County Auditor refuses to pay Vidor contractor’s bill citing bidding irregularities

5 Years AgoJuly 22, 2020: The Vidor Independent School District has purchased the former Capital One Bank building to be used as the school district’s administration building for a purchase price of $950,000, “Our plan is to move the Vidor I.S.D.

Abbott: Flooding death toll now at 135

Gov. Greg Abbott said late last week that the statewide death toll from the catastrophic flooding in the Hill Country stands at 135, and the number of persons missing has dropped to three.

VIDOR’S PAST

Kerr County death toll tops 100, with 161 still missing

TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATIONSearch teams have recovered 103 bodies in Kerr County after the devastating July 4 floods along the Guadalupe River, with Gov. Greg Abbott saying at least 161 people were still unaccounted for.

Residents oppose annexation by City of Vidor with petition

5 YEARS AGOJuly 15, 2020: Time has almost run out for the City of Vidor to qualify for a $25 million dollar flood mitigation grant that would go a long way toward alleviating areas of neighborhood flooding.

"Fastest Human" broke records and all the rules

Marine Capt. Charles William Paddock, the first native Texan to win Olympic gold and the fastest thing on two feet during the Roaring Twenties, perished in an Alaska plane crash on Jul. 21, 1943.

Social Security Matters

By Russell Gloor, National Social Security Advisor at the AMAC Foundation, the non-profit arm of the Association of Mature American CitizensDear Rusty: I have a question. I now get a Railroad Pension from my ex-husband. I did not know it was from the Social Security Administration.

New 8,112-seat Pirate Stadium is on schedule to be ready for 1965 season

5 YEARS AGOJuly 8, 2020:FEMA disaster damage reimbursement funds, specifically, those funds approved for the demolition of the Tropical Storm Harvey flood damaged Vidor Middle School, have been awarded to the Vidor I.S.D. to tear down that school.

Death toll climbs in Hill Country flooding; legislators will investigate response to crisis

Gov. Greg Abbott said Sunday he’s l i k e l y t o instruct the Texas Legislature to investigate early warning systems and other governmental responses to July 4 flash flooding that killed at least 82 people in the Hill Country.Lawmakers are set to convene in Austin on July 21.

"Lady Bountiful" -- Saint, Sinner Or Both?

Lillian Knox, once the prime suspect in the staged suicide of her timber tycoon husband, was back in the news on Jul. 15, 1939 following her arrest in Los Angeles on warrants out of Dallas and Shreveport.