To preserve the rich history of Flour Bluff, The Texas Shoreline News, will run historical pieces and personal accounts about ...
Category: Human Interest
Cutting Jeanie Lou’s HairCutting Jeanie Lou’s Hair
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] Jeanie Lou lived down the street from us. She and my older sister Margie ...
Tales from Flour Bluff, the Little Town That Almost Was: Life and Times of Lacy Smith, Part ITales from Flour Bluff, the Little Town That Almost Was: Life and Times of Lacy Smith, Part I
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] In a little shack at the end of a cotton field outside of Weslaco, Texas, ...
NASCC Fire Department Adopts Local Preschool for ChristmasNASCC Fire Department Adopts Local Preschool for Christmas
At 9:30 a.m., on December 12, 2017, the Naval Air Station Corpus Christi firetruck arrived at the Flour ...
The Sociopath, the Psychopath and the Wrong PathThe Sociopath, the Psychopath and the Wrong Path
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] Shots ring out, 14 are left dead, 29 are wounded and the shooter ...
On Comparing an Ocean to a TeardropOn Comparing an Ocean to a Teardrop
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] For those interested in folklore and mythology, there are volumes of material surrounding ...
Baby BluesBaby Blues
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] Prior to World War II if you mentioned “baby blues”, it would have been ...
The BMX Life of James “J-MAC” McNeillThe BMX Life of James “J-MAC” McNeill
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] James “J-Mac” McNeill is a military veteran and an avid BMX rider. J-Mac, a 52-year-old Corpus Christi resident, races class and cruiser bikes at his local BMX track, STX ...
Tales from the Little Town That Almost Was: School History, Part ITales from the Little Town That Almost Was: School History, Part I
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] In the past few weeks, I have been inundated with all kinds of stories ...