Portland News

Posted November 20, 2009 at 7:13 p.m. , updated November 20, 2009 at 7:47 p.m. PORTLAND - The owner of San Patricio Memorial Gardens in Portland filed bankruptcy the day before he was ordered to appear before a state agency because of headstones people said they bought but never received.

H.E.B. stores in Aransas Pass, Ingleside, Mathis, Portland and Sinton will be collecting cash and non-perishable food items throughout the day.

Portland firefighters used this home on the corner of Fourth and Houston Streets for training Thursday.

This week's 3 Star Student Allstar was Katie Allsup from Magee Intermediate in Calallen.

Mr. Fixit has gone to sleep. Lester Henry Roberts passed away October 29, 2009. He was born December 30, 1913 in Fleming, Colorado, the third child of nine children born to Frank and Norma Roberts.

TxDOT: From Carbon Plant Rd. to Clarkwood left lane closed for barrier repair until 4:30 p.m. Traffic Alert Hurricane lane of I-37 northbound closed for road repairs TxDOT: From Clarkwood to Clarkwood hurricane lane closed for barrier repair until 4:30 p.m. - At least 13 San Patricio County families who collectively paid tens-of-thousands of ...

Schultz worked at Lacks Home Furnishings in Portland. - A 56-year-old Corpus Christi man died Thursday from complications of the swine flu, just weeks after he had a cardiac stress test and came home to tell his family that he was in perfect health.

The man died Thursday at Christus Spohn Hospital South from complications associated with the flu, officials with the Corpus Christi-Nueces County Public Health District and the San Patricio County Health Authority said Friday.

Try hitting the Packery Channel jetties with live mullet using an egg weight and a 2/0 wide-gap hook.

Airman Lee A. Brooks graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio.

Residents look on as fire burns several building near a private marina off the ship channel in Port Aransas early Friday.

A rule that requires New York City fast food restaurants to post calorie information on their menu boards has not changed consumer habits in low-income neighborhoods, according to a study published on Tuesday.

I wasn't the last person to cross the finish line Saturday after successfully finishing the 65-mile Conquer the Coast bicycle ride in Corpus Christi but it felt like it.

Portland, Texas is located between two bays on the Gulf of Mexico. These bays, Nueces Bay and Corpus Christi Bay, along with the Texas Gulf Coast attract all types of visitors to the area.

The whole Clearwire/Clear/WiMAX/Sprint/XOHM branding situation was never all that straightforward to begin with; let's face it, consumers want to know exactly what they should be asking for when they go into the store.

From BusinessWeek's Hot Property blog: Daniel Alpert, Managing Partner at Manhattan boutique investment bank Westwood Capital, says that home prices could fall another 14% by the time the slump is over.

The city's pick to do that this year is the Harper Lee classic, "To Kill a Mockingbird." It's the featured book for Corpus Christi Reads, a citywide reading project based on The Big Read, an annual effort led by the National Endowment for the Arts to encourage people of all ages to read more literature.

The search continues for the suspect involved in a drive-by shooting that left a house just west of Portland riddled with bullet holes.

Former Corpus Christi State School employee sentenced for part in 'fight club' While you won't see many local teams in the Associated Press Top 10 ranks, TexasHSfootball.com has a number of local teams ranked.

Winston and Myra McCrary of Portland celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. The couple were married Sept.