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Two men drown at area beaches

BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Two visitors died while swimming around Cameron County beaches on South Padre Island during Memorial Day weekend. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS E-edition by clicking here or call the news office at (956) 943-5545. Tweet

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2 dead, 1 hurt in ship channel

BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Port Isabel police officers responded to a chilly scene on Tuesday on the south side of the Brownsville Ship Channel in which two Mexican nationals died attempting to illegally cross the border. A third national is currently being treated for hypothermia-related symptoms at Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville. …

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Varsity hoops boys drop two straight

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons hoops squad lost their two most recent games. Last Saturday, they were overwhelmed, 85-20, at Brownsville St. Joseph’s, and this past Tuesday they dropped a 66-25 decision on the road to Santa Maria. “They’ve got good shooters,” Tarpon Head Coach Homer Hernandez said this week, …

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Driver strikes two cyclists

BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Around 6 p.m. on Oct. 24, Port Isabel resident Lena Lamara Williams, 31, was arrested for intoxicated assault with a vehicle after her Chevrolet Tahoe made contact with two cyclists while driving southbound on the 3000 block of Laguna Boulevard on the Island. To read the rest of this …

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