The American Red Cross is opening mobile resource centers for victims of the Sabine River floods to get information and help from several agencies. Visitors will be able to meet case workers to help find resources to help in recovery. Food, water and cleaning supplies will be available. Residents seeking help should bring a driver's license, utility bill or other document showing they live in a flood-affected home. The centers will be at these locations: Orange Former West Orange-Cove CISD administration building, 505 N. 15th Street in Orange, next to Wells Fargo Bank. Hours: … [Read more...] about Red Cross Resource Centers

The Pinehurst Police Department in a joint operation shared with Orange County Precinct 2 Constable David Cagle has seized quantities of drugs, a firearm, and drug paraphernalia over the last week.  The joint operation between Pinehurst and Constable Cagle is an effort to combat the distribution of illegal drugs including methamphetamine in the area. Pinehurst Police Chief Fred Hanauer reported that following a service call Saturday afternoon in the 2200 block of MacArthur Drive in Pinehurst, Police Officer Kevin Norton confiscated over 5 grams of a substance believed to be methamphetamine … [Read more...] about Pinehurst Crime

The water has receded and things are starting to return to normal for most people in Orange County. Emergency Management Coordinator Ryan Peabody stated of the 200 persons evacuated to the shelter at the Montagne Center there are still 55 that need a shelter. Monday the remaining evacuees were moved to a church in downtown Orange as a shelter until they are able to return to their homes. Road and Bridge Engineer Clark Slacum reported that over 60,000 sand bags were distributed by the county precinct barns to citizens during the flooding. More than 80 percent of those went to residents in … [Read more...] about Flood Recovery

A baby and a toddler had minor injuries while riding in a car that was involved a three-vehicle collision Sunday afternoon at 16th Street and Burton Avenue. Orange police report the baby girl and 2-year-old boy were taken by Acadian Ambulance to the Baptist Hospital Emergency Room in Orange. Police Sunday in less than two hours investigated two three-vehicle crashes and a case of a woman running into the building at Jack in the Box Restaurant. All three were on 16th Street, which is also North Highway 87. The collision involving the children was reported at 1:48 p.m. Police said a Buick … [Read more...] about Three Car Wreck Sunday

The director of the Orange Housing Authority said the Alexander Homes apartments, which are for the elderly and handicapped, were the only public housing units that flooded. LaNita Brown said some of the apartments had about three inches of water and about two had six inches of water. Alexander Homes is at 2023 Fourth Street in East Town. Brown said most of the public housing residents stayed through the evacuation. The old Arthur Robinson apartments on Burton Avenue are vacant. The James Zay Roberts Plaza apartments at Burton and Sixth Street were constructed after Hurricane Ike. The land … [Read more...] about Housing Authority Flood Report