By George GarzaWith the end of the Orange County Hurricane Harvey Storm Debris Collection Mission looming on August 25th, the Orange County Commissioners’ Court also decided that operations at... + continue reading
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By George GarzaThe Pine Forest City Council is considering chopping their city property tax rate for the coming fiscal year, and not just by a penny or two. One proposal calls for a nearly 31% reduction in that city’s property tax rate come January 1st.While a tax rate is not a done deal, yet, it appears, from listening to the public meeting... + continue reading
Randall LukerThe VidorianVidor City Council approved a proposed 5.57 percent property tax hike Thursday during their regular meeting.The current tax rate is .72400 per $100 of valuation. Upon the recommendation of the city’s Finance Director, the proposed rate of .76430 for the 2018-2019 budget year was approved with council member Kelly Carder... + continue reading
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Randall LukerThe VidorianAfter 35 years, a Vidor man was recently reunited with his birth mother in Denver, Colorado. Jake Sanders of Vidor hasn’t had an easy life, he was placed for adoption in the Dallas area, struggled with being bullied as a youngster and fought and survived childhood cancer. In spite of, or maybe because of his struggles,... + continue reading
Randall LukerThe Vidorian“I’m very pleased. In the first few days we had all our offense in,” said Vidor ISD Head Coach and Athletic Director Jeff Mathews. “Today (Friday), we had our best day by far, we had full pads and went at it. They flew around.Offensively, we’ve got a lot of players back. We’ve got Kelby (Odom) starting at fullback, Brad... + continue reading
Randall LukerThe VidorianThe Lady Pirate volleyball teams won two of three games against the East Chambers Lady Bucs Friday in Pirate Gym.The Lady Pirate Freshmen lost 19-25, 25-9, 22- 25 in their first game of the season and have a (0- 1) record. Following the freshmen, the junior varsity Lady Pirates defeated the Lady Bucs 25-19, 25-18 for a (1-... + continue reading
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By Randall LukerOff to their best start in at least seven years, Vidor’s Lady Pirate varsity volleyball team improved to 8-0 with wins over Kountze (25-14, 25-7) and Silsbee (25-17, 25-17, 25-13)... + continue reading
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By Ed StarlingAUSTIN — Some 80 percent of public school districts and charters earned the highest-possible preliminary financial accountability rating, according to figures released by the Texas... + continue reading
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Campers in Vidor ISD Community Education summer Robotics and Coding camp built Lego Mindstorm EV3 robots, coded their own video games/animations, then each used the 3d printer to create a pirate coin... + continue reading
