Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Tommy Mann For The Record Numerous elected officials could be getting salary increases next fiscal year. Orange County Commissioners approved a proposal by a 3-2 vote on Tuesday afternoon to increase the salaries of numerous elected officials for the coming 2016-2017 fiscal year. If approved at the Sept. 13 meeting of commissioners court, the pay increases will go into effect on Oct. 1. Weeks of potential discussion and speculation on pay reductions for elected officials, including a lengthy workshop on Tuesday morning,...
Tommy Mann Jr. For The Record Local police are seeking information related to the burglary of an automobile this past Sunday. The West Orange Police Department is asking the public for assistance regarding the burglary of a vehicle this past Sunday afternoon at Walmart, located in the 3100 block of Edgar Brown Drive in West Orange. According to reports, local resident Kevin Buchanan and his family were exiting Walmart at approximately 5 p.m., Sunday and walking to their vehicle when Buchanan found his driver's side door open...
TRUMP SELLS “FLIP-FLOP” IMMIGRATION PLAN On Wednesday, Oct. 31, Donald Trump will again give another version of his immigration policy. On the Sunday news shows, three of his surrogates gave three different versions of what his stance on illegals are. The only thing they all agreed on was that Donald says he’s going to build a wall. It is almost impossible to build a wall on the rough terrain bordering the Rio Grande River, plus trying to navigate Big Bend National Park. A fence on the U.S. banks would leave the river on the...
Dave Rogers For The Record If Jim Wesson was quick to find his way to music, the Old First Orange Baptist Church was quick to find Wesson as its Music Man. And now Wesson, a tenor for the country gospel musical group the Chuck Wagon Gang off and on for nearly four decades, is the church’s music minister and looking to make the old harmonies sound new again. “Every three months, we have what we call our ‘Fifth Sunday Singing’ and the last one was a packed house,” said the...