Police Blotter

Editor’s Note: The South Padre Island Police Blotter is compiled by Steve Hathcock. 22.01 FV ASSAULT WITH PREVIOUS CONVICTION (F/3): On Dec. 18, 2022, at approximately 02:38 hours, officers were dispatched to 132 East Gardenia (Gulf Coast Condominiums) in reference to a disturbance in progress. A family violence assault report was taken as the actor …

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Jan. 3, marked last day to receive a 1% discount on 2022 property taxes

Special to the PRESS Cameron County Tax Assessor-Collector, Antonio “Tony” Yzaguirre urges taxpayers once again to take advantage of tax discounts available to property owners who pay their taxes early. Payments made in the month of Dec. will receive a 1% discount only for the districts that offer those discounts. There are no discounts for …

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Tommy’s Pelican, Part One

Editor’s Note: The following is the first part of a two-part short story by Terry Larson, that will continue in next week’s edition of the Press. It was so fun, flying out of the airport that morning. Tommy’s parents were nervous as usual (when they go on vacation) but this was the longest vacation he …

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Moments in Time

Compiled by Steve Hathcock Padre Pavilion Construction to Start This Week Construction of a recreation pavilion on South Padre Island to accommodate 1000 persons at one time is expected to get underway this week. The green light for construction was officially given by the county commissioners’ court last week when a contract to build the …

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General’s leg is in Ill., Texans ask why?

By Rene Torres Did you know that one of Mexican general Santa Anna’s artificial legs was used as a baseball bat? He had two: one that was elaborately constructed, and another, a simple peg leg. The tale goes that while the Mexican army was engaged in battle against the United States in 1847, his artificial …

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Knee-jerk reactions result in plant damage

            It’s Friday, Dec. 23, and I’m not working today as it is 28 degrees with strong winds that seem to blow right through you.  I did get out and drive through the neighborhood to check out how the plants and trees were holding up with the high winds and …

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Tarpons awarded All-District Honors

By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS The 2022 Port Isabel Tarpons football team had a good season as they finished the year with a 9-3 record, including one playoff win. For their efforts on the field, the following Port Isabel football players earned 16-4A (Div. 2) All-District honors. Earning Co-Offensive MVP honors was …

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Girls basketball team competes in Lyford tourney

By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS This past Thursday, Dec. 8, the Port Isabel Lady Tarpons participated in the 16-team Lyford Tournament. The tournament consisted of the following schools: Port Isabel, Harvest Christian, Rio Hondo, Edinburg North, Lyford, Santa Rosa, La Feria, Edinburg Economedes IDEA Riverview, La Villa, IDEA Frontier, Harlingen JV, Santa …

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Port Isabel wins Bronze Bracket

By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS This past Thursday, Dec. 8, the Port Isabel Tarpons participated in the C.E. Vail Tournament held in La Feria. The Tarpons got off to a good start in the three-day tourney with a big 79-31 win over IDEA Weslaco Pike in game one. PI’s Christian Smith was …

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Moments in Time

CAUSEWAY WORK TO START JAN. 1 Work on the Causeway, to connect with Padre Island, starting at a point near Flour Bluff, 12 miles below Corpus Christi, and terminating near the ranch House of Pat. F. Dunn, on Padre Island, will be started January 1st, according to a telegram received this morning from Colonel Sam …

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