South Padre Island News

The Chapel By The Sea recently welcomed Chaplain Jim Denham and his wife Molly to South Padre Island.

The wispy stalks of sea oats and bitter panicum sporadically sprouting from the South Padre Island sands might not look like much now.

The Pecan Campus Biology Club at South Texas College will host an Environmental and Sustainability Conference from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday to help promote eco-friendly habits and to provide sustainable living tips ...

Twenty-five years after breaking out of a Northern Ireland prison and slipping into the United States under an assumed identity, former Irish Republican Army militant Pl Brennan was in immigration court ...

Woody Spillman may be unlike any other apartment manager in the Rio Grande Valley.

A former IRA militant and escaped political prisoner who has lived in immigration limbo for 25 years in California may see it all unravel from inside a South Texas federal detention center.

Mark and Andrea Liberatore opened Bada Bing Bagels in 2005. "We came up with the concept from scratch," Mark says.

We kicked off our 2008 SPI Music Fest experience at the Dunes Stage at Schlitterbahn on Halloween in South Padre Island with funk 'n' punk courtesy of Mexico's 60 Tigres .

Several candidates throughout the Valley are either in jail or face many legal problems.

This October marked the 20th anniversary of the band Pelican West. Originally from Pittsburgh, the band visited South Padre Island when they were booked for four weeks at the Radisson in 1996.

Don't be fooled by the cherry-red Jaguar in the parking lot. Even a successful physician like Dr.

Sure, winter and the Christmas holidays aren't even here yet, but that hasn't stopped students from planning for their favourite pseudo holiday: Spring Break .

A survey of college students who traveled in the past year shows three-fourths are still planning a spring break trip next year, but about half are budgeting just $500 or less for their trip, according to STA ...

This city's residents will decide Election Day whether a swath of their eroded Padre Island beachfront should be closed to vehicles because it has become too narrow.

Jordan Leech moved to South Padre Island from Biloxi, Miss., in February. A physical therapist assistant in Brownsville, he relocated for work.

I can't believe that this will be number 15 but, come Nov. 5-9, that's exactly what it will be.

Bad weather in Houston forced the Brownsville Independent School District to postpone the victory party Wednesday afternoon, but couldn't dampen the district's spirits one day after winning the nation's top ...

Bethany Harris, 11, is a fifth-grade student. She is a gifted student who hopes to participate in the school district's Middle Years program next year.

October 16, 2008 - 12:00 a.m. Summer may be over but it's still the perfect time to hit the beach.

Police want help in identifying this man suspected in mall incident. Corpus Christi police are seeking the public's help in identifying the man believed to be responsible for throwing an explosive device inside ...