Jun 17 2016
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS A number of prospective Port Isabel High varsity football players are working hard as they play a summertime version of football known as 7-on-7. It’s a touch version of the game played without helmets or pads, and every play is a pass. The guys played another double-header this …
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Jun 17 2016
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Summer league girls’ basketball has come to an end, unofficially at least and as far as any regular schedule of games involving Port Isabel high school players is concerned. This week the Press talked with Port Isabel High girls’ basketball coach Blake Ramsey who reported that the team …
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Jun 17 2016
By STEVE HATHCOCK Special to the PRESS The small Mexican town of Bagdad, located across the border at the mouth of the Rio Grande, would assume its place in history and sustain the Southern cause throughout the Civil war. The Union did not desire a war with Mexico and was bound by treaties to allow shipping …
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Jun 10 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The ominous rain clouds which glided above the Queen Isabella Memorial Causeway couldn’t keep the throngs away for the Second Annual Summer Longest Causeway Run Saturday morning. And indeed, even Mother Nature herself seemed interested in the race, as the rain drops remained at bay until all but …
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Jun 10 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A Houston man is facing multiple charges after escaping police custody early Sunday morning and leading authorities on a pursuit that spanned several counties. Adam Joseph Elliot, 36, faces two counts of assault on a peace officer, one count of aggravated assault on a peace officer, attempting to …
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Jun 10 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A virtual wildfire ignited across social media Monday, eventually spreading to media outlets across the country after an open letter lambasting Donald Trump went viral. The letter was penned by the Valley’s own Filemon Vela, the democratic congressman of Texas’ 34th District. In the letter, which was sent …
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Jun 10 2016
By ABBEY KUNKLE Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island City Council had a busy start to the month, meeting for a budget review, strategic planning session, and their regularly scheduled meeting. One of the more popular items up for discussion during their meeting was the consideration to file a motion to intervene on …
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Jun 10 2016
Multiple agencies stage mock hurricane exercise By PETE BANDA Special to the PRESS reporter@sbnewspaper.com In what was billed as the first exercise of its kind ever performed in the state of Texas and the largest in the nation, Cameron County officials held their Rio Grande Valley Air Evacuation Full Scale Hurricane Exercise this Wednesday and Thursday. The …
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Jun 10 2016
By PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS The Point Isabel School District Board of Trustees met last Thursday for a special meeting, the purpose of which was two-fold: to discuss and vote on time-sensitive issues regarding insurance for the District, as well as to begin the first of many workshops to be held over the …
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Jun 10 2016
LNG oppositition group discusses proposed pipeline By PETE BANDA Special to the PRESS reporter@sbnewspaper.com As things continue to move forward in regards to the efforts by three Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) companies to construct LNG export terminals along the Port of Brownsville, so too, have efforts to oppose the projects. Most recently, Rio Grande LNG has begun …
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