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Concord residence fire Thursday

OCESD#1 Fire Chief Robert L. Smith reports that Thursday OCESD#1, assisted by OCESD#2 and OCESD#4 battled a residential fire on Concord.“On June 26, 2025, at approximately 11:35PM, OCESD#1 was called for service due to a structure fire in the 600 block of Concord.
Ned Reese

Ned Reese

Orange County Sheriff's Office

ORANGE, TX — On Wednesday, June 18, 2025, deputies with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office served an arrest warrant on Ned Reese, a 64-year-old resident of Orange, Texas. Mr. Reese was taken into custody and is charged with Interference with a Public Servant, a Class B Misdemeanor.
The Vidor Public Library Summer Reading guest for Wednesday, June 25, 2025, was Greg Busceme, Sr. with the Art Studio Inc. The Art Studio was founded in late 1983 in downtown Beaumont, Texas. The present location is at 720 Franklin St. He taught the students about clay and making pinch pots, and they created their own masterpieces. Greg encouraged the audience in art and using their own creativity. The pieces will be fired in the kiln and returned to the students.

The Vidor Public Library Summer Reading guest for Wednesday, June 25, 2025, was Greg Busceme, Sr. with the Art Studio Inc. The Art Studio was founded in late 1983 in downtown Beaumont, Texas. The present location is at 720 Franklin St. He taught the students about clay and making pinch pots, and they created their own masterpieces. Greg encouraged the audience in art and using their own creativity. The pieces will be fired in the kiln and returned to the students.

Texans Boycott Calhoun’s Convention

Texans Boycott Calhoun’s Convention

Texans Boycott Calhoun’s Convention

Handicapped by a poor turnout and the absence of its sponsor, the long awaited Nashville Convention convened under a cloud on Jun. 30, 1850.The unprecedented get-together was the pet project of John C. Calhoun, the largerthan- life colossus who had dominated Dixie politics for decades.

Two arrested after firing gun in Orange

On Friday, June 20, 2025, at approximately 12:36 A.M., officers with the City of Orange Police Department received radio traffic reporting that a firearm had been discharged from a vehicle near Simmons Drive.