Fast food wrappers and beer cans line streets in Orange. On Tenth Street in the Old Orange Historic District, a pile of broken cheap furniture along with a commode, sat along the street for days. A few yards away, century-old oak trees shade yards with restored houses. A group of people are tired at looking at the garbage and trash, and they are imploring the Orange City Council to do something about it. John Backer told the council members they could instruct the city manager to follow the city trash and litter laws. The city manager could pass the instructions on to the police chief, who … [Read more...] about Trash Talking At Council Meeting

The new First State Bank plans a $2.3 million building and will have 25 full-time jobs. Tuesday, the city of Orange Economic Development Corporation board and the city council approved up to $175,000 to spend on infrastructure for the project. Damon Vacek, a founder of the new bank, told the EDC board the city's incentives drew them to build within the city limits. EDC Director Jay Trahan said the money will be spent on extending sewer lines and a sewer lift station for the site. In addition, the grant will pay for storm drainage and a retention pond. The new bank site will be off … [Read more...] about City Gives Incentives To New Bank

A Bridge City woman was injured but a baby in the car was unharmed in a rollover accident Tuesday on the Interstate 10 service road. Orange police report the rollover was about 11:30 a.m. in the 3800 block of Lutcher Drive between Tejas Parkway and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Officer B.P. Latiolais said 24-year-old Altonisha Nicole White was driving a Toyota Camry westbound in the inside lane of the road. For an unknown reason, the car crossed into the outside lane and then hit several Texas Department of Transportation traffic signs. The car then rolled over and came to rest upright … [Read more...] about One Injured In Rollover

Sabine Title Company in downtown Orange has been sold to the largest independent title company in Texas, but it will retain a touch of hometown. Bill Shaddock, who grew up in Orange where his father was a physician, is the owner and CEO of Capital Title of Texas. Signs on the office at 711 West Front Street are up announcing the change. Sabine Title provides legal real estate property title research and title insurance. The company was owned for many years by the late lawyer Lynwood Sanders.  Local lawyer Andrew Culpepper owned the company before the sale. Shaddock, who is a lawyer, … [Read more...] about Sabine Title Gets New Name