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“Cool Sips” offers drive-thru bar and food

By Midori Allen / Associate Editor  On February 5th, 2014 Corpus Christi was introduced to a new local business, the “drive-thru bar and grill,” Cool Sips. Sonia Silva, co-founder and partner with Michelle Burden have opened up a new drive-thru for drinks, food, alcoholic beverages, and snacks. Silva has seen places in the Houston and San Antonio area that served alcoholic beverages through a drive thru, and wanted to bring the same idea to Corpus Christi. “Every place I researched and went to only catered to men,” said Silva. “They only served beer, but we are family friendly and offer…

Elevate361 now officially open

City of Corpus Christi officials celebrated the opening of a new West Side community center for a program aimed at empowering young people through mentorship, education resources, and career development opportunities. The new building for the program, Elevate 361, which first had its ‘soft opening’ in Oct 2023, located on Morgan Avenue and will serve young people between the ages of 16 and 24 years old who want to finish their education or finding employment. “When it comes to the future, for any community, especially for Corpus Christi, it is all about our youths.” Corpus Christi Mayor Paulette Guajardo said…

Keep an eye out for endangered turtles

@mmirelez16 Michelle Mirelez mmirelez@foghornnews.com Beachgoers have a chance of stumbling upon endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles or their nests each spring on Padre Island, and it’s important to know what to do. The Endangered Species Act of 1973 protects sea turtles and they need to be reported if seen so they can be documented and protected as soon as possible. The Kemp’s ridley sea turtles are the most endangered of all sea turtle species; efforts to save them began in the 1960s and continue today in our own backyard. Alongside the Kemp ridley sea turtles there are four other species…