Sep 25 2020
Suspect apprehended, charged with murder By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A Port Isabel resident has been charged with first degree murder after allegedly shooting a man. Guadalupe Roman Fonseca Garcia was arraigned in Port Isabel Municipal Court last Wednesday. Judge Luis Hernandez set Garcia’s bond at $500,000. The bond amount was recommended by the state because …
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Sep 25 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Some students within the Point Isabel Independent School (PI-ISD) district returned to school this past Monday, after attending classes online since late August. PI-ISD, along with every district across the state, reopened their campus to in-person instruction as required by the Texas Education Agency (TEA). The TEA required Texas school districts …
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Sep 25 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com South Padre Island’s skyline is closer to changing on the north end, if the city successfully annexes a portion of beach currently within Cameron County. South Padre Island City Council members voted to sign a letter of intent to annex the property for the Playa del Rey development, a …
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Sep 25 2020
By DAVID LOPEZ editor@sbnewspaper.com Although overall cases and hospitalizations from COVID-19 are seeing a steady decline across Cameron County, officials warn the public against complacency. Cameron County Judge Eddie Trevino and other health officials held a press conference last Friday, September 18, updating residents on COVID-19, the storm on the Gulf of Mexico, the return …
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Sep 25 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com After some heavy rainfall and churning tides from Hurricane Beta, South Padre Island became inundated with flood water and severe beach erosion. A Coastal Flood Advisory issued by the National Weather Service lasted until Sept. 24, as high tides swallowed the road leading to county beach accesses and pooled on the …
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Sep 24 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Real Time Fitness & Juice Bar, on 134 South Shore Dr. in Port Isabel, received some much needed financial help last week. As part of their “Salute to Small Business” giveaway campaign, Fred Loya Insurance gave $5,000 to the gym on Sept. 21. Real Time Fitness & Juice Bar is the …
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Sep 22 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Port Isabel Police Department (PIPD) has arrested the lone suspect in a fatal shooting at a trailer park in Port Isabel. Guadalupe Roman Fonseca Garcia was arrested around 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday in the Beacon Bay Town Homes neighborhood for allegedly shooting Ernesto Toral Norton, according to PIPD Chief Robert Lopez. …
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Sep 19 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The City of Port Isabel hosted this year’s memorial ceremony for the 19th anniversary of the Queen Isabella Causeway Collapse, the morning after a bomb threat closed the bridge for more than eight hours. City leaders both South Padre Island and Port Isabel, some of them having spent the entire night …
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Sep 19 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A man has been charged with first degree aggravated assault after allegedly stabbing his wife at Wingstop in Port Isabel. Port Isabel Police Chief Robert Lopez told the PRESS that Abner Daniel Cruz Garcia was arrested around 7 p.m. on Sept. 13 after turning himself in to South Padre Island Police …
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Sep 19 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The future of the Gwen Bowl, a pool-style skatepark in Laguna Vista on Broadway Boulevard, could depend on Laguna Vista’s Oct. 8 town council meeting. Rob Nixon, chairman of the South Texas chapter of the Surfrider Foundation, drafted a proposal asking the Town of Laguna Vista to enter into “negotiations” with …
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January 24, 2020
January 24, 2020
