Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Orange County's Sheriff's Office loses 43 years of law enforcement experience in this week's retirement of Chief Deputy John Tarver. But as Tarver exited one door, the county added 20 years of law enforcement experience through a different door, with Tuesday's swearing in of Precinct 2 Constable Jeremiah Gunter. And Gunter said Tuesday marked only a step along his intended path. "I'm looking to be Sheriff of Orange County one day and this is going to help me get there," he...
After weeks of constantly changing winds that have driven anglers crazy it seems that better days are officially here. The traditional summer programs are now actually fishable and anglers have more options than just hiding from the howling winds. Sabine and Calcasieu have now become much more fisherman friendly and it seems that not only has the weather begun to cooperate but the fish have also decided to join the party as well. The best thing about this time of the year is t...
Money. Money. Money. Orange County Auditor Pennee Schmitt had a lot of it to talk about at Tuesday’s bi-weekly meeting of the County Commissioners’ Court. First, she introduced a special budget to park $2.27 million of no-match COVID-19 mitigation grants from the Federal Emergency Management Administration. Then she introduced another special budget for a $631,000 grant created in 2006 by Congress and just delivered to the county for the first time. But, as happens every mee...
