Port Aransas is getting a visit from a cactus wren — a bird that rarely is seen in town, according to longtime local birders. The tiny bird, which has beige, brown and white spots and stripes, recently has been nesting in a martin bird house in a neighborhood in the northern part of town. Cactus wrens are common in the... READ MORE >
Tuesday morning update: First responders continued to search this morning, Tuesday, April 9, for a missing woman after the truck she was in plunged into the ship channel in Port Aransas last night. A dive team from the Corpus Christi Police Department is searching the water with sonar, and the U.S. Coast Guard is conducting an air search, said Scott... READ MORE >
Services have been scheduled for longtime Port Aransas resident Thomas Cantay “T.C.” Nixon, former superintendent of the ferry system in town. T.C., 77, died at his Port Aransas home on Sunday, March 31. A private viewing for family has been scheduled for 4 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, at Charlie Marshall Funeral Home in Aransas Pass. A public... READ MORE >
Longtime Port Aransas resident and real estate business owner Mark Grosse has died. Grosse, who had cancer, died while in hospice care in Port Aransas late on the night of Sunday, March 31, according to family. He was 77. Grosse was a former Port Aransas City Council member and an ardent supporter of various Port Aransas non-profit organizations. Mark Grosse... READ MORE >
Port Aransas ISD’s planned new performing arts facility will be named after the two most veteran music teachers in the school district’s history. It will be called the Jim and Judy Cole Performing Arts Center, the Port Aransas ISD Board of Trustees decided in a unanimous vote on Wednesday, March 20. The Coles have been retired for a few years... READ MORE >
Wednesday morning update: According to the Texas Tribune, the Associated Press has projected that Tanya Lloyd is the winner in the Democratic primary race for the District 27 seat in Congress. With 99 percent of the vote counted, Tanya Lloyd this morning had 10,273 votes, or 53.4 percent of the total vote. Anthony “A.J.” Tristan had 8,978 votes, amounting to... READ MORE >
The far west end of Port Street will be closed to traffic for a few hours on Friday, March 1, because heavy construction equipment will be using that part of the road to do repair work on the nearby bulkhead. That part of Port Street reportedly will be closed starting near the entrance to the Port Aransas Nature Preserve at... READ MORE >
It’s been a great season for the Port Aransas High School Marlins, but the basketball team fell tonight (Friday, Feb. 23) to Lee Academy in the area round of the playoffs. It was a heart-breaker. The score at the end of the game was 31-30. Watch for more in the Feb. 29 edition of the South Jetty.... READ MORE >
Anglers on the Dolphin Express arrived back at dock in Port Aransas today (Wednesday, Feb. 21) with 109 wahoo, which could be some kind of a record, the boat captain said. Capt. Tim Oestreich said he hasn’t seen another boat bring in that many wahoo back to shore in Texas. He said he’s been running boats for 19 years. The... READ MORE >
The Port Aransas High School Marlins will face their next playoff opponent, Lee Academy, at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 23, at A.C. Jones High School in Beeville. The game will be played for the 2A area championship. In the first round of the playoffs, the Marlins beat the Riviera Seahawks, 54-37, on Tuesday, Feb. 20. Go, Marlins!... READ MORE >
