No one is willing to reveal what prompted the decision, but the Orange County Commissioners Court authorized Orange County Engineer Clark Slacum to begin looking for professional services providers... + continue reading
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When the deer season opened on the first Saturday in November, I thought that it would be a simple matter to take a deer. A buck maybe or a doe for sure. It really didn’t make me any difference because I had waited patiently for the whole month of October to pass so that I could have fresh venison. We had finished the last two vacuum packages of... + continue reading
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This house is not on fire! Water district smoke testing of new sewer lines is leaking out of the private property sewer connection under the lawn of this home. This leak needs to be fixed because raw sewage is leaking very near the adjacent room of this home.
Do you have a patch of grass that is always greener than the rest of your lawn in a street side yard of your home? Is there a section of your lawn that never dries up, its always wet and spongy? Is your toilet or bathtub constantly getting backed up whenever we have heavy rainfall? If you can answer yes to any of these questions, you might have a... + continue reading
The city of Vidor is known for country music, barbque festival, football and its’ heart. You can now add the Home of the USA Annual National Checkers Tournament to its’ resume. Vidorian Watson Franks has been working behind the scenes for sometime now in securing Vidor as the home for this prestigious tournament. The date will be July 20-21, 2018... + continue reading
,Cesar Ponce lays up two points for the Pirates in Tuesday night’s home win over the Buna Cougars. Ponce led the Pirates in scoring with 22 points.
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Devin Barnhart shoots over a Buna Cougar from three-point territory in Tuesday night’s 67-57 win at Pirate Gym.
Gavin Jarrell concentrates on making the shot Tuesday in the Pirates’ non-district win over the Buna Cougars.
The varsity Vidor Pirate basketball team defeated the Buna Cougars 66-56 in Pirate Gym Tuesday night in a nondistrict game.Leading 19-17 at the end of the first period, the Pirates began to pull ahead in the second to go up 34-27 at the half, but the Pirates hit the afterburners in the third period, outscoring the Cougars 15-4 to enter the fourth... + continue reading
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Lady Pirate Chriseline Quirante prepares to take a free throw in overtime versus the Beaumont West Brook Lady Bruins at the Orangefield Tournament Thursday.
Both the varsity Lady Pirates and Pirates opened tournament play Thursday with losses.The Lady Pirates are playing in the Orangefield Tournament and were defeated by Beaumont West Brook 59-53 in... + continue reading
,Cesar Ponce lays up two points for the Pirates in Tuesday night’s home win over the Buna Cougars. Ponce led the Pirates in scoring with 22 points.
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Devin Barnhart shoots over a Buna Cougar from three-point territory in Tuesday night’s 67-57 win at Pirate Gym.
Gavin Jarrell concentrates on making the shot Tuesday in the Pirates’ non-district win over the Buna Cougars.
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AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott on Dec. 1 issued the following statement on the Nov. 30 death of George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st president of the United States:"The state of Texas mourns with the... + continue reading
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The city of Vidor is known for country music, barbque festival, football and its’ heart. You can now add the Home of the USA Annual National Checkers Tournament to its’ resume. Vidorian Watson Franks... + continue reading
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The VHS band recently won two first division trophies at marching contests.
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Congratulations to the Vidor High School Career and Technology Education Students of the Month Hailee Broyles and Joseph Harris. Both students are leaders in their Career Tech class. Hailee is outstanding in her Teacher Prep program and Joseph in his Culinary program. Pictured at left are FCS Teacher Leslie Sparks, senior Hailee Broyles, and CTE Director Penny Singleton. CTE Director Penny Singleton, senior Joseph Harris and Tiffany Mathews, Culinary Teacher, are pictured at right.
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A Disney Day picture from VE: A. Coppage’s class: Gabryle Cooper, Makenli Colley, Blakly O’Dell, Aubrei Kondos, Allison Baker, and Cora Gravis.
