A new fire station is coming to Padre Island soon. Nueces County Emergency Services District #2 is expanding from Flour Bluff and opening an additional fire station on Padre Island in the coming weeks. Currently, Corpus Christi Fire Department Station 15 is the only one on Padre Island, so some island neighbors are relieved to soon have more first responders in their area. The new station will be located on Compass Street, where the Christus Trinity Clinic currently is.
“I wish that they were here a year ago. I think the outcome might have been different,” Sherry Culvahouse, a Padre Island neighbor said.
Sherry and Beau Culvahouse lost their 15-year-old daughter Kaylee on March 20, 2024, to Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy, or SUDEP. Kaylee was born with several other health complications, as well as epilepsy…