Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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The City of Orange has confirmed that a number of businesses and grocery stores are opening for business as floodwaters due to Tropical Storm Harvey begin to recede. Please view the following list for confirmed businesses and hours: First Financial Bank – 812 N. 16th Street Monday – 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. Tuesday through Friday – 8 A.M. to 6 P.M. Guadalajara – 95 Strickland Drive Open HEB - 2424 N. 16th Street 9 A.M. to 8 P.M. Kroger - 1600 N. 16th Street 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. Kwik St...
Photo: Lucy Fields was among the volunteers helping load supplies for flood impacted citizens at First Baptist Church who also was distributing food and household products. • First Baptist Church in Bridge City is also providing water, food and other supplies for people in need. First Baptist Church is located at 200 W Round Bunch Rd. Call (409) 735-3581 for more information. • Bridge City opened its food and water distribution center at the Bridge City Bus Barn Sunday. The...
“Normal” may take a good while. But the numbers are definitely trending in a positive direction for storm-punched Orange County. Sunday evening Entergy reported that there were 10,800 electrical customer outages remaining after Tropical Storm Harvey dumped more than 50 inches of rain on Southeast Texas last week. That’s down from 26,000 on Saturday. And the reservoir level at Toledo Bend has dropped so that the required spillway release has been cut to Step 1, the first and m...
The death toll related to Tropical Storm Harvey has reached nine, Orange County Emergency Management said in a 5 p.m. (Sunday, Sept. 3) news release. Two of the deaths were discovered after searches initiated by missing persons reports. Four of the dead were elderly and possibly connected to power outages, the report said. “If you have a friend or family member that did not leave areas that were impacted by the rising waters and you have not heard from them, we urge you to contact your local law enforcement.” Local law enf...
PHOTO: Volunteers prepare hot cooked meals for flood affected residents at Northway Shopping Center in Orange. RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn Flood affected residents of the greater Orange area and Deweyville have begun getting aide from the National Guard and several disaster relief organizations at Northway Shopping Center in Orange. Eighteen wheelers loaded with Meals Ready To Eat (MRE's), ice, water, clothing and other essential household items have been dispensed since Sunday...
Orange City Councilman Brad Childs had to laugh to keep from crying after Tropical Storm Harvey left his North Orange business just a little bit damp. So he snapped this photo and sent it along to us. No word which came first, the flooding or the sign....
