UPDATE- Orange Fire Marshal John Bilbo is ruling the early morning fire of a vacant house on Cooper Drive as arson. He said it was the fourth fire at the address in recent months. One was outside and the other three fires damaged the house. The fire department went to the house in the 900 block of Cooper Drive at 5:30 a.m. Friday. Bilbo said the attic, where the fire started, and the roof were in flames when firefighters arrived. They first cooled down the house next door because the radiant heat from the blaze posed a danger to it. The heat melted the vinyl siding but the house did not catch … [Read more...] about Friday Morning House Fire-Update

Vidor City Manager Mike Kunst has announced that Rod Carroll is nominated to be the next Chief of Police for the City of Vidor. The Vidor City Council will have a special-called meeting on Monday, November 21 at 7 pm to consider approving the nomination as required by the Vidor City Charter. Carroll is currently the Assistant Deputy Chief and Public Information Officer for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. Carroll was named one of four finalists from the twenty applicants who were interested in the vacancy created by the retirement of Chief Dave Shows. Shows, a thirty-six year Vidor … [Read more...] about Vidor Names New Chief

On Wednesday, November 16, 2016, about 8:25 PM, Vidor Police Departments Street Crimes Unit were working Burglary detail in the City of Vidor, Orange County, Texas. While conducting surveillance, a traffic stop was conducted in the 700 block of North Main of a multi colored 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse for a traffic violation. The occupants, Cody Allen Johnson, 29, and Lacey Sherree Spoonmore, 24, both showed to have outstanding warrants for various offenses including Possession of Misc Substance, Possession of a Controlled Substance and Revocation of Probation for Manufacture and Delivery of a … [Read more...] about Vidor Police Arrest Two

Orange's Master Plan for the city is "a guide to the physical development" and "a tool for elected and appointed officials," not a law, the Texas Ninth Court of Appeals has ruled. The decision is a victory for City Manager Dr. Shawn Oubre and the Orange City Council to move city hall from a historic mansion, its home for 70 years. The city is buying the First Financial Bank Building (formerly Orange Savings Bank) at 812 North 16th Street. A local non-profit group, Historic Orange Preservation Empowerment, filed for an injunction against the purchase and plan to move city hall from … [Read more...] about Appeals Court Rules On City Hall

A man who led Orange police and other agencies on a three-county high-speed chase is in intensive care at Beaumont hospital after swallowing "a quantity of methamphetamine," said Detective Captain Robert Enmon. During the chase, the driver hit a patrol vehicle that had gotten in front to try to slow him down, Enmon said. Lieutenant Eric Ellison was driving the patrol vehicle. He was not hurt and the vehicle had minor damage. The chase, which began about 11 a.m. Wednesday, weaved across roads in Orange and Jasper counties at speeds past 100 miles per hour before ending in Jasper County.  … [Read more...] about Chase Ends With Man In ICU

At approximately 8:40p.m., the Texas Department of Public Safety received a report of a one vehicle motorcycle crash on Hoo Hoo Road near Highway 62 in Orange County. A Suzuki motorcycle was traveling westbound on Hoo Hoo Road.  The motorcyclist entered a curve at a high rate of speed and lost control of the motorcycle.  The vehicle skid off the roadway, struck a concrete culvert and landed in a ditch.   The driver, Devin Tyler, 25, of Orange, was ejected from his motorcycle and sustained serious head injuries.  Tyler was transported by ambulance to St. Elizabeth hospital.  He was not … [Read more...] about One In Hospital After Accident