The Orange City Council has a special called meeting at 9 a.m. Tuesday for business regarding the Interstate 10 improvements in the 16th Street area. The agenda includes a closed-door executive session for the exchange, lease or sale of city-owned land around 15th Street that has been targeted as a site for a commercial developer. The agenda has the council voting to abandon 1,307 square feet of land adjacent to the Interstate 10 right-of-way. This past Tuesday, the council agreed to abandon about three-fourths of an acre of right-of-way land on north 15th Street. The Texas Department of … [Read more...] about Council Calls Meeting

A U.S. Postal Service mail carrier had to call Orange police after he had a surprise in his mail truck. A woman police believe was on PCP got inside his truck as he put mail in the community boxes at the James Zay Roberts Apartments, 610 Burton Avenue. Orange Police Officer T.P. Pruitt reported that the 38-year-old woman was lying face down on the concrete next to the postal truck when he arrived. The woman cursed and was "preaching religious rhetoric." He said some people may have described her as "speaking in tongues." Officer Pruitt said the mail carrier found the woman in the postal … [Read more...] about Orange Police Calls

Orange County Sheriff's Calls September 15-21 Theft, 8:37 a.m. September 15, 100 block West Circle Drive in Vidor. Theft, 9:12 a.m. September 15, 3300 block Highway 62 North in McLewis. Dog bit, 7:13 p.m. September 15, 3300 block Elk Drive in Orangefield. Possession of methamphetamine, 8:03 p.m. September 15, FM 105 at FM 1132 in Vidor. Man and woman arrested after a traffic stop and search of the vehicle. Deadly conduct-discharging firearm, 9:37 p.m. September 15, 4000 block Tram Road North in Vidor. Theft-recovery of a firearm, 8:33 a.m. September 16, Sheriff's Office in … [Read more...] about OC Sheriffs Calls Sept. 15-21

The contract between the City of Pinehurst and the Pinehurst Police Officers Association was approved Tuesday evening by the Pinehurst City Council. Both sides were in agreement that this was one of the more pleasant negotiations between the two parties. The City Council approved a contract with Simco Enterprises as recommended by engineer Nestor Barroeta for sewer construction on Lark Street between 37th and Strickland. Barroeta said Simco was the low bidder and will do pipe bursting of 6-inch and 8-inch lines while also removing and replacing man-hole covers. After Simco completes the … [Read more...] about Pinehurst, Police Agree

The sun didn't rise on Saturday, September 24, 2005, in Orange County. Instead, dim light grew brighter to reveal a changed landscape and lifestyle. Hurricane Rita moved through during the night, leaving damage that few could imagine. As people reflect on the tenth anniversary of the storm, they can wonder: What was worst? The evacuation, the storm or the aftermath? KOGT's Gary Stelly rode out the hurricane with a group of friends at the house of Peter Cloeren in Little Cypress. Though the radio station was off the air for a couple of days, Stelly managed to write about and photograph the … [Read more...] about Rita – 10 Years Ago

The first day of fall brought a cool breeze and bright sunshine. Dappled patterns of sunlight scattered across the ground and porch at 703 10th Street. Sounds of songbirds filled the air. But Crystal Gibbs couldn't enjoy the autumn. Her life has been filled with horror since Sunday night when she felt her love take his last breath as she tried to stop the bleeding from a stab wound. Gibbs had been with 30-year-old Jamey Myers for eight years. They had lived for four years at the house in the Old Orange Historic District. She can't understand is how Jamey's step-father, the man who reared … [Read more...] about Crystal Gibbs-Her Story