Nov 27 2024
Special to the PRESS On Nov. 18, 2024, Cameron County Sheriff’s Deputies made contact with SpaceX security, who advised them of a male subject who had entered one of their buildings not open to the public. The trespasser was identified as 59- year-old Frank Buhram. Sheriff’s Deputies observed Buhram on surveillance footage walking and looking …
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Nov 21 2024
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS On Friday, Nov. 15, the (8-2) Port Isabel Tarpons met up with the (5-5) Ingleside Mustangs in a Bi-District showdown in Falfurrias, Texas. Interestingly, the teams have only met four times prior to this year’s matchup with the series tied at 2-2. The fans that made it …
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Nov 21 2024
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com SpaceX launched the Starship for the sixth time on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. The City of Brownsville reported that United States Presidential Elect Donald Trump’s plane touched down at the Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport Tuesday afternoon, in anticipation of the test flight, which he witnessed from Starbase alongside SpaceX CEO …
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Nov 21 2024
By ARABELLA SERRATA Special to the PRESS Beloved local restaurant Chilitto Pikin Two has shut its doors after ten years, following the owners’, Maria Elena Jimenez and Edel Hernandes, decision to step away from the restaurant. The restaurant opened its doors in 2014 and was family-owned and operated. It was initially known as Bubbas, located …
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Nov 21 2024
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS On Wednesday, Nov. 13, the Port Isabel Tarpons Varsity Football Team updated their accomplishment board with the year “24” on the “District Champions,” list leaving their mark in Port Isabel’s long-storied football history. The Tarpons have attained a share or the outright district crown for many years …
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Nov 15 2024
By ARABELLA SERRATA Special to the PRESS SpaceX will have its sixth Starship launch on Nov. 18 at 4 p.m., according to their official website. This event follows the successful launch on Oct. 13, which was especially notable for furthering the company’s goal of reusable launch systems. “On the first attempt, the Super Heavy booster …
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Nov 15 2024
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A deceased body was pulled out of the Laguna Madre Bay near Queen Isabella Point at around 4 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1. The Texas Game Wardens first received reports of a missing man on Thursday, Oct. 31. Witnesses said they saw the man enter the water near Queen Isabella Point …
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Nov 15 2024
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A status conference has been scheduled for Nov. 21, 2024, regarding the wrongful death case of Mariah Desiree Enriquez. Enriquez, 20, was celebrating her graduation on the night of June 2, 2024, when Hugo Lara of Hidalgo County was allegedly drunk driving westbound in the eastbound lane of the Queen Isabella …
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Nov 15 2024
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com According to Port Isabel Police Chief Robert Lopez, on Saturday, Nov. 9, a Laguna Vista Police Officer advised the Port Isabel Police Department [PIPD] that a white vehicle was traveling east on State Highway 100. According to Lopez, radar clocked the vehicle moving at a speed higher than 100 miles per …
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Nov 15 2024
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Current Port Isabel-San Benito Navigation District employee, Port Isabel native and former Tarpon linebacker, Robert Maldonado, 24, began training in mixed martial arts [MMA] a year ago. Since then, he has won two out of his three fights with Texas Clash and the Texas Fight League [TFL]. According to Maldonado, he’s …
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