At approximately 2:45p.m., the Texas Department of Public Safety received a report of a multiple vehicle crash on Interstate 10 in Orange County.  The crash occurred approximately two (2) miles west of the Texas-Louisiana border. A 2014 Chevrolet pickup truck towing a utility trailer was traveling eastbound on Interstate 10 near the  Texas-Louisiana border.  The pickup truck had an unsecured load and a toolbox fell off the trailer onto the Interstate.  A white pickup truck was traveling eastbound in the inside lane and swerved left to avoid the tool box.  A 2014 Freightliner truck tractor … [Read more...] about Tuesday Accident Ties Up Traffic

The Orange Police Department took a missing person report on 09-10-16.  Through the course of the investigation, it was discovered the last known location of the missing person was at a residence located on Boondocks Rd. in Fannett, Texas, in late June or early July.  The family has not had heard from her since early June. Anyone with information on Christie Lynn Combs W/F 44yoa, 5’3’ 110 pounds can contact the Orange Police Department at 409-883-1026 or 409-883-1095. … [Read more...] about Missing Woman

Orange police are investigating a Friday night home invasion robbery at a unit in the Terrance Vine Apartments on Meeks Drive. Officers went to the apartment at 8:49 p.m. Friday. A man and woman in the apartment said two young men, one threatening them with a pistol, forced their way inside. The two robbers took cash and prescription pills before fleeing. Also on Friday night, a man returning to his house in the Old Orange Historic District came home to find a burglar inside. Police went to the 800 block of Cherry Avenue at 9:35 p.m. Friday after getting a 9-1-1 call. The homeowner said … [Read more...] about OPD Weekend Reports

The City of West Orange approved Monday the grant administrator and the engineer to handle a $275,000 block grant for sewer repairs in the city. Mayor Roy McDonald shared the details of the block grant. Traylor & Associates will serve as the grant administrators while Schaumburg & Polk will handle the engineering for the project. McDonald indicated the contractors that will do the actual construction will be selected at a later date. The City Council decided to go out for bids to find a company which will provide solid waste removal services in West Orange. Mayor McDonald explained the … [Read more...] about WO Approves Block Grant

Improvements to the Pinehurst wastewater treatment plant should be in the works within the next few weeks. The Pinehurst City Council held a special called session Monday to approve the contract for the construction project. M K Constructors received the contract for doing the repairs to the wastewater treatment plant. Their bid of $280,614 was over the amount of the block grant, but M K Constructors will now only replace two instead of four aerators which should save about $42,000 from the cost. A Texas Community Development Block Grant will pay for the bulk of the work being done. City … [Read more...] about Pinehurst Improves Wastewater Plant