Vidor City Council heard both good and bad news during their regular meeting Thursday at Vidor City Hall.First, the Vidor Chamber of Commerce presented their quarterly report to council members.“I... + continue reading
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The “Green Shirts” of World Renew, an international faith based disaster relief and community development volunteer organization, are coming to Vidor, TX and they are looking to speak directly with both Harvey and Imelda flood victims who are stalled in their flood recovery.Are you still living in a gutted out home with the bottoms of sheetrock... + continue reading
Late season deer in Newton County always retreat to a dense thicket where there is no human traffic. The rut is basically over and there is no reason for bucks or any deer for that matter to be roaming around. If there is ample food and water there is no reason to wander. By late December human pressure dictates hiding out. Unless something moves... + continue reading
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This is not a freshly waxed corridor. These floors at the A.I.M. Center are covered with about a half-inch of standing Imelda floodwater on the Friday after the storm last September. Yes, the water is standing from baseboard to baseboard in this A.I.M. Center hallway and was probably deeper during the height of the flood.
Photo Id--AIM Center Flood water.JPG--in news macCut line--This is not a freshly waxed corridor. These floors at the A.I.M. Center are covered with about a half-inch of standing Imelda floodwater on the Friday after the storm last September. Yes, the water is standing from baseboard to baseboard in this A.I.M. Center hallway and was probably... + continue reading
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An accidental fire of yet to be determined origin has taken the home of eight people in North Vidor. According to Orange County Emergency Services District #1 Fire Chief Robert Smith the blaze originated in the modified attic of a single story wood frame house on Sunday, Decem-It took firefighters more than two hours to completely douse the flames... + continue reading
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More than 2,200 homes, businesses, schools, churches and other structures were inundated with floodwaters during Tropical Storm Imelda on September 19, 2019. More than thirty inches of rain over two days fell on Orange County during this unexpected deluge.
This year, instead of bringing you a summary of the stories of the year, we present instead a reminder of THE story of the year, Tropical Storm Imelda.On Tuesday, September 17 a low pressure system moving across the Gulf of Mexico organize into a tropical depression just off the coast of east Texas. The tropical depression began to move onshore... + continue reading
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Fishing and Hunting Southeast Texas By Capt. Bill Watkins
Way back around February of this year my brother-in-law, Ron Killam called me out of the blue and asked if we might find a spot for him on our deer lease in Newton County. Ron had never hunted in all... + continue reading
,Fishing and Hunting Southeast Texas By Capt. Bill Watkins
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10 years agoJanuary 14, 2010: The fifth phase of IH-10 reconstruction in Orange County will begin later this year when the section between Highway 62 and Adams Bayou. GOP gubernatorial candidate and... + continue reading
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Vidor Rotary Club President Gayle Nagai presented Captain Aleta Cappen with a check for $500 from Vidor Rotary Club for the purchase of new toys for Blue Santa.
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Cpt. Rodney Johnson of the Vidor Police Department sits with gifts of toys for Blue Santa. The toys were donated by Vidor Rotary Club members.
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Vidor Rotary Club President Gayle Nagai presented a check for $1000 to Pastor David Barton of First United Methodist Church. The funds, provided by the Rotary Club of New Braunfels, will be utilized to repair the floors at FUMC damaged in Imelda. The church is widely used by the community for not only Rotary meetings, but Mothers Day Out, TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), Boy Scout Troop 220, Al Anon, and other organizations.
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Guest speaker on November 4 at Vidor Rotary Club was Cass Faycus of the Matityahu Ministries. Vidor Rotary Club meets two Mondays a month at noon at First United Methodist Church.
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October Students of the Month were Danrui Zhao, Thomas Brown, Haley Nelson and Natalie Richards.
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Vidor Rotary Club September Students of the Month were Jordan Browning, Torey Woodside, Reese Bonin and not pictured, Javen Holden.
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