The Orange Animal Shelter may soon be sending some of its adoptable dogs and cats to the Southeast Texas Humane Society in Beaumont. Orange Fire Chief David Frenzel, who oversees the city's shelter, said the Beaumont group asked to get some of the Orange animals. The Humane Society draws more people to increase the chances of adoption, he said. The Orange City Council on Tuesday will vote to approve a resolution allowing the Humane Society to take the animals and accept responsibility for spaying or neutering. The Orange shelter is licensed by the Zoonoisis Control Division of the Texas … [Read more...] about Animals May Be Moved

Trailer with Four-Wheelers Stolen From Driveway A family in the Thousand Oaks neighborhood had a utility trailer with three four-wheeler vehicles stolen from their driveway Thursday night. Orange police went to the 5100 block of Twin Oaks Street about 5:30 Friday morning after the theft was discovered. The red, 20-foot utility trailer was loaded with a green Honda Ranger, a green and black Honda Rubicon, and a yellow Honda Foreman, according to police. Anyone with information about any of the ATVs or the trailer should contact the Orange Police Department at … [Read more...] about More ATV’s Stolen

Department heads gave the Commissioners Court their requests for capital outlay items during next fiscal year at a workshop Thursday morning. New copiers and scanners were requested by several departments. MIS which handles the computers for all county offices requested three Dell servers as well as laptops and tablets for several departments. As is normally the case the Sheriff’s Office and the Road and Bridge Department had the most expensive requests. County Engineer Clark Slacum made his request to the Court for Road and Bridge. He updated the Commissioners that the average age of the … [Read more...] about Capital Outlay Workshop

Two young women escaped injury early Tuesday morning when their car went off FM 1130, rolled over and landed in a ditch. Orange police report the driver tried to avoid a vehicle traveling in the opposite direction. The rollover was about 5:30 a.m. at a curve in the 8900 block FM 1130. Police said 28-year-old Alex Elizabeth Fitts was driving a 2015 Kia Cadenza sedan northbound. Her passenger was 21-year-old Jaden Fuege. … [Read more...] about Accident on FM 1130

The city of Orange had the largest building permit issued in June within the city limits. G&G Enterprises took out the permit for $122,000 addition to the fire station on Allie Payne Road. Also, the city issued permits to demolish 15 dilapidated houses in town. The addresses are: 1008 College, 407 Bilbo, 3744 Ridgemont Drive, 1408 N. Hart Avenue, 1603 Georgia, 1030 Ruby Lane, 1210 13th Street, 2114 Eighth Street, 605 North Street, 2212 Pacific, 1406 N. Hart Avenue, 1807 Georgia, 2912 20th Street, 1009 13th Street, and 1407 John Avenue. Two permits were issued for new house … [Read more...] about Orange Building Permits

A teenager was sent to the juvenile detention center in Beaumont Wednesday after a man was cut with a kitchen knife. Orange police described the cut as about two to three inches long and "shallow." The incident was about 4:15 p.m. at a house on Sunset Circle B. Orange police reported two teens at the house were arguing and a man living at the house told them to go in the back yard. One of the youth picked up a serrated kitchen knife. When the man asked what he had behind his back, the teen tried to stab him. The knife went across the man's shoulder and cut his back. The other teen took the … [Read more...] about Juvenile Sent To Detention