On Thursday February 11, 2016, around 11:30AM, Orange County Sheriff’s Office Deputies observed a white Volvo Tractor Trailer truck travelling eastbound failing to drive in a single lane. Deputies initiated a traffic stop on eastbound Interstate 10 near the 861 mile marker. During the traffic stop, consent to search the vehicle was given and during the search of the vehicle, Deputy’s located 60 bundles of white powder believed to be cocaine. The bundles tested positive for Cocaine and were determined to weigh about 132 pounds with an approximate street value of 4.8 million dollars. The … [Read more...] about $4.8 Mill Bust

Republic Trash Service collects the garbage in Pinehurst. City Administrator Robbie Hood said that beginning next week Republic will only pick up garbage in the large plastic containers they have provided to residences in Pinehurst. Hood indicated that the garbage pickup beginning on Tuesday Republic will only empty garbage from the large polycarts they have provided. Hood added that if a citizen wants an additional polycart they may be purchased through the City of Pinehurst at $5 apiece. Damaged polycarts will be replaced at no charge to the citizens according to Hood. If Pinehurst … [Read more...] about Pinehurst Polycarts

The Orange City Council will have a special meeting to "discuss the design, specifications and purchase of fire trucks." The public meeting will be at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, February 22, in the training room of Central Fire Station. When City Manager Shawn Oubre presented the 2016 city budget to the council this past August, he told the council he wanted to use $375,000 the city is getting from a lawsuit against British Petroleum for a new pumper truck. He said the city had saved $125,000 from the 2015 budget toward a new, $500,000 pumper truck. The lawsuit money is to cover the loss of … [Read more...] about Fire Truck Workshop

Union Pacific Railroad has installed the Green Avenue wayside horns that have been needed before Orange gets a "quiet zone" to stop trains from blowing at every crossing. But the quiet zone will not come immediately, according to Jim Wolf, city public works director. "I can't tell you when, but it's close," he said. The city and railroad company will go through several steps before the quiet zone is implemented. Union Pacific and the city will need to run tests of the horns at the crossing. Wolf said "our folks will also go through a short training process" about the wayside … [Read more...] about Wayside Horns At Green Ave.

Narcotics officers from the Orange Police Department and the Orange County Sheriff's Office arrested two men for possession of methamphetamine after a traffic stop Tuesday afternoon. Orange Police Sergeant J. Laughlin wrote in an affidavit of probable cause that a 2000 white Buick was stopped at 5 p.m. for not signaling a left turn from Strickland Drive onto MacArthur Drive. The officer reported that he found the meth in the car that was driven by 29-year-old Brandon Martin. The man in the passenger seat, 35-year-old Kenneth Martin, had a smaller amount of meth on his person, according … [Read more...] about Two Arrested For Meth