A man who lives in the Memorial Field neighborhood told the Orange City Council Tuesday he is concerned a child will be hit by a car on Eddleman Drive because of the parking. Marcus Rector, who lives on Rue des Fleurs, spoke during the citizens comment part of the meeting. He said 'No Parking' signs are on both sides of Eddleman Road, but during youth baseball games, vehicles park on both sides of the street. He worries a young child will run out between cars and be hit. Rector suggested the city provide more parking spaces for the complex of baseball fields or line spaces in the … [Read more...] about Orange Council Rejects Subdivision

Former Pinehurst City Administrator  Walter Cobb, who also once served as police chief in Orange, died Tuesday at the age of 88. He was living in Shelby Township in Michigan. Cobb served in the U.S. Marine Corps, the Army and the Air Force Reserve. He then went on to become a police officer in Houston before being named as chief in Orange. He was chief from January 1965 through September 1967. In 1987, the Pinehurst City Council hired him as city administrator, a job he held until 1994. Funeral services are under the direction of E.J. Mandziuk and Son Funeral Home in Sterling Heights, … [Read more...] about Walter Cobb Passes At 88

Collective bargaining negotiations should start between Orange County and the Sheriff’s Office Employees Union in about two weeks.  Commissioner Jody Crump serves on the county’s negotiation team, and confirmed Wednesday that attorneys for the union have agreed to meet with representatives and attorneys for Orange County on Wednesday, April 12.  The current collective bargaining agreement with the Sheriff’s union expired in 2013 and negotiations have been at an impasse since then.  The discussion of continuing certificate pay for Sheriff’s employees that have received additional training … [Read more...] about Negotiations To Start Soon With SOEU

Get ready for major traffic changes on 16th Street at the Interstate 10 overpass. The Texas Department of Transportation will close the interstate overpass and the 16th Street traffic underneath this upcoming weekend beginning at 7 p.m. Friday. Eastbound Interstate traffic will be diverted to the feeder roads. Sixteenth Street (also known as Highway 87) will be closed at the overpass. Northbound and southbound traffic on 16th Street must find alternative routes. TxDOT says 16th Street at I-10 should reopen Monday morning, April 3. The changes are part of the construction of a new … [Read more...] about Hwy. 87 To Close March 31

It took two votes of Commissioners Court Tuesday afternoon before certificate pay for Sheriff’s Office employees was approved to be continued for the time being.  The time frame is until the first week of May when it could be ceased unless it is included in a new collective bargaining agreement between the county and the Sheriff’s Office Employees Union. The first motion made by Commissioner Jody Crump, who missed last week’s vote, was to discontinue certificate pay by the next pay period in early April and failed 2 to 3.  The second motion by Commissioner Barry Burton was to continue the … [Read more...] about Certificate Pay Approved For Now

Cops Monday ended up giving a buzz to a man who stole Busch beer from a dollar store. Orange Patrol Officer N.R. Medina reported he used his Taser shock gun to stop a man running toward a house after he jumped a fence into the yard. Officer Medina said police were called at 2:49 p.m. to the Family Dollar at 1301 16th Street after the store reported a man left without paying. The officer said he saw a man with the description of the thief walking on the wrong side of 14th Street. The man wouldn't stop after the officer used the emergency lights. When the man started running, he dropped … [Read more...] about Man Gets Buzzed Getting Buzzed

Ernest C. Hymel, MD, PhD, MBA  * Chief Medical Officer, Baptist Regional Cancer Network David N. Parmer, MHA, FACHE * CEO, Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas Kevin Herrington, MBA, FACHE * Executive Vice President Altus Health   Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas Partners with Cancer Center Of Southeast Texas and Altus Cancer Center To Create the Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas Regional Cancer Network    Administration for Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas, Cancer Center of Southeast Texas and Altus Cancer Center will announced that on April 3, 2017, the consolidation … [Read more...] about SETX Regional Cancer Network Created