Community Resources
Domestic Violence Support Groups • Domestic Violence Support Groups are now forming. For information call the Women’s Shelter — The Purple Door, outreach office in Alice, Texas at 664-8598.
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Texas approves nearly $150M for Statewide Transit
AUSTIN - On a sweltering summer day in South Texas, Linda Duran rode in air-conditioning on her way home from seeing her husband at the nursing home. She was taking a public transit service she uses every day to also get to work and the grocery store, and now Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is investing nearly $150 million to help people like Duran across the state.
First Community Bank expanding its customer base
First Community Bank (FCB) is expanding its customer base, announcing today it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire loans and deposits of the two existing Investar Bank, National Association locations in Alice and Victoria.
Texas prepaid tuition program newborn enrollment deadline approaches
Texas families have through July 31 to enroll their newborns at 2021-22 prices in the Texas Tuition Promise Fund®, the state’s prepaid college tuition program. Newborns are children younger than 1 year of age at the time of enrollment.
Black-necked Stilt
Beach-nesting bird season continues along the upper Texas Coast and Gulf Coast Bird Observatory is continuing to monitor birds on Matagorda Beach and Sargent Beach. We are focused on Wilson’s Plovers and Least Terns which are protected by the Migratory Bird Act and are considered species of high concern due to habitat loss and disturbance. Most of the birds have finished nesting at this point but there are still chicks running around so please be cautious when visiting the beach and make sure to give them plenty of space. Along with the Wilson’s Plover and Least Tern, we have observed other breeding shorebirds as well such as Blacknecked Stilt.
Migrant with snake bite rescued
Submitted FALFURRIAS – Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents rescued a Guatemalan citizen snakebite victim near Falfurrias. On July 17, at approximately 11:00 p.m., RGV agents apprehended a group of five migrants unlawfully in the U.S.
‘Too many are selfish’: US nears 5 million virus cases
BOSTON (AP) — Fourth of July gatherings, graduation parties, no-mask weddings, crowded bars — there are reasons the U.S. has racked up more than 155,000 coronavirus deaths, by far the most of any country, and is fast approaching an off-the-charts 5 million confirmed infections, easily the highest in the world.
Excellent care given to premature baby brothers is reason Driscoll nurse went into NICU nursing
CORPUS CHRISTI – For Driscoll Children’s Hospital’s Skylar Moring, RN, taking excellent care of babies is a personal matter. Skylar, who has been a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) nurse at Driscoll Children’s Hospital for two years, credits her parents for her career choice.
The Port of Corpus Christi Expands Educational Opportunities with New PORT-Able Learning Lab
The Port of Corpus Christi has partnered with Learning Undefeated, Inc., a nonprofit organization that provides life-changing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) experiences for communities, to launch the new Port of Corpus Christi PORT-Able Learning Lab, bringing a unique and innovative educational resource to schools across the Coastal Bend region.
House Democrats Pass Bill for Unlimited Abortion Across America
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressional Democrats passed a bill Friday to overturn all current Pro-Life laws in the nation and prevent states like Texas from passing future laws protecting preborn children. H.R. 8296, the socalled “Women’s Health Protection Act,” would kill thousands of preborn baby girls and harm countless pregnant women. The House passed the bill by a vote of 219 to 210 and the policy now heads to the U.S. Senate.