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Speaker open to resort-style casinos in stat

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Tuesday, January 17, 2023
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, told The Dallas Morning News and other media outlets that he is open to bringing resort-style casinos to Texas. But don’t expect to find slot machines in 7-Eleven stores if casino gambling is legalized.
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Famous explorer discovered

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Famous explorer discovered Texas by mistake

Texas History By Bartee Haile
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Believing he was anchored off the coast of present-day Alabama instead of Spanish Texas, French explorer La Salle went ashore on Jan. 20, 1685. Louis XIV of France rewarded Rene Robert Cavelier with the title of Sieur de la Salle for his history-making trip down the Mississippi River in 1682.
The Vidor Public Library held Itty Bitty Story Time on Tuesday, January 17, 2023. Library clerk Sarah Screws read “Pete the Cat’s Groovy Imagination.” Pete the Cat wants to go surfing, but he looks outside and it’s rainy, so he finds a big and Groovy box. He goes on an epic adventure to see where his imagination will take him. The children made water bead jars. Courtesy Photo

The Vidor Public Library held Itty Bitty Story Time on Tuesday, January 17, 2023. Library clerk Sarah Screws read “Pete the Cat’s Groovy Imagination.” Pete the Cat wants to go surfing, but he looks outside and it’s rainy, so he finds a big and Groovy box. He goes on an epic adventure to see where his imagination will take him. The children made water bead jars. Courtesy Photo

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Itty Bitty Story Time

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Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Pair arrested for heroin/fentanyl

Pair arrested for heroin/fentanyl

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Pair arrested for heroin/fentanyl distribution after complaints

Randall Luker
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
On Thursday, January 12, 2023, The Orange County Narcotics Division, with the assistance of the Orange County CID and Patrol Divisions, and the Vidor Police Department, executed a narcotics search and arrest warrant located at 790 W. Tram Road #52-A in Vidor.

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Vidor’s tax allocation drop unique in county

Randall Luker
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Vidor’s January sales tax allocation declined nearly three percent compared to January 2022, and marked the city as the only municipality in Orange County to record a decline for the month.
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Authorities seeking suspect in Vidor truck and trailer theft

Randall Luker
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
On Friday, January 13, 2023, about 9:40 p.m., Constable Matt Ortego was in the 1100 block of Orange Street when he observed a white Ford F350 , pulling a livestock trailer. Constable Ortego knew the vehicle and trailer belonged to a local resident.

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State Sales Tax Revenue Totaled $3.93 Billion in December

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Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today said state sales tax revenue totaled $3.93 billion in December, 10.5 percent more than in December 2021. The majority of December sales tax revenue is based on sales made in November and remitted to the agency in December.
What to expect in legislative session

What to expect in legislative session

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What to expect in legislative session

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Tuesday, January 10, 2023
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS The 2023 Texas legislative session opened Jan. 10, with property taxes, gun control and the power grid expected to be among the top issues on the agenda.
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Looking Back 1-7-1993

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Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Freshman choir members, left to right, Theresa Strother, Chris Haley, Jackie Woolwine and Lance Brunett make last minute adjustments to their baggage Thursday morning. Sixty-seven members of the choir are headed to Washington, D.C. 'The main reason we are going is to sing at the National Cathedral. 
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