Flour Bluff News

Before barbed wire - what cowboys called Texas silk - Mifflin Kenedy built a 36-mile fence of pine boards and cypress posts.

Her family home since the 1970s in the 900 block of Greenbay Street was damaged June 18 when her neighbor's home exploded, which investigators believe was intentionally started by gasoline.

Authorities plan to increase patrols and police presence in the Coastal Bend during the Fourth of July weekend at area events and attractions such as beaches and Corpus Christi's Big Bang Celebration.

Officers saw Angel Borja travelling at high speeds about 12:30 a.m. Monday on Waldron Road in Flour Bluff, police said.

After graduating from Flour Bluff earlier this month, Aidan De Leon got right back to work and he's hoping to make the transition from high school tennis stand out to college player as seamless as possible.

Fire department arson investigators and police continue to investigate what caused the explosion Thursday morning at a home in the 900 block of Greenbay Street.

J.V. Garcia. Information reviewed by the Nueces County District Attorney's Office on Thursday determined no fault with the actions of Senior Officer Jerry Schiebrel and Officer Joshua Swain, Garcia said.

Investigators said the home explosion in Flour Bluff was set off intentionally but they're still not revealing what ignited it.

Ricky Nelson, a member of Team Corpus Christi, watches as fellow teammates Corey Harding of the Flour Bluff area and Jim Rehage of Austin head out into the Gulf of Mexico as they start the second leg of the Great Texas Catamaran Race from Mustang Island to Matagorda.

By Mike Baird Originally published 09:06 p.m., June 20, 2009 Updated 09:39 p.m., June 20, 2009 - Fire investigators have determined that the explosion Thursday morning that killed three people at a Flour Bluff home in the 900 block of Greenbay Street was started intentionally.

A house explosion Thursday in Flour Bluff has killed three people and two others that were considered missing earlier have been accounted for.

By Rob Boscamp Originally published 09:10 p.m., June 18, 2009 Updated 11:52 p.m., June 18, 2009 - Police responding to a domestic dispute in the Flour Bluff area late Thursday shot a 38-year-old woman in the shoulder after she leveled a gun at three officers.

A house explosion Thursday in Flour Bluff has killed three people and two others that were considered missing earlier have been accounted for.

A house explosion in Corpus Christi left at least one person dead and blew part of the roof off.

Officials also found other human remains at the house in the Flour Bluff area, but don't know if they are of the fatality or are another person.

City officials announced Monday the closure of 30 Latchkey afterschool programs at CCISD schools, affecting thousands of children and their parents.

The Nueces County Appraisal District will provide a public information forum and workshop titled, "How to Appeal Your Property Tax Appraisal" on Thursday, June 11, 2009 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. at the Flour Bluff Independent School District Administration Boardroom.

Mireles Elementary School students celebrate as their principal, Josie Alvarez, shares the results of the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills with the students and teachers during morning announcements.

HEB will be conducting a hurricane preparedness initiative this weekend at its stores in Flour Bluff, Moore Plaza, Port and Tarlton.

The grand jury also re-indicted a man accused of molesting several of his young neighbors.