Archives for 2018

Sixty-five years ago, a tropical wave off the Gulf of Mexico brought days of heavy rain to East Texas. The Sabine River started to rise as the rain drained from the land. Floodwaters moved southward toward Orange. The people decided to fight back with heavy equipment, sand, sweat, and cigarettes. "Flood Fighters Optimistic About Whipping Mad Sabine," was the 60-point headline on Page One of the daily afternoon newspaper Orange Leader on May 22, 1953. The paper later estimated 500,000 sandbags were stacked along the river by thousands of volunteers, along with some 600 sailors from the … [Read more...] about Flood Fighters Optimistic About Whipping Mad Sabine

  The Commissioners Court approved an agreement Tuesday with the Spindletop Center in Beaumont to provide a Mental Health Liaison Deputy for the Orange County Jail.  The program which has also been used in the Jefferson County Jail and in Chambers County has been very effective and is 100 percent funded by Spindletop Center. Representatives Amber Woods and Tommy Smith from Spindletop spoke to the Court telling how the program at the Jefferson County Jail helped identify inmates there that had mental health issues.  Orange County Sheriff Keith Merritt added he highly approved using … [Read more...] about Commissioners Meet Tuesday

Voting in the Democratic Primary Run-off Election was done Tuesday in four designated locations.  The voting locations were the same four locations that were used for early voting:  the Orange Public Library; the Mauriceville Volunteer Fire Station; the Public Works Building in Bridge City, and the Raymond Gould Community Center in Vidor.  Orange County Elections Administrator Tina Barrow said using just four polling locations was approved by the Orange County Democratic Party and saved about $1500 to do the election.  The only race on the ballot in Orange County was the Democratic nominee for … [Read more...] about Voting Results In Democratic Runoff

The Orange Police Department will close both lanes of Hwy. 62 at the 9500 block in Mauriceville starting at 9:30 Friday morning so officers can conduct a crash recreation. The block is where Jay's Automotive shop is located, or about a mile and a half south of Hwy. 12. The closure should last about an hour. … [Read more...] about Road Closure On 62 Friday

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) can confirm that 46-year-old Pedro Jose Soza-Orozco of Groves, was pronounced deceased by Justice of the Peace Rodney Price following a multiple vehicle crash along the eastbound frontage road of Interstate 10.  Orozco was the Good Samaritan who stopped to help a stranded motorist. On Monday, May 21, 2018, at approximately 3:45p.m., DPS received a report of a multiple vehicle crash on Interstate 10, near FM 1135, in Orange County. Preliminary reports indicate that a Saturn passenger vehicle was disabled on the eastbound frontage road of … [Read more...] about Accident Victims Identified by DPS