Month: October 2023

Kyndal Payne is a crucial Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Islanders Women's Volleyball team player. While Kyndal attended high school in Fort Worth, Texas, her sister, Kaylee Payne, represented the Islanders from 2018-20. "Once she joined, I often visited for matches and immediately adored the school, campus, and the entire program," shared Kyndal. Seeing her sister clinch titles inspired Kyndal to join the Islanders with aspirations to...

Several individuals involved in an illegal migrant smuggling operation have admitted their involvement in a fatal human trafficking scheme. One such incident occurred in the Corpus Christi region. Per the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, Juan Manuel Tena, 40, from Pharr, along with Julia Isairis Torres, 37, Israel Torres Jr., 34, and Jose Refugio Torres, 27, all from Roma, planned to move undocumented migrants from the Rio Grande...