The 32-year-old man who was hit by a train early Saturday morning has been identified as Silas Hayes. Orange police spokesman Captain Robert Enmon said the Beaumont hospital has not notified the department of his condition. Union Pacific Railroad employees called police at 1:06 a.m. Saturday to say a crew thought their train hit a man. Police said Silas was found in a ditch on the west side of the railroad tracks in the 1200 block of Cherry Avenue. Hayes's address was listed as a house on Cherry next to the tracks.   A trailer was stolen from Frey's Nursery off Interstate 10 during … [Read more...] about Orange Police Reports

The City of West Orange approved a contract with a new garbage collection vendor Monday.  Piney Woods Sanitation will collect the city’s residential garbage for five years under the contract beginning March of 2017.  Piney Woods was one of three companies seeking the contract with West Orange. Mayor Roy McDonald and a committee reviewed the companies’ bids separately and then came together to compare their findings.  Mayor McDonald explained that he and the committee then met with each of the three vendors to negotiate all details of their bids except the actual price.  The mayor … [Read more...] about WO Has New Garbage Service

Downtown Orange commercial projects continue to be strong with the largest building permit issued in October going to renovate an office building at 707 Front Street. James Gilliam's H.T. Group staffing company is spending nearly $381,000 to renovate the building. G&G Enterprise of Orange is the contractor, according to city of Orange building permits. The company is also getting an air-conditioning and heating system valued at $26,700. Other commercial projects are a $20,000 remodeling for the State Line Chevron at 2323 Lutcher Drive off Interstate 10, and a $20,000 remodeling at … [Read more...] about Orange Building Projects

Shutting down a bank or credit card account as soon as a fraudulent charge turns up is the key to stopping crooks from stealing. "You have to be vigilant about monitoring your accounts, said Stephen Lee, president and CEO of First Financial Bank of Southeast Texas. In the past two weeks, a number of people living in Orange County have had fraudulent charges on their bank debit cards from skimmers on gas pumps stealing their account information. The Orange Police Department has been checking gas pumps in the city and found three. All three were installed on the inside of the pumps and could … [Read more...] about Protecting Your Money