Jan 12 2023
By ALEXANDREA BAILEY editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com On Dec. 20, 2022, police responded to a residence on Michigan Street. According to the police report, they were responding to an animal attack. The report states that Tosha Varela “had lacerations on her face and hand” after she “had gotten bit by a canine.” It continues to say that Varela …
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Jan 12 2023
By Alexandrea Bailey I have no doubt each individual audience member left El Paseo Art’s Foundation’s staged reading of Tuesdays with Morrie at the South Padre Island Convention Center this week, at least a little bit changed, if not completely. Before I continue this column, I feel it should be noted that I have not …
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Jan 12 2023
By Steve Hathcock South Texas has its own private, unidentified flying object — a huge, winged creature that glides silently through the streets at night, terrifying citizens, and police. For want of a better name, residents are calling it “Big Bird.” Rumors of the bird, described as having a wingspan the length of an automobile, …
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Jan 12 2023
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons hosted the La Grulla Gators this past Friday, Jan. 13, in a district matchup. The Tarpons entered the game on a nine-game winning streak, including a 2-0 district record. The Tarpons flexed their muscles early and often as they dominated the Gators …
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Jan 05 2023
By KREIG KOHL Special to the PRESS Jan. 31 is scheduled to see the test launch of not only the Super Heavy Booster 7 at Starbase, Texas but also SpaceX’s Starship S24. The test is planned to be an orbital flight which will ensure the booster can lift the vehicle as well as make sure …
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Jan 05 2023
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons resumed district play this Tuesday as they traveled to Raymondville to take on the Bearkats. Prior to the holiday break, the Tarpons beat Zapata at home 73-43. Meanwhile, Raymondville was coming off playing in a late Dec. tournament where they finished 3-1. The …
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Jan 05 2023
By Steve Hathcock Washington, Dec. 30.- Although the Revolutionary War ended 111 years ago, 20 widows of that war still survive and draw pensions. Most of them evidently married their husbands on the verge of the grave in order to get pensions due to them as widows. The two oldest of these are only 100. …
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Jan 05 2023
By Rene Torres King James of Scotland complained that golf was keeping his archers from their practice so he issued a ban on golf in 1457. The reverse happened in Brownsville in the 1930s as the who’s who of Brownsville were dashing to the golf course to take lessons. It all happened during the Great …
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Jan 05 2023
By AMBER JONES Special to the PRESS One of the last things someone wants to see while driving is those unmistakable red and blue lights lighting up their rearview mirror, especially during the holiday season. The anxiety of not knowing if one is going to get a ticket is never a fun feeling. However, thanks …
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Jan 05 2023
By Alexandrea Bailey editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Alexa Ray McGarraugh, 27, was born and raised in Laguna Vista Texas. She lived in the same home on Orange Lane, for the entire first 18 years of her life, before she left for university. In that home, with a bin of vintage film photographs, she began a life-long journey with …
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