Drug, DWI, burglary and fraud charges were among Orange County grand jury indictments released Friday by the district attorney’s office.
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Commemorating the BCHS event ‘50 Years Proud’ the Strutters show their colors on the Cow Bayou Bridge. The planned demolition of the historic swing bridge was deverted in 2007 in part by the efforts of a citizens committee called the Bridge City Citizens For Historic Preservation. TxDOT now plans to rehabilitate the World War II era bridge.
(Photo: All Photos:Record Photos)
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Probably next week, Orange County commissioners will approve recent changes to the articles of incorporation of the Gulf Coast Community Protection and Recovery District, a nonprofit government corporation.
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Robert Ewart
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Pinehurst City Council Tuesday evaluated City Administrator Robert Ewart and decided to keep him on a second year.
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A house fire in Orange is under investigation
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The City of Orange Fire Department responded to a report of a house fire on the corner of Schley and 2nd Streets last night at 1:26 a.m. First units to arrive reported that a house under construction had heavy fire showing from the second floor.
A search warrant served by narcotics officers Monday in Mauriceville led to several suspects fleeing the scene.
A ‘bomb scare’ was called into Bridge City Independent School at around noon Wednesday. The threat has been determined to be a hoax. According to BCISD Superintendent Dr. Jamey Harrison a search to locate the source of the call is underway. The school plans to press charges.
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Police are searching for this woman robbed the Campass Bank inside the Super Walmart in West Orange.
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West Orange police ask the public's help in finding the woman in this photograph, who presented a note to a teller at Compass Bank in the West Orange Walmart at about 4 p.m Feb. 13.
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Firefighters extinguished a home fire that injured one person Wednesday night.
(Photo: Courtesy Jerry Ziller)
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One person was injured Wednesday night while attempting to search a house on fire at 1013 Western Ave.
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Drugs and paraphernalia were seized during a search at a residence in Orange
(Photo: courtesy Orange County Sheriff's Department)
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Orange County Narcotics Officers with the sheriff’s office executed a narcotics search warrant at 8325 Buffalo Road in Orange, Tuesday.
The Texas Department of Public Safety is urging all Texas Spring Breakers to avoid traveling to border cities in Mexico.
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Texas Governor Rick Perry
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Orange, selected as the starting point of a 15-day bicycle ride to raise funds for Rise Schools, which serve children with and without special needs, may have a special guest Saturday.
After the Dec. 4 accumulation of 1-2 inches of snow from Bridge City to Lake Charles, La., and parts north of there, the National Weather Service says there could be some snow Wednesday morning.
At presstime, Wednesday’s forecast for Bridge City/Orangefield, Orange, Mauriceville and Deweyville and east to Sulphur, La., called for a 20-percent chance of snow before 9 a.m. – partly cloudy with a high near 52 and north winds between 10-15 mph.
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Penny Record founder, Walter Gaston (r) with current publisher, Roy Dunn
(Photo: Mark Dunn)
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Record founder left mark on Bridge City
Walter Gaston, 89, there at the beginning of The Penny Record and Bridge City’s American Legion Post 250, died Tuesday in Port Arthur’s Christus-St. Mary Hospital.
A man who caused lewd behavior complaints Feb. 9 at a restaurant on Strickland Drive initially gave a fictitious name to officers, according to Fred Hanauer, Pinehurst police chief.
After a month, the body of the New Year’s Day jumper has surfaced.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office received a call of a person jumping off of the Veterans Memorial Bridge on Hwy 87 in Orange County at approximately 10:15 a.m., Friday, Jan. 1. Search and rescue looked for the body several days to no avail.
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Bridge City Fire and Rescue responded to a house fire Monday at 320 Warner Street in Bridge City. The home of Adam Darby, 27, a mentally impaired resident, was a total loss.
