May 23 2013
By SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Point Isabel Independent School District (PIISD) Board on Tuesday approved a five percent general pay increase for teachers and a five percent from midpoint raise for administrative, professional, clerical and paraprofessional employees and auxiliary personnel. “It’s the first general pay increase in three years,” said superintendent Dr. Lisa …
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May 23 2013
By CHRISTINA R. GARZA Staff Writer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com A man is behind bars for allegedly kidnapping and raping a local woman. On May 16, South Padre Island police officer Manuel Ochoa responded to a call to a convenience store on the 2900 block of Padre Boulevard, where a woman with bodily injuries alleged that a William …
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May 23 2013
By AARIN HARTWELL Special to the PRESS Parking issues on the Island dominated the City Council meeting last Wednesday, March 15, at City Hall on South Padre Island. Discussion of the city’s convention center renovation and expansion and proposed seasonal parking permit brought many spectators to the audience of the meeting. Business owners and members …
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May 23 2013
By CHRISTINA R. GARZA Staff Writer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com Yolanda Marin, wife of alleged domestic terrorist Luis Garcia Marin insists he is innocent of the charges. The Port Isabel-South Padre Press reported online that Garcia Marin was charged with making terroristic threats after reporting a suspicious looking package to Fire Marshall Rodrigo Garcia on Wednesday, April 24. …
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May 23 2013
PRESS Staff Report The Port Isabel-South Padre Press has hired award-winning journalist Sasha Heller to serve as the paper’s managing editor. The Atlanta native joins the staff after working as the reporter at The Pampa News, a daily in the Panhandle. Heller has also worked as a news editor for The Enterprise-Tocsin in Indianola, Miss.; …
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May 17 2013
By CHRISTINA R. GARZA Staff Writer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com Authorities here have arrested a man whom they believe was at the center of an apparent bomb threat that caused panic in the community and temporarily shut-down a popular shopping center in Port Isabel in late April. On Friday, May 10, authorities arrested Luis Garcia Marin, partly based …
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May 17 2013
Special to the PRESS Port Isabel resident Billy Joe Jeffers pleaded guilty Thursday to possession with intent to promote child pornography. Judge Rolando Olvera of the 445th state District Court sentenced Jeffers to eight years in prison. Jeffers, 53, was arrested in November after FBI special agents found several images and videos of child pornography …
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May 17 2013
Special to the PRESS City of Port Isabel officials and local residents will meet with representatives from Smart Growth America on May 21 and 22, 2013 as part of a free, grant-funded technical assistance program. The workshop will aim to give Port Isabel the tools it needs to leverage community assets and create a sustainable …
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May 16 2013
Special to the Parade The turtles have begun their 2013 nesting season on South Padre Island, and Sea Turtle Inc. organizers are hoping for another record breaking year. To mark the start of the nesting season, the public is asked to join in this year’s Turtle Days “Shellabration.” The Annual Lighting of the Tiki Torches …
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May 16 2013
By RAY QUIROGA Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com Despite spending a good amount of time with state champ Daniella Lynn Murchison for this story, it was still hard to determine if the gravity of what she has accomplished last weekend had sunk in yet or if the young Ms. Murchison was just that laidback and …
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