Aug 15 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A man accused of kidnapping and murdering a McAllen woman is facing a capital murder charge after being arrested on South Padre Island. Richard Ford, 40, of McAllen, is being charged with aggravated kidnapping/sexual abuse and murder of his ex-wife, 37-year-old Melissa Banda. Ford is being held on a total $4.5 …
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Aug 15 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Jimmy Vela, Point Isabel Independent School District’s (PI-ISD)school board president, will represent Port Isabel in a statewide school board member program, the first to do so from the district. Vela was accepted into the Leadership TASB (Texas Association of School Boards) program last week, the only school board member from Region …
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Aug 15 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Cameron County students cannot physically return to school until late September, a new order from Cameron County states. Cameron County Judge Eddie Treviño, Jr. and Cameron County Health Authority Dr. James Castillo ordered delaying in-person classroom instruction until after Monday, Sept. 28, citing rising COVID-19 cases in the county. Previously, Treviño …
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Aug 15 2020
STAFF REPORT Cameron County officials on Monday announced their extension of emergency management orders until September 28. The order enforces a shelter-in-place, mandatory facial coverings, curfews, limitations on gatherings, and beach closures. Cameron County Judge Eddie Trevino Jr. and Cameron County Health Authority Dr. James Castillo also issued an order delaying in-person instruction by private …
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Aug 15 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com As of this past week, a five-foot sea turtle will greet your visit to South Padre Island’s Multimodal Facility. The sea turtle sculpture, painted by Christina Salazar, is the second of seven sea turtle sculptures for the city of South Padre Island’s Sea Turtle Art …
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Aug 07 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A classroom inside of Port Isabel High School (PIHS) is going to get a new, medical look, thanks to a grant from the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). Point Isabel Independent School District (PI-ISD) was one of 41 school districts and universities to receive a Jobs and Education for Texans Grant Program …
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Aug 07 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com After Hurricane Hanna swept through the Rio Grande Valley, countless people throughout the area found themselves needing help, some of whom have had their homes destroyed by floodwater. On July 26, a group of around ten RGV organizers started a crowdfunding campaign, the RGV Mutual Aid Fund, in an attempt to …
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Aug 07 2020
By David Lopez & Gaige Davila editor@sbnewspaper.com editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com They are everywhere. Following Hurricane Hanna’s heavy rains that resulted in widespread flooding across the Rio Grande Valley, residents of Cameron County are now experiencing the inevitable pesky after-effects of the rain: mosquitoes. Cameron County Emergency Management Operations Chief Juan Martinez said that the county began mosquito …
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Aug 07 2020
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com When the school year begins for Point Isabel ISD students this year, routines will be the same, even if they’re not in a classroom. PI-ISD Superintendent Theresa Capistran told the PRESS that PI-ISD students, when they return to school remotely on August 24, will have a schedule like they did on …
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Aug 07 2020
Staff report Juan Manuel “Meme” Ochoa, a former South Padre Island Police Department (SPIPD) officer, has died from COVID-19 at 57-years-old, South Padre Island Mayor Patrick McNulty said on Facebook. Ochoa died at Valley Baptist Hospital in Harlingen on July 30, according to SPIPD. Several Laguna Madre area residents took to Facebook to post their …
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