Balinese room star attraction of wide-open island

Backed by a new crime-fighting attorney general, who campaigned on a pledge to clean up Galveston, the Texas Rangers finally got their wish and padlocked the Balinese Room on May 30, 1957.

Looking Back 5/17/2001

Third graders at Pine Forest Elementary finished up a unit on the Life Cycle of Butterflies with a butterfly release. The children observed first hand each step of the cycle from the caterpillar stage to the adult butterfly.

Dairy Queen to be second business to locate in proposed shopping center

10 Years ago May 19, 2011: The Vidor ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously to hold salaries for teachers, counselors, librarians, school nurses and speech therapists at the same rate of pay as those professionals received during the current school year.

Deaths of unbuckled Texans spike

The number of traffic accidents decreased in 2020, but the number of Texans killed while not wearing a seat belt increased by 16%, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. In 2020, 1,073 fatalities were attributed to not wearing seat belts, up from 926 fatalities in 2019.

Looking Back 5/11/1961

The Future Nurse's Club at Vidor High School recently presented Mrs. J.J. Real, Service Chairman of the Vidor Unit of the American Cancer Society, special dressings that the members made to be distributed to the patients with cancer.

Vidor seeks injunction to prevent annexation of Wexford Park

10 Years ago May 12, 2011: A wildfire in the woods beyond the end of Camillia Street in Rose City had OCESD#1 firefighters and Texas Forest Service firefighters working through the night on Wednesday morning to control the woods and grass fire south of Old Highway 90 and north of the Union Pacific...

‘Constitutional carry’ bill close to becoming law

It is a near certainty that Texans will be allowed to carry handguns without a license in the near future as House Bill 1927 passed both chambers and heads to a conference committee to hash out amendments added in the Senate version. Gov.

My five cents…

At the end of this week, we"ll only have three weeks left in this year and legislative session. These last three weeks are some of the most intense weeks, with long hours and lots of bills to read. A number of deadlines begin to crop up during this time.

Looking Back 5/1/1996

The regional, state and national champion Lady Pirates are: front row, left to right, Audrey Maas, Michelle Smith, Angle Long, Julie Odom, Kristy Odom, Joni Sanford, Tamara West; middle row, Krisha Sanders, Heather Monkhouse, Jeri Skiles, Missy Tupper, Laura Lee Smith, Linsay Roberts, Samara...

VHS graduate Tracy Byrd attracting national attention

10 Years ago May 5, 2011: Vidor native Joseph Lyle Taylor is starring in the F/X Network’s drama series Justified. Orange County Sheriff’s Office Marine Division should be the proud owner of a brand new 25 foot ‘Defender Class’ patrol boat with funding from a Port Security grant of $370,000.