An undercover officer went to the house of a couple charged with murder for hire Thursday afternoon. The officer recorded the couple offering to give a vehicle in exchange for killing a man who invaded the couple's house two weeks earlier, according to an affidavit of probable cause filed in the Orange County Justice of the Peace Precinct 1 office. The Orange Police Department sent the undercover officer after a Texas Ranger reported a confidential informant told him the couple might be trying to get someone to kill the three men involved in the home invasion. Police at 4:19 p.m. … [Read more...] about Update on Murder for Hire Case

Marriage Licenses Issued By The Office of Brandy Robertson, Orange County Clerk For the Week of October 26, 2015 through October 30, 2015 Andrew Guy Dunwoody and Jessica Deana Coleson Brent Harrison Struthers and Theresa Wynne Hickey Daniel James Vail and Jeannette Christine Richard Robert Leon Sneed Jr and Jordan Lynn Collier Robert Eugene Lawrence and Amanda Lynn Good Justin Lionel King and Brittany Ann Leverett Raymond Allen Flannigan and Tabitha Laurene Lippmann Israel Antonio Ramos Jr and Brittany Jean Hollier Justin Boyd Brown and Kristen Shelby … [Read more...] about OC Marriage Licenses Oct. 26-30

On Thursday, October 29, 2015, around 9:10 p.m., the Orange County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence in the 400 block of Florence St., in Orange County, just outside the city limits of Vidor, Texas, in reference to a possible shooting. Deputies arrived on scene and found Steve Coutee, 48, of Vidor deceased from gunshot wounds. The person believed to be responsible for shooting the man was on scene and cooperated with the Deputies. He is cooperating with Investigators as they are gathering statements. It has not yet been determined if the man will be arrested and charged. The … [Read more...] about Man Shot In Vidor Identified

The Orange Fire Department responded to a smoked filled house at 4217 Willowglen St. in the Greenway Addition about  5:35pm Thursday afternoon. The cause is believed to be a grease fire started while the owner Jacob Casares was cooking dinner. Damage was primarily from smoke. No one was injured.   … [Read more...] about OFD Responds to Fire

Orange County has issued a permit for construction of a $40 million terminal near the Neches River for liquefied gas. Enterprise Terminalling LLC is part of Enterprise Products. The site is off Old Mansfield Ferry Road in the Orangefield school district. Enterprise Products chose Orange County as a finalist for a $1.25 billion project in late 2013 but announced in June 2014 the terminal would go to the Port of Houston. Orange County Economic Development Director Bobby Fillyaw said Enterprise liked the local cooperation with the company's effort. The company agreed to build a $180 million … [Read more...] about Big Permit Issued

Orange police Wednesday night caught two juveniles at an apartment complex laundry room where two previous break-ins had occurred during the past few days. Officer Brian Latiolais reported that Officer Dustin Myers went into the parking lot at the James Zay Roberts Apartments, 610 Burton Avenue, a few minutes before 8 p.m. Officer Myers saw two juveniles were walking away from the door to the laundry room. Officer Latiolais said someone had tried to pry the deadbolt off the door and damaged the door frame. He found a screw driver on the grass near bushes by the door. Management at the … [Read more...] about Two Caught