By George GarzaIt may not be the most pressing question for residents struggling to recover from the ravages of Hurricane Harvey. But all of those debris piles in front of most of our readers’... + continue reading
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A motorcycle driver and his passenger have both died from injuries received when they were involved with a vehicle collision on Highway 12 near Mauriceville on Sunday afternoon.According to Sergeant Stephanie Davis of the Texas Department of Public Safety Beaumont District Office said, “The driver of the motorcycle, Cory Menard, age 25, of Buna,... + continue reading
Because of Hurricane Harvey and subsequent flooding and power outages The Vidorian newspapers has been unable to alert our readers about planned Orange County Public Tax Rate hearings that were previously scheduled for this week.There were two public hearings on the proposed Orange County Ad Valorem tax rate of $0.54400 per $100 valuation to be... + continue reading
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By George Garza With two Vidor I.S.D. school campuses suffering serious damages in the floods of Hurricane Harvey, school district administrators, principals and staff have been hard at work finding a “work-around” that will get Vidor kids back in school quickly. Both Oak Forest Elementary School and Vidor Middle School, whose combined... + continue reading
Temporary treatment solutions being planned By George Garza The Orange County Water Control & Improvement District #1 Wastewater Treatment Plant on Oak Lane in Vidor saw seven to nine feet of floodwater covering the entire facility. While the massive, six football fields sized AeroMod treatment structure was never breached by... + continue reading
Jody Crump, Orange County Precinct #4 Commissioner By George Garza With an estimated fifty-two inches of rain dumped on Orange County during Hurricane Harvey’s extended stay over Southeast Texas and then the subsequent record level flood crest of the Neches River put Orange County’s Precinct 4 as probably the most heavily damaged area of... + continue reading
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By Randall LukerAfter an almost two week layoff, the Vidor Pirates as well as the Hardin Jefferson Hawks looked a little rusty after the Harvey-induced interruption of the 2017 football season... + continue reading
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By Ed Sterling AUSTIN — As contaminated waters receded and mountains of debris from flooded homes and ruined belongings grew last week, a picture of post-hurricane Texas developed and the... + continue reading
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Three new VISD police officers were sworn in on Monday evening at the August 21st Board of Trustees meeting. VISD Chief of Police Wesley Ross introduced Landon Cargill (Vidor High School), Sheila... + continue reading
