Several neighborhoods in Orange had power go out multiple times Thursday night.  At approximately 9 o’clock the Philback Substation located at the Orion Carbon Black plant in Echo had a small fire which knocked out the power there.  That caused a chain reaction which temporarily knocked out power to the Cordrey and Front Street substations.  In minutes power was restored to the substations on Cordrey and Front.   The plant was without power most of the day Friday. … [Read more...] about Small Fire During Power Loss

A dream that has been in the works for almost four years will start to come true this week. Kelly Meadows the Director for Health Services with the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Schools is the project coordinator for Stay and Play. Meadows believes when completed it will be the only such playground at a school in Southeast Texas. Meadows the school nurse and Rachel Choate the Life Skills Instructor at Little Cypress Intermediate School had the dream in October 2012 for a place that their special friends could go outside to play and be safe. Stage 1 was a 40 by 40-foot fenced in area which … [Read more...] about Stay and Play A Reality

Plastic bottles of milk now line refrigerator sections of superstores. The convenience is an evolution of the days when people had to have a cow or buy milk from a neighbor to have the creamy beverage at the supper table. The Orange County Historical Commission is honoring the dairy industry with a state historical marker. The marker is being installed at the Old Orange Cafe, 914 W. Division in downtown. The cafe is in a two-story brick building constructed in the 1940s as the county's only pasteurizing dairy. The dedication ceremony will be Wednesday, May 18, at 4 p.m. Judge Jerry … [Read more...] about Former Dairy To Receive Marker