5 years ago May 2, 2019 An alleged reckless driver was chased from Chambers County on I-10 nearly all the way to Orange, and might have gone further if experienced Vidor Police Officers hadn’t risked their lives to slow the driver down. A burglary suspect or suspects probably used some type of heavy object to throw at the front glass window of the Family Dollar Store in the 100 block of West Bolivar, in order to break into the merchant’s place of business on Monday night or Tuesday morning.

April 29, 1969 AN INFERNO OF DESTRUCTION caused an estimated loss of $150,000 to Mac’s Auto Supply, 1100 N. Main in a conflagration which broke out at approximately 6:30 a.m.

AUSTIN— The growth of industrial-scale users of power could strain the Texas power grid, ERCOT’s chief announced last week. The Dallas Morning News reported Pablo Vegas, the agency’s CEO, said bitcoin miners and artificial intelligence data centers going in across the state, as well as industrial growth in the Permian Basin, could create the need for a massive buildup of power transmission lines in the future.

“Hippo” Vaughn cursed his rotten luck on May 2, 1917, after losing the only double no-hitter in major league history. James Leslie Vaughn grew up in Weatherford, the Texas town west of Fort Worth where he was born in 1888.

Early voting began Monday, April 22 for municipal, school board and various bond elections. It ends on April 30 with Saturday, May 4 being election day. What is on the ballot depends on where you live.

April 29, 1969 NAMED MOST OUTSTANDING VICA Chapter in Texas was the Vidor VICA-71, Cosmetology, whose advisor is Mrs. Gracie Parker.

April 25, 2019: An 11-year old Vidor boy died as a result of injuries received in a multi-vehicle collision at the intersection of FM 105 North and Lakeview Cutoff Road. The Orange County Airport is hosting a “Fly-In” over the weekend featuring modern planes as well as some WW II aircraft belonging to the Commerative Air Force.

Martin Dies, fire-breathing founder of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), came out of retirement on Apr. 26, 1952 to run for Texas’ new at-large congressional seat.

5 years ago April 18, 2019: A Houston man was killed and another man was seriously injured when a dump truck possibly had a blowout and struck a flatbed truck before hitting the median, overturning and catching fire. All lanes of the Interstate were shut down.

AUSTIN— Colorado State University researchers are calling this year’s hurricane season forecast “the most aggressive” ever, the Texas Standard reported. They say there is a 54% chance a hurricane will strike the Texas coast, and a 25% chance it will be major.