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Ingleside ISD Adds School Marshal, Grows Partnership with IPD

Ingleside Independent School District will protect its students, staff, and the greater Ingleside community at all costs. That is why when students and staff begin the 2022-2023 school year in mid-August they will see a brand-new facethe district’s...

Ingleside ISD officials used social media to post this information alerting parents and students that when the 2022-2023 school year starts this August all backpacks worn or carried in campus buildings must be see-through only. Courtesy: Ingleside ISD

Ingleside ISD New Backpack Policy Creates Firestorm

It’s a surprise to any parent of a school-aged child in Ingleside, but when they start the 2022-2023 school year in August, they must have a see-through backpack if they choose to bring one to class. With no advance public awareness campaign or...

If all goes according to plan, the Fr. Charles H. Doherty Municipal Pool in Ingleside will be reopened Friday, July 15th. The nearly $1-million renovation has taken place after the pool was shuttered following Hurricane Harvey in August 2017. In this aerial image taken recently, the pool is being filled with water that will be crystal clear by next month, thanks to a brand-new filtration system added as part of the upgrade. Courtesy: Benjamin Tucker

Ingleside Pool Slated for Tentative July Opening

Much anticipated, long-awaited, the Father Charles H. Doherty Municipal Pool is tentatively scheduled for a July 15th opening at Ingleside’s Faith Park, part of a multi-million-dollar renovation of the outdoor recreational campus behind City Hall...

Manuel Aranda, 34, serving for the first time in law enforcement having completed a Corpus Christi Police Department academy, but unable to accept a job on their force due to personal issues he needed time to resolve back in his home in the Rio Grande Valley. Later, when he began applying everywhere he received a phone call from Ingleside, inviting him to work for the city. Ingleside Index

Manuel Aranda, U.S. Army Reserves

A first-generation Texan, 34-year-old Manuel Aranda learned from his parents that if you are a U.S. citizen you must work hard for everything you’ve got. That ethic has helped him remain focused and determined, fulfilling a life goal of joining law...

IPD Hosts Civilian Response to Active Shooter Training

It’s a scenario no one wants to imagine or ever have to take part in, but what do you do if an active shooter is in an open, public place where you are? Ingleside Police Chief Tammy Burr doesn’t want local residents and visitors to the city to guess...

Tri-Cities Community Paramedic Program Comes With $300K Cost

Aransas Pass, Ingleside and Ingleside on the Bay are being asked to contribute a total $300,000 in taxpayer funds to commit to a proposed new initiative that could ease the strain on some local First Responders while offering a more efficient and...

News Stories

Tri-Cities Community Paramedic Program Comes With $300K Cost

Aransas Pass, Ingleside and Ingleside on the Bay are being asked to contribute a total $300,000 in taxpayer funds to commit to a proposed new initiative that could ease the strain on some local Fir

By Mark Silberstein

Happy Birthday, Mr. Kippy!

Charles ‘Kippy’ Edge, best known to generations locally as ‘Mr. Kippy’, celebrated his 60th birthday last week, June 16th.

Flying ants last month swarmed everywhere in Ingleside and in other local communities, one local pest control expert describing it as the result of brief, heavy rains after a long dry spell in Texas. Now, their phones have been ringing off the hook. Courtesy: Orta’s Professional Pest Control

Rains Following Dry Spell Draw Swarms in Ingleside, Elsewhere

To some they may have appeared to have come straight out of a scene from a horror movie where a crazed scientist experimenting with genetic engineering made a mistake in his lab and released some w

By Mark Silberstein

Ingleside PD stepping up impaired driving enforcement

Whether you’ll be at a backyard barbeque, a baseball game or a nearby Fourth of July parade, the Ingleside Police Department asks you to celebrate responsibly with a sober ride home.

By Tammy L. Burr Chief Of Police Ingleside Police Department

Reaching new heights

Thanks to help from the Ingleside Volunteer Fire Department, Tri-County EMS Paramedics and EMT’s were able to reach a worker on a rooftop last week that had collapsed due to a heat-related emergenc

Sports

Play Ball! Ingleside Little League Bats Are Hot

Ingleside first basemen waiting for the throw as AP Thunder slides into first during action Saturday in Ingleside. Photo by James Granger

(Left to Right) The second-place winning team The Sugar Momma’s Heather Balusek, Jason Balusek, Danny Hurta, and Heather Hurta. They took home $500 with a Stringer weight of 17.9 pounds at the Rotary Club fishing tournament at Cove Park in Ingleside on April 23rd. Ingleside Index

Ingleside Rotary hits water for scholarships

With wind gusting about 25 mph April 23rd at Cove Park in Ingleside the Rotary Club fishing tournament and member Troy Mircovich, Superintendent of Ingleside ISD had one aim in mind.

IHS vs. West Oso

IHS’s Stephen Parris slides into third as West Oso’s Jaime Guerrero tries to make the throw to first during the Mustang’s Tuesday night game. Photo by James Granger

Mustangs vs. Calhoun

IHS’s Deacon Sheffield lays down a bunt bring Leo Villarreal across the plate during the Mustang’s game against Calhoun on Friday in Sinton. Photo by James Granger