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The Orange County Commissioners proposed about a 7% increase in the proposed 2020 Orange County Tax rate last week. Although the Court publicly insists that they intend not to raise the 2020 tax rate above last year’s $0.54200 per $100 valuation, they claim that the proposed tax rate increase will not stand and is only being proposed in case unexpected, but vital new equipment acquisitions like the patrol car above pushes the final budget above the Voter Approval tax rate. Photo by George Garza

The Orange County Commissioners proposed about a 7% increase in the proposed 2020 Orange County Tax rate last week. Although the Court publicly insists that they intend not to raise the 2020 tax rate above last year’s $0.54200 per $100 valuation, they claim that the proposed tax rate increase will not stand and is only being proposed in case unexpected, but vital new equipment acquisitions like the patrol car above pushes the final budget above the Voter Approval tax rate. Photo by George Garza

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Proposed County tax rate is $0.58648 per $100 valuation

George Garza
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
The Orange County Commissioners’ Court set a proposed 2020-2021 Ad valorem property tax rate of $0.58648 per $100 valuation during their special court meeting held last week on Tuesday.
Thirty-one year-old Taylor Cozart of Vidor was sentenced to 100 months in a federal penitentiary recently during a sentencing hearing held in the Federal Courthouse in Beaumont. Photo Courtesy of Orange County Sheriff's Office

Thirty-one year-old Taylor Cozart of Vidor was sentenced to 100 months in a federal penitentiary recently during a sentencing hearing held in the Federal Courthouse in Beaumont. Photo Courtesy of Orange County Sheriff's Office

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Vidor motorcyclist sentenced for federal firearms violation

George Garza
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
A Vidor man who had the good luck of surviving a motorcycle crash last year, had his luck turn bad when he was sentenced to 100 months in a federal penitentiary for a firearms violation recently Taylor Graham Cozart, age 31, of Vidor, TX was sentenced for federal firearms violations in the Eastern...
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Looking Back 08/05/2010

News Staff
Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Vidorian Archive Photo New seventh grader Courtney Corley (r.) and her Aunt Kris Knight try to work out the combination lock on Courtney's assigned locker in the 7th grade wing of the Vidor Junior High School.

Armed robber pulls gun on clerk

George Garza
Tuesday, August 11, 2020
An unidentified man walked into a South Vidor convenience store and pulled a gun on the store clerk and demanded money late last Thursday night. The man made off with an undisclosed amount of money, but no one was hurt during the alleged criminal incident.

Fatal collision victim identified

George Garza
Tuesday, August 11, 2020
The unknown fatality victim of a late night automobile/pedestrian collision reported in the July 29, 2020 edition of The Vidor Vidorian has been identified as a Beaumont resident reported as missing by his family.
The Orange County Commissioners’ Court, seen here practicing social distancing back in April of this year, voted unanimously last week to invoke a special clause of Senate Bill 2 that will allow Orange County to file for special taxing unit status in order to bypass the new law’s three and a half percent property tax increase cap when the Court sets a proposed 2020-2021 tax rate this week.

The Orange County Commissioners’ Court, seen here practicing social distancing back in April of this year, voted unanimously last week to invoke a special clause of Senate Bill 2 that will allow Orange County to file for special taxing unit status in order to bypass the new law’s three and a half percent property tax increase cap when the Court sets a proposed 2020-2021 tax rate this week.

County invokes “special taxing unit” rule of new State Tax Code

George Garza
Tuesday, August 11, 2020
As the preliminary 2020-2021 Orange County proposed budget was being distributed to each of the Orange County Commissioners for their first look at next year’s proposed budget, the Commissioners’ Court was asked to consider directing that the voter-approval tax rate be calculated at 8% in the...
Although things are quiet today at this Vidor I.S.D. school, next week will be a busy week with the first day of traditional in-the-classroom school instruction starting on Wednesday, August 12, 2020. Every school will follow a COVID-19 mitigation plan and Coronavirus prevention measures will be instituted at every campus. Photo by George Garza

Although things are quiet today at this Vidor I.S.D. school, next week will be a busy week with the first day of traditional in-the-classroom school instruction starting on Wednesday, August 12, 2020. Every school will follow a COVID-19 mitigation plan and Coronavirus prevention measures will be instituted at every campus. Photo by George Garza

Vidor I.S.D. plans to mitigate COVID-19 on campuses

George Garza
Tuesday, August 11, 2020
As the Vidor I.S.D. schools prepare for students to return to their classrooms, teachers and staff are taking additional measures to insure that traditional inschool classroom instruction proceeds safely with COVID-19 prevention measures in place in every classroom in the school district.
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Looking Back 07/29/2010

News Staff
Thursday, July 30, 2020
Vidorian Archive Photo Aspiring chef, Shawn Singleton, won a national award from "Taste of Home" out of 2,000 entries for his recipe for sliders.
This property at 790 Butler Road is one of ten seized properties in Vidor, TX that are being auctioned by Orange County Sheriff Lane Mooney in an on-line tax sale public auction on the first Tuesday of August, starting at 10:00 a.m. on August 4, 2020. You can sign up to be a bidder in the on-line auction process by accessing the auction site at https://orange.texas.sheriffsaleauctions.com. Photo courtesy Orange County Tax Assessor/Collector

This property at 790 Butler Road is one of ten seized properties in Vidor, TX that are being auctioned by Orange County Sheriff Lane Mooney in an on-line tax sale public auction on the first Tuesday of August, starting at 10:00 a.m. on August 4, 2020. You can sign up to be a bidder in the on-line auction process by accessing the auction site at https://orange.texas.sheriffsaleauctions.com. Photo courtesy Orange County Tax Assessor/Collector

Pride and Progress distressed properties for sale

George Garza
Thursday, July 30, 2020
A total of more than three-and-a-half acres worth of distressed properties located in the City of Vidor that have been seized for delinquent taxes will be auctioned off at an online Sheriff’s Auction next week on Tuesday.
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