Port Mansfield News

Poor visibility may be to blame for a fatal plane crash near Port Mansfield. That's according to preliminary reports from the National Transportation Safety Board.

The Texas Department of Public Safety says they've recovered the body of a 48 year old Sunray man from a plane crash near Padre Island.

Around 4 p.m. Sunday, Amarillo resident Sharla Kinikin got the news she'd been fearing.

The body of a pilot missing in Port Mansfield has been recovered. The body of 39-year-old Harvey Kinikin, Jr.

Suspect helicopter is grounded Federal agents have grounded a helicopter they suspect was earmarked for shipment to Iran.

Crews recovered the body of a man Sunday they believe to have been the pilot of a plane that crashed into the Laguna Madre.

One body has been found among the wreckage of a small aircraft that went missing Thursday night near Port Mansfield, Texas.

One body has been recovered from a plane crash in the Laguna Madre that occurred overnight near Port Mansfield, authorities said.

Professor Eric Wiley has started a new breed of hot plays that enlarge The University of Texas-Pan American's drama focus.

Red tide is still present in the gulf. Thata s according to Texas Parks and Wildlife officials who conducted a second aerial view of the coast.

State parks officials on Wednesday were continuing to monitor "red tide" blooms along the state's southern coast, a month after the algae that causes it began killing fish and causing breathing problems.

My gaze was focused on a seagrass meadow that stretched nearly to the horizon. And I maintained this watch from the tower of John Todd's Redfish Line Majek.

We caught several trout and redfish on topwaters while wading, but I did better after switching to soft plastics in Peyton's Bay near the Arroyo Colorado.

Rain kept many anglers off of the water Thursday, but the precipitation was welcome.

Pssed away Friday, August 7, 2009 at Solara Hospital in Harlingen, TX. Born November 20, 1919 to Nettie A. Snell and T.M. Snell in League City, Texas.

Pssed away Friday, August 7, 2009 at Solara Hospital in Harlingen, TX. Born November 20, 1919 to Nettie A. Snell and T.M. Snell in League City, Texas.

Pssed away Friday, August 7, 2009 at Solara Hospital in Harlingen, TX. Born November 20, 1919 to Nettie A. Snell and T.M. Snell in League City, Texas.

9, 1980, Hurricane Allen makes landfall at Port Mansfield, causing two deaths and millions of dollars in damages in Nueces County.

South Texas may be a hunter's paradise, but the saltwater fishing is just as world-class. In Episode 4 of "Hook Shots," Joe Cermele fights some seriously windy conditions both offshore in the Gulf and on the flats of Lower Laguna Madre to show you everything Port Mansfield, Texas, has to offer an angler, from grouper to gator seatrout.

A potential killer lurks in the brackish waters of bays, estuaries and along Gulf of Mexico beaches during the summer.