News

“Be Safe. Drive Smart” safety initiative encourages precautions when driving around trucks

To The Leader  AUSTIN – TxDOT is reminding all drivers to take extra precautions when driving around trucks. Thousands…

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Fish Dinner Fundraiser

Gate City Guild #42 is selling Fish dinners as a fundraiser, on Saturday, January 30, from 9 a.m.…

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COVID-19 increases number of Texas children going hungry

By Roz Brown Texas News Service AUSTIN, Texas — More than two million children are suffering from food…

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KOCB receives grant to help plant more trees in county

To The Leader Keep Orange County Beautiful received an HEB Green Bag Grant through Keep Texas Beautiful. Solvay…

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Remembering Livings and Grandigo

Family and friends gathered for a balloon release on Wednesday to remember a couple killed in Orange double…

Lifestyle

And Now You Know: Texas Creosote Plant: The beginning and the operation

(Editor’s note: This is part one of a two-part series.) In the early 1920s, a group of Orange…

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Two dead, one injured in shooting

PRESS RELEASE – On Friday, January 29, 2021 at approximately 10:58 a.m., the Orange County Sheriff’s Office received…

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Senate begins redistricting hearings as federal count delays increase

By Richard Lee In the middle of the first week of public regional hearings on new political maps,…

Education

Sam Houston State University Announces Fall 2020 Dean’s List

To The Leader HUNTSVILLE, Texas – The students listed on the Dean’s List of Academic Honors at Sam…

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Filed for May Election 1.29.21 update

City of Orange Mayor Larry Spears Jr. *   Council Member Place 1 David C. Bailey   City…