harvey has put that on hold. Commissioner Barry Burton has been...
View ArticleMotorcycle Accident Monday Morning
At approximately 6:15a.m. Monday, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) responded to a multiple vehicle crash on FM 1006 in Orange County. The crash occurred in front of the DuPont plant....
View ArticleCommissioners Approve OCAA Funds
The Commissioners Court approved a resolution Monday that will provide the Orange Community Action Association, better known as Meals on Wheels, with funds for this fiscal year. County Judge Brint...
View ArticleCardinals Back On Field Friday
Last Friday was the bye week for the Bridge City Cardinals. It gave some Cardinals the opportunity to heal up including Justyn Romero from his concussion against Jasper. The coaches got more time to...
View ArticleWO Council Denies Request
The West Orange City Council denied a request Monday for a variance to a city ordinance concerning trailer parks. Joshua Kalena and David Heinz want to open a 24-space trailer park on a 1.2-acre lot...
View ArticleChase Ends In Beaumont
On Tuesday, October 10, 2017 right before 1:00 p.m. the Orange County Sheriff’s Office Special Services Division observed a black 2016 Ford F-150, traveling eastbound on Interstate near Hwy 62 in...
View ArticleOne Car Accident Sends Woman To Hospital
31-year-old Michelle Leann Burch of Orange had to be taken by medical helicopter Tuesday night after her car left the roadway on FM 3247 and hit a tree. The crash was about 9:15 p.m. in the 1400 block...
View ArticleOrange Council Approves Grants
The Orange City Council approved allocating $595,000 in hotel occupancy grants the city gives annually. State law requires the hotel occupancy tax be used to promote tourism to get “heads in beds” for...
View ArticleEDC Offering Harvey Grants
The Commissioners Court approved Tuesday the criteria for businesses damaged by Harvey to apply for special grants from the Orange County Economic Development Corporation (EDC). Executive Director...
View ArticleAdams Approved By Council
The Pinehurst City Council approved Tuesday a nominee to fill a vacant seat on the council. Alderman T. W. Permenter made the nomination of Cynthia Adams. Permenter said he and fellow Alderman Dan...
View ArticleAccident Could’ve Been Much Worse
No one was injured Tuesday evening when an SUV crashed into a parked car and a dumpster by the Orange Natatorium before traveling onto a football practice field which kids were using with parents...
View ArticleGovernor Abbott Visits Harvey Hit Areas
Texas Governor Gregg Abbott visited the Orange County Courthouse Wednesday afternoon as the final stop on a visit to five cities hit by Harvey back in August. The governor met in the Commissioners...
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OC Harvey Recovery Guide
The Orange County Emergency Management Dept. has provided a Harvey Recovery Guide that may provide some useful information for you. The post OC Harvey Recovery Guide appeared first on KOGT.
View ArticleHarvey Evacuee To Pay It Forward
The vantage points throughout Stephanie Myers’ new apartment are a far cry from the one she left two months ago. “Actually I just threw my dirty clothes in my car thinking that I’d be able to go back....
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Burglar Bested By Orange Police
Orange police arrested a 22-year-old man and recovered six stolen handguns after a break-in at Best Pawn, 1202 16th Street. Officers found the pistols dropped along a back alley behind the shop where...
View ArticlePolice Arrest Teen With Gun
A teenager was arrested Thursday night for unlawfully carrying a pistol after people called Orange police to report he had been firing the weapon into the air near 10th and Burton. Officer L.A....
View ArticleGrand Jury Indicts Former Director
An Orange County grand jury has indicted the former director of the non-profit group CASA for felony theft in connection with charging more than $40,000 to the group’s credit cards without permission....
View ArticlePinehurst Protecting Citizens Against Contractors
It has been over a month and a half since Harvey smacked Orange County. Many citizens are preparing to get their homes and businesses repaired with new walls, flooring, and maybe even some...
View ArticleVPD Trying To Locate Hit & Run Driver
At 9:05 pm on Friday, October 13, 2017, the Vidor Police Department Dispatch Center received a call of an auto – pedestrian accident in the 1700 block of Hwy 12 in Vidor, Texas. The caller advised that...
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