Archives for 2018

A 80-year-old woman in Orange contracted West Nile virus and is now recuperating at home after being released from a hospital. Orange County. Orange County Mosquito Control Director Patrick Beebe Monday said the Texas Department of State Health Services notified him of the case. The neighborhood where the woman lives is south of Interstate 10 and north of Green Avenue between Simmons Drive and Adams Bayou. Beebe said his department has increased sprayings in the area and will be collecting more mosquitoes for testing. Beebe also advises people to use precaution and repellants while … [Read more...] about West Nile Virus Reported in Orange

Sheriff's deputies Saturday recovered a dump truck that had been stolen from the Orange County Precinct 2 "barn" off Lawrence Road on Friday night. Investigations Captain Cliff Hargrave said the Ford F-350 dump truck was found off North Teal Road. Deputies also recovered other stolen items at the site. The captain said no arrests were made, however charges are expected to be filed. … [Read more...] about County Dump Truck Stolen

The vote will be taken Tuesday during the regular meeting, but the discussion was done Monday during a workshop on whether the county should keep its policy of a six-weeks hiring freeze for new employees.  The Commissioners Court discussed the four-year old policy with Human Resources Director Lori Ardoin during the workshop. Ardoin informed that the hiring freeze policy came into effect in February 2014 when there were 25 county employees retiring in a very short time.  Nine of those retirees were either elected officials or department heads. The problem was the county was writing … [Read more...] about Commissioners To Vote On Hiring Freeze

A 28-year-old woman suffered a serious head injury Sunday evening in an ATV accident in the LaPray Lane area near Vidor. The Orange County Sheriff's Office said the woman was taken by medical helicopter to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Deputies reported the woman was a passenger next to the driver of a side-by-side Kawasaki Teryx. The ATV hit a hole and the vehicle bounced. The woman's head hit one of the support poles of the ATV. -Margaret Toal, KOGT- … [Read more...] about Woman Seriously Injured In ATV Accident

Domestic violence kept Orange police busy during the weekend, including one stabbing and one fight in which gunshots were fired. However, detectives have a mystery. No one, not even the victim, knows what left a 53-year-old man lying unconscious in a pool of his own blood. The man was found in the about 2 a.m. Sunday in the 2900 block of 17th Street, in the area behind Taco Bell. Detective Captain Robert Enmon said officers found a piece of bloody construction pipe nearby and think the man was hit in the head with the pipe. Police reported his cheek was split open and was bleeding. The … [Read more...] about Orange Police Weekend Reports

Newton Co. Sheriffs Report by Sheriff Billy Rowles   Please remember Ross and Peggy Talmadge of Buna in your prayers.  Anyone with any information about their daughter, Jessica’s death, please contact any police agency.   Deputy Duncan received a stolen pistol.  The call came in as a man shot himself.  Didn’t happen.  He was arrested for assault and possession of stolen firearm.  Late that day Deputy Kite recovered another stolen pistol from the same residence.  Both pistols stolen from Orange county.   We received a 911 call where a lady was having a baby on … [Read more...] about Newton Co. Sheriffs Report