Matt Pierce Briscoe Texas is setting records when it comes to COVID-19 and it seems like Texas is starting to finally feel the impacts that the rest of the world has been feeling for months. But then there is Governor Abbott and the face mask controversy. As confirmed cases continue to go up in the weeks following Gov. Abbott’s decision
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The entire Nueces County Court of Commissioners were reportedly in self-quarantine Wednesday morning following at least one COVID-19 exposure on Tuesday. The news came down very late on Tuesday, however, sources confirm that officials actually knew about the exposure hours earlier. It was not until shortly after the local television news had aired that officials and their communications staff decided
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A recent report that has been circulating since last week that a new major outbreak had occurred at a TDCJ facility in Beeville is inaccurate. TDCJ spokesperson Jeremy Desel confirmed that contrary to some reports, the rumor is unfounded. ”There is no major new out break anywhere” Desel told the Southside Light News. ”We have had results of mass testing
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The new Del Mar College Southside Campus is going up and officials with the college say that construction so far is going according schedule. Melinda Eddleman, Associate Director of Media Relations for Del Mar said that the project is on scheduled and that the anticipated opening in still scheduled for 2022. The site for the new $139 million dollar campus
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Matt Pierce Briscoe Hospitals in Mexico are being overwhelmed with coronavirus patients and in Juarez, they were recently reported to be at over 100% capacity. In Nuevo Laredo, the situation is much the same. Data from United States Customs and Border Protection tells an even more bleak story than what many Americans even realize and the worse part is that
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Flour Bluff— Residents of the Flour Bluff area will have to wait a little bit longer before they see work begin on Laguna Shores. A spokesperson for the city said on Friday that the project is currently scheduled to be sent out for bid later this month. That process, the city says will last several months. The city anticipates the
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Texas is open for business and and for recreation and people are taking full advantage of the opportunity to get out and play. That means that not only are they out and about spending their money and spreading the wealth, some debate that they are out spreading coronavirus, too. But another impact of everybody being out and about is traffic.
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A group of community members and civic leaders who serve on the city’s Charter Review Committee released their preliminary report on Wednesday morning. The report, though not finalized was released to allow the public a chance to review specific proposals and provide feedback to the committee and the city on the recommended changes. The ten member committee has some pretty
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Perhaps you have noticed the yearly infestation of mosquitos here in our portion of the world recently. It is a yearly thing and while mosquitos are almost like an unwelcome in-law, they are just just about as predictable, too. But the city of Corpus Christi Vector Control team will be out spraying parts of the south side starting on Wednesday.
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