The city of Vidor will be able to cancel the May council election after a candidate withdrew. The city secretary reports C. Audine Behn Rathburn, who had filed for the Ward 6 seat removed her name from the race. That leaves only uncontested races for the council. The agenda for the March 9 City Council meeting will include a vote to cancel the election. … [Read more...] about Vidor Cancels Election

Orange police said the man who died in the motorcycle collision Wednesday evening Jeffrey Norton of Port Arthur. He would have turned 50 on Friday. Detective Captain Robert Enmon said the driver of the pickup truck that hit Norton's motorcycle was a 24-year-old man from Jasper who was going to work. Alcohol was in the pickup truck, but officers found no indication it had been consumed, the captain said. The pickup driver voluntarily gave a blood sample to police. Captain Enmon said police will wait for the toxicology report on the sample before considering charges. The collision was … [Read more...] about Accident Victim Identified

The Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating an auto-pedestrian crash in Vidor from Wednesday night.  Sergeant Stephanie Davis with the DPS reports the crash occurred about 8:30 Wednesday night just north of FM 1132.  Initial reports indicate that a 1997 Isuzu Rodeo was traveling southbound on FM 105 when as it came around a curve in the road the vehicle struck a pedestrian attempting to cross the road.  The pedestrian Alesha Smith, age 27, of Vidor was transported by ambulance to St. Elizabeth Hospital with serious injuries.  As of Thursday afternoon, Smith is listed in critical … [Read more...] about Auto-Pedestrian Accident Injures One

The General Land Office (GLO) confirmed Wednesday that Savage Inland Marine has received a lease for fleeting its barges on the Neches River near the Bessie Heights Marsh.  The lease will allow Savage Inland Marine to legally park barges in an oxbow south of the marsh.  Spokesperson Brittany Eck with the General Land Office said the lease is for a five-year term at a total cost of $500,312.95.  Eck indicated that the GLO has added a requirement that Savage also purchase and maintain a policy providing pollution liability insurance coverage at a minimum amount of $2 million. Savage … [Read more...] about GLO Confirms Lease For Barges

On Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 6:34 PM, Officers of the Orange Police Department were dispatched to the 8400 block of N. Hwy 62 in reference to a traffic accident with injuries involving a motorcycle and a pickup truck.  The 49 year old male operating the motorcycle was treated at the scene by Acadian Ambulance paramedics and Orange Fire Department first responders.  He was then transported by Air Rescue Helicopter to Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital where he died of his injuries.  The accident is under investigation by the Detective Division of the Orange Police Department.       … [Read more...] about Man Dies In Accident On Hwy. 62

Orange police Wednesday morning arrested a student at Little Cypress Intermediate School for aggravated assault on a public servant in connection with injuring principal Michael Ridout. The school on Allie Payne Road is for fourth and fifth grade students. Lt. G.D. Keaton reported he went to the school at 7:45 a.m. He said Ridout's injuries were minor and he photographed them. The student was taken to the Orange Police Department for an interview and then turned over to the Orange County Juvenile Probation Department. Detective Captain Robert Enmon said the student was taken to a … [Read more...] about Student Arrested For Assault

No action was taken Tuesday by the City Council on a request by a resident in Bridge City to have his property de-annexed from the city.  Donny Huebner lives in the one hundred block of Texas Avenue and has a travel trailer that is in violation of Bridge City ordinances. Apparently Huebner’s wife lives in the travel trailer which is hooked into utilities on his property.  She is physically unable to get into the more elevated home nearby and thus the need for the trailer.  City Manager Jerry Jones recommended that it would not be advisable for the City Council to grant the de-annexation … [Read more...] about BC Resident Asks To Be Deannexed