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Former PI-ISD employee rearrested

By CATHERINE DONNELLY Special to the PRESS Following an investigation by the Port Isabel Police (PIPD) and Point Isabel Independent School District (PI-ISD), Police Chief Martinez rearrested former district employee Omar Vera on Friday evening, March 8, while Vera was out on bond from his first arrest in February. New charges involve indecency with and …

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Celebrity LeeBeth ghosts SPI shores

By CATHERINE DONNELLY Special to the PRESS Many people tracking LeeBeth, the 14 foot 2,600-pound Great White shark (whose activities had experts so intrigued), breathed a sigh of relief for the vacationers coming to the island for a relaxing or exciting respite. Her retreat away from SPI couldn’t have come a better time as Spring …

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H-E-B search for 11th Annual Quest for Texas Best

By NIIOHONTESHA WARRIOR editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com For the past ten years, H-E-B representatives have traveled across the Lone Star State searching for the best Texas made local products to be put on their shelves, giving everyone the chance to win $25,000 and have their product on shelves across Texas. According to a H-E-B announcement, the chain is …

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Tarpons set personal record at relays

By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS This past Friday, Port Isabel Early College High School hosted the Tarpon Relays Track & Field Meet at Tarpon Stadium. Several Tarpon athletes set new Personal Records (PR) and Season Records (SR) at the co-ed meet. The Port Isabel relay teams won gold in the men’s division …

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Port Isabel powerlifters advance to state

By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS This past Saturday, March 9, the Port Isabel Boys Powerlifting team competed in the Region V Division 2 Powerlifting meet held in Kingsville, TX. The meet featured 145 lifters from 27 schools throughout the region. In addition to Port Isabel, other schools competing included CC Calallen, Beeville …

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SPI hosts first annual Tourism Town Hall

By CATHERINE DONNELLY Special to the PRESS On February 22, the event Tourism Town Hall meeting took place at Daddy’s Seafood & Cajun Kitchen on South Padre Island (SPI). The meeting was open to the public to announce information to the community about the work and accomplishments of the city’s tourism promotion team, Visit South …

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Primaries yield May runoffs

By RAY QUIROGA AND NIIOHONTESHA WARRIOR editor@potisabelsouthpadre.com Super Tuesday yielded few surprises in most major national Primary races. Countywide, however, a number candidates will see a May 28 runoff election. For the Democrats, a total of 16,842 ballots were casted in the Presidential race as incumbent Joe Biden ran away with 66.39% of the unofficial …

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Great White pinged 100 yards off SPI

By CATHERINE DONNELLY Special to the PRESS LeeBeth is the 2,600-pound female great white shark that has experts intrigued as her tag pinged near SPI shore. On December 8, a satellite tag was placed on her off of Hilton Head, South Carolina, by Captain Chip Michalove of a fishing charter company called Outcast Sport Fishing, …

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Goats recovered in LH

A pair of missing goats and an off-road vehicle were recovered at a Laguna Heights residence, leading to the arrest of one individual. On Saturday, February 24, 2024, at about 6:30 p.m., Cameron County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a residence on the 40300 block of Bill Davis in Los Fresnos regarding an alleged theft. According …

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