The Orange City Council met Tuesday morning and they had several citizens in line to meet with them. Included in the group were several people who spoke against the city suing Leslie Barras to collect city legal fees. Barras is a lawyer who lives in the Old Orange Historic District. Earlier in the year she filed a lawsuit against the city contending the council violated the city charter by the way they agreed to move city hall and buy the first financial bank building for $2 million. The decision was made without public discussion. Barras and the non-profit group Historic Orange … [Read more...] about Citizens Speak Against Suing Barras

A 47-year-old woman had to be taken by ambulance to a Beaumont hospital Monday night for a head injury. She told Orange police she thinks her husband hit her in the back of the head with a pipe. Detective Captain Robert Enmon said the woman had a large cut to her head. Acadian Ambulance took her to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont for treatment. Officers were called to the 1800 block of Church Street. The woman told police she and her husband had been arguing. She had seen him holding a pipe. Captain Enmon said the woman reported she felt a sudden pain in the back of the head and was … [Read more...] about Orange Police Reports

Officials for the Orange Campus of Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas has announced that effective January 12, 2017, all emergency services will be discontinued.  In a release to KOGT the hospital said,  "This action is required because the emergency services physician group staffing the Orange emergency room has terminated their agreement to provide services.  Declining patient demand, reductions in reimbursement, rising healthcare costs, the influx and presence of other free standing emergency room competitors and failure to expand Medicaid by the State of Texas were all cited as reasons … [Read more...] about Baptist Closing All Emergency Services In Orange