The Commissioners Court approved two capital outlay requests Tuesday. County Judge Brint Carlton said the Court budgeted for capital outlay differently during the new fiscal year. Carlton indicated the Court created a capital outlay contingency fund which can be pulled from with the approval of the Commissioners instead of allocating requested funds to each department. The judge stated that there were enough funds budgeted to get both of the requests. A new vote counting tabulation machine will cost $117,775, and Elections Administrator Tina Barrow said the previous vote counting machine was … [Read more...] about Capital Outlay Approved

A 29-year-old felon with a pistol was arrested Monday night after residents at an apartment complex complained he threatened "to shoot up their houses." Officer Isaac Henry said he went to the apartments at 111 Park Avenue. The people who notified police pointed out the man in a dark pickup truck. As Officer Henry walked up to the truck, it backed out of the parking lot and turned on First Street, then onto Front Avenue. Captain Robert Enmon in a patrol car began following the pickup on Green Avenue until Officer Henry arrived in his patrol car to stop the man in the 1100 block of … [Read more...] about Arrest, Pit Bulls, Theft

A 33-year-old man was stabbed in the back outside a house in the 2400 block of Third Street early Friday morning. John Erick Sanchez of Orange was taken by Acadian Ambulance Service to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Police said his wound was not life-threatening. Orange Police Lt. Eric Ellison reported that 21-year-old Nathan Alexander Miller was arrested for aggravated assault with a weapon and taken to the Orange County Jail. Tuesday, Miller was still in jail after a $20,000 bond had been set. Detective Captain Cliff Hargrave said the two men at the house got into an argument. One … [Read more...] about Man Stabbed

Invista in Orange is laying off 75 or more employees and shutting down the adipic acid manufacturing unit. Adipic acid is a precursor to making nylon. The local Invista plant was part of the original DuPont plant in Orange. DuPont sold its fibers branch to Koch Industries in 2003. The plant in Orange reports more than 600 employees and contractors work at the facility, but the company does not specify how many are full-time employees of Invista. The company has started notifying the impacted employees as part of the 60-days notice period. The Victoria Invista plant announced less than … [Read more...] about Invista To Cut At Least 75 Employees

man in his Navy Park house was awakened early Sunday morning by someone breaking glass on the back door. Orange police arrested a 23-year-old woman who ran out of the front door as they arrived. The resident told Officer J.E. Roy that he knew the woman from a past relationship. Police were called to the 200 block of South Farragut Avenue at 5:16 a.m. concerning a burglary in progress. The man living at the house had heard banging on the back door and then heard the glass break. He got up and saw a woman standing inside the house. Officer Roy said he was at the back door and saw the woman … [Read more...] about Weekend Police Briefs