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2022 Stark Reading Contest County Finals Winners. From L-R: Shelby Eason - 2nd Place in Interpretive Reading, Triston Tinkle - 1st Place in Interpretive Reading, Ashley Callahan - 1st Place in Declamation, Sadie Prouse - 2nd Place in Declamation Courtesy Photo

2022 Stark Reading Contest County Finals Winners. From L-R: Shelby Eason - 2nd Place in Interpretive Reading, Triston Tinkle - 1st Place in Interpretive Reading, Ashley Callahan - 1st Place in Declamation, Sadie Prouse - 2nd Place in Declamation Courtesy Photo

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Congratulations to the 2022 Stark Reading Contest Winners

News Staff
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
The Board of Directors and administrative staff of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation congratulate the winners of the 2022 County Finals of the 118th Miriam Lutcher Stark Contest in Reading and Declamation.

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Pretty scary

News Staff
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Halloween is still about six months away but that isn’t stopping English Heritage, a British conservation group known as English Heritage, from attempting to break the record for the largest number of people wearing vampire costumes.
Mrs. Parker

Mrs. Parker

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Mrs. Parker

News Staff
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Mrs. Parker and Mrs. Jackson's 2nd grade classes picked up trash on the Vidor Elementary campus to celebrate Earth Day. Courtesy Photos VISD
Pine Forest Kelly Riley

Pine Forest Kelly Riley

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Kelly Riley Named Vidor ISD Substitute of the Month for April

News Staff
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Pine Forest substitute Kelly Riley was nominated by teacher Laurie Beard for the first-ever Substitute of the Month award. Riley is a longterm substitute for Pine Forest 4th grade ELA (English Language Arts) since October.
Early voting is underway in local school and municipal elections and will continue through May 3. Election Day is May 7. More than 500 ballots were cast on the first day of early voting Monday with 80 voters casting their ballot at the Raymond Gould Community Center on Claiborne St. Photo by Randall Luker

Early voting is underway in local school and municipal elections and will continue through May 3. Election Day is May 7. More than 500 ballots were cast on the first day of early voting Monday with 80 voters casting their ballot at the Raymond Gould Community Center on Claiborne St. Photo by Randall Luker

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Early voting in Constitutional Amendment, Vidor school board and municipal elections get underway

Randall Luker
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Early voting got underway Monday in several local elections with voters deciding local city and school elections as well as the statewide Texas Constitutional Amendment election. Orange County voters may cast their ballots at any of four early voting locations in the county.

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Three VHS students suspended after video surfaces

Randall Luker
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Three Vidor High School ninth-graders were suspended after a video surfaced of the trio walking in the school hallway repeating a racial slur. A three-day suspension is typical while facts are gathered before a disciplinary hearing is held that will determine the final punishment meted out.
Arrests, seizures made in Rose City game room raid

Arrests, seizures made in Rose City game room raid

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Arrests, seizures made in Rose City game room raid

Randall Luker
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
On Wednesday, April 20, 2022, Detectives with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division, with the assistance of Orange County Criminal Investigations Division, Patrol and K-9 Divisions, and Rose City Marshal’s Office, executed an evidentiary search warrant on the Gateway Travel Plaza in...

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A tall tale

News Staff
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Meet the Trapp family and congratulate them for making it into the Guinness Book of World Records.
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