[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] Valero Energy Foundation and the Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra (CCSO) proudly present the 6th Annual Pops ...
Author: Shirley Thornton
Retired from education after serving 30 years (twenty-eight as an English teacher and two years as a new-teacher mentor), Shirley enjoys her life with family and friends while serving her community, church, and school in Flour Bluff, Texas. She is the creator and managing editor of The Paper Trail, an online news/blog site that serves to offer a glimpse into the past and present of the little community of Flour Bluff. She wrote for The Flour Bluff Messenger, wrote and edited for The Texas Shoreline News, a Corpus Christi print newspaper that existed from December 2017 to April 2020, served as copy editor on three books, and continues to tutor students of all ages in the lively art of writing.
Tom Brady (or someone like him) for Mayor!Tom Brady (or someone like him) for Mayor!
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] As I watched Tom Brady lead the Patriots to yet another victory in ...
Margie Rose Has Conversation with Citizens at Flour Bluff Community CenterMargie Rose Has Conversation with Citizens at Flour Bluff Community Center
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] “I’m here to have a conversation with you. I do not have a speech. ...
Magill Drops Out of Mayoral RaceMagill Drops Out of Mayoral Race
[spacer height=”20px”] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (2/9/2017 – Corpus Christi, TX) The following is a letter from former Councilman Chad ...
Sand, Smugglers, and Santa Anna Helped Name Flour BluffSand, Smugglers, and Santa Anna Helped Name Flour Bluff
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] In 1839, an unnamed cartographer sketched a map of areas surrounding Aransas and Corpus ...
Why We Must Put America FirstWhy We Must Put America First
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] “In case of emergency, oxygen masks will drop down in front of you. Please ...
What If the Mayor Calls It Quits?What If the Mayor Calls It Quits?
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] In light of Monday’s events, it is unclear if Corpus Christi Mayor Dan McQueen ...
Imagine a 32-foot Christ Statue in Corpus Christi BayImagine a 32-foot Christ Statue in Corpus Christi Bay
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] With work continuing on Shoreline Boulevard for the next few months, readers might be ...
A Street by Any Other NameA Street by Any Other Name
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] Back in 1959, before Corpus Christi annexed Flour Bluff, its residents petitioned for a change of names ...
Better in the BluffBetter in the Bluff
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] In the City of Corpus Christi’s most recent water issue, it ...