Looking Back 8/16/1966

END OF THE JOURNEY, was reached Monday at approximately 5:30 p.m. in Quiet Village near Vidor for this black bear, which bore tags of a Louisiana Wild Life Preserve in each ear. Estimated to weigh over 200 pounds and be at least 6 feet tall, the bear was hunted from noon until he was brought down.

Texans out for revenge in New Mexico

On Aug. 14, 1842, the secretary of war and marine gave a mysterious Missourian everything he wanted: a colonel’s commission, the money and authority to raise a mercenary force and his sealed orders. Now it was all up to Charles A. Warfield to take Texas’ revenge on New Mexico.

Texas Air Control Board warns city and county over open air burning at dump

10 Years ago August 4, 2011: Dempsey Wade Vercher, 34, of West Orange was arrested for murder in connetion with the strangulation death of 35 year old Cindy Lynne Tucker. Investigators report that he confessed to the cirme while being questioned as a person of interest.

The Texas Workforce Eight proposed amendments on November ballot

The order has been drawn for eight proposed amendments to the much-amended Texas Constitution that will appear on the Nov. 2 ballot. The proposed amendments were approved by at least two thirds of both houses of the state Legislature.

Looking Back 8/2/1966

EAGLE SCOUTS CONGRATULATED by W. E. Stone Jr., president of the Vidor Optimist Club, are Kent Marsh, left, and Billy Reynolds. The boys are members of Troop 20, which is sponsored by the Vidor Optimists. Vidorian Archive Photo

Ex-governor Connally stands trial

Former Texas governor John Connally appeared in a Washington, D.C. federal court on Aug. 9, 1974 and pled not guilty to the charge of accepting an illegal cash payment to boost the price of milk. Connally recovered from the near-fatal gunshot wound he suffered in Dallas on Nov.

Social Security Matters

Ask Rusty – I’m Terminal; What Are My Wife’s Options as My Survivor? Dear Rusty: I’m 60 and my wife is 62. I have terminal Stage IV prostate cancer, but my wife is in pretty good health. If I draw at 62 would that affect my wife’s survivor benefits? When should she start to withdraw?

County Judge, Attorney claim county owns all of Neches, Jefferson County none

10 Years ago July 28, 2011: Thirty year veteran Felix Eugene “Gene” Smith has been selected from among four finalists to be the new Director of the Orange County Veteran’s Services Office by a unanimous vote of the Orange County Commissioners Court.

Workforce commission announces job surge

The Texas Workforce Commission released June employment figures that showed Texas employers added nearly 56,000 jobs in June, while the unemployment rate dropped to 6.5%. “The Texas economy is booming,” Gov. Greg Abbott said in a statement.

Looking Back 7/18/1991

City, county and Chamber of Commerce officials help the owners of Magic Rental cut the grand opening ribbon Wednesday.