Archives for 2018

  The City of Bridge City is in good financial condition entering a new quarter of the fiscal year.  City Manager Jerry Jones gave a quarterly budget report to the City Council which met Tuesday evening.  Jones said revenues are exceeding expenses to this point of the year.  “It’ll balance out, hopefully, we’ll keep a strong reserve and at the end of the year we’ll be back where we need to be,” Jones summarized. The City Council approved four ordinances Tuesday dealing with city codes in Bridge City.  Revisions to the ordinances had been discussed at a workshop in February. The … [Read more...] about BC Revenues Exceeding Expenses

Final   Contested Republican Races Orange County Judge Crooks  4315 Carlton 2755 Luce 459 Comm. Prec. 2 Beauchamp 1038 Burton 1034   (There will be a recount) Comm. Prec. 4 Viator 1434 Crump 603 County Treasurer Khoury 5387 Smith 1638 Orange County Democratic Party Chair  Marcus Wilkerson 519 Louis Ackerman 565 … [Read more...] about Orange County Election Results

The Orange Police Department is currently investigating an armed robbery that occurred on March 6, 2018, at about 10:40 AM, at Chase Bank, 3109 16th Street in Orange. A black male entered the business with a firearm and demanded money. The suspect left the store with an undisclosed amount of US currency. The black male is believed to be about 5’6” wearing a blue and white dress, blue zip-up jacket, and a long black wig. If you have any information regarding this crime, please contact the Orange Police Department Detective Division at 409-883-1095, Crime Stoppers at 409-883-TIPS (8477), … [Read more...] about Chase Bank Robbed

The Commissioners Court held a workshop Tuesday to hear from Wendorf, Beward, & Partners about applying for federal grants to assist with recovery from Harvey.  Drew Cameron and Nancy Beward gave a power point presentation giving recommendations how Orange County should proceed to get its fair share of over five billion dollars in federal funds that are being made available through the Department of Housing and Urban Development Of the 16 counties identified by FEMA as receiving damage from Harvey, Orange County was listed as having the third most severe damage behind only Harris and … [Read more...] about CC Discusses Harvey Grant Money

The Orange City Council tentatively agreed to borrow $8 million for major projects, but did not decide on specific things to do. The council Tuesday held a public workshop to talk about selling bonds, a way of borrowing money, after bonds that paid for the police station and No. 3 fire station are paid off next year. City Manager Dr. Shawn Oubre said the city has budgeted about $500,000 a year paying off those bonds. The city could borrow more money to have the same amount budgeted each year to complete projects without raising property taxes. The council agreed to sell $8 million in … [Read more...] about Orange Looking To Borrow Money For Improvements

A felony theft charge has been filed against the Orange County emergency management director in connection with writing nearly $17,000 in hot checks to pay for installation of drywall. The charge was filed Monday by the Vidor Police Department through the Justice of the Peace Precinct 1 office against 34-year-old Ralph Vincent Valenciano. In the affidavit of probable cause, Vidor Detective James Blankenship said two men from Gutierrez Drywall of Lufkin came to him complaining that Valenciano wrote four checks totaling $16,880 for five completed jobs. The man had contacted the company … [Read more...] about County EMC Arrested For Hot Checks