Schools and child care businesses did well in health inspections during the first two weeks of February. Orange County Health Inspector went to 21 schools or businesses dealing with food and gave nine perfect scores. The lowest score was a 78 to the Donut Palace on Highway 12 in Mauriceville. The store had demerits for sausage and boudain found at unsafe temperatures plus meat stored above raw donuts inside coolers. The perfect scores went to Bridge City Intermediate, Mauriceville Middle School, West Orange-Stark Elementary, Little Cypress Elementary, Little Cypress Junior High, Little … [Read more...] about Inspections Show 9 Perfect Scores

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The Board of Directors for the Orange County Economic Development Corporation (EDC) approved Friday hiring Jessica Hill as the new executive director for the EDC. Three applications were received for the position of executive director before the deadline. Hill was the only candidate interviewed by the Board of Directors. Keith Wallace chaired the meeting and stated Hill was clearly the best choice for the position of executive director. Wallace said that Hill has the most experience of all the applicants, is state certified in economic development, and is the only one from this area which … [Read more...] about EDC Hires New Director

The West Orange-Cove CISD board election has drawn six candidates for three positions with two incumbents and two former trustees on the ballot. The candidates are incumbents Linda Platt-Bryant and Bryan “Chop” Thomas Muhammad. Others are Demetrius Hunter, Bonnie Moses and former trustees Tony Dallas and Ricky Jacobs. Incumbent Reverend Hardy O’Neal did not file to run. The filing deadline for May 7th elections ended Friday. Several local entities are able to cancel elections because of no contested races. Those entities are the cities of West Orange and Pinehurst, the Little … [Read more...] about City and School Board Election Set

A new name will be installed on Chemical Row in Orange. The "Lanxess" sign will be replaced with Arlanxeo in April after federal authorities have approved a joint venture by Lanxess and Saudi Aramco. According to a media release, the name change will begin April 1. In September last year, Lanxess and the Aramco signed an agreement to create a multi-billion joint venture. The venture is a 50-50 agreement, according to the media release. Aramco is a state-owned company of Saudi Arabia and Lanxess is based in Germany. "Under its new name, Arlanxeo will build on the customer focus, recognition … [Read more...] about Lanxess Changes Name

The driver of a pickup truck that led police on a high-speed chase from Orange to Bridge City had to be subdued with a Taser shock gun early Thursday morning. Orange police report the Dodge Ram pickup hit a Dodge Avenger sedan on MacArthur Drive. Officer L.T. Holland with the Orange Police Department reported he was in his patrol car in the parking lot of a business in the 2300 block of MacArthur Drive at 1:26 a.m. Thursday. He heard tires squealing and saw a pickup truck slide to a stop. The front of the truck was facing north on the highway which runs east to west. Officer Holland said he … [Read more...] about Chase Ends With Arrest