Duo with 42 convictions, arrested again by CCPD

CORPUS CHRISTI-Corpus Christi police were able to catch two career criminals after witnesses observed the men trying the break into an SUV in the Moore Plaza parking lot Wednesday. Witness told police that the two men left in a 2002 silver ...

CCPD: Man uses knife to rob fast food restaurant

CORPUS CHRISTI-Corpus Christi police are looking for a man in connection with a robbery of one fast food restaurant and the attempted robbery of another Wednesday night. Police were called to the 3300 block of Baldwin Boulevard at 9:30 p.m. where ...

Series of accidents cause traffic nightmare on SPID, I-37

CORPUS CHRISTI-A series of accidents on the westbound side of South Padre Island Drive between Weber and Airline Road exits caused a traffic nightmare of many Corpus Christi commuters Thursday morning. A four-vehicle accident on SPID near the Weber Road exit ...

Cheney, Gonzales face arraignment

RAYMONDVILLE-A Texas judge has set a Friday arraignment for Vice President Dick Cheney, former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, a state senator and others named in indictments accusing them of responsibility for prisoner abuse in a South Texas federal detention ...

Thinking inside the box with gifts

Three Corpus Christi churches are collecting gift-filled shoeboxes to help spread the Gospel to children overseas. The churches will send shoeboxes filled with school supplies and toys to Samaritan's Purse, headed by evangelist Billy Graham's son Franklin Graham. That nonprofit ...

By razing these buildings...

Four down, two to go. Military task force members armed with construction equipment will clear dilapidated buildings today from the remaining two sites in Corpus Christi as part of Operation Clean Sweep. Neighborhood Visions Inc., a community partnership program, organized ...

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Kleberg County-Kingsville jail accord under scrutiny

KINGSVILLE-A Kleberg County commissioner is calling a prisoner-housing contract with the city of Kingsville null and void. Commissioner Romeo Lomas said the 20-year contract, which was inked by the city and county 12 years ago, is illegal and therefore nonbinding. ...

Ex-candidate sues police

A sandblasting company owner and animal rights advocate who ran for City Council three years ago has sued the Corpus Christi Police Department, claiming police broke her ribs during an arrest and confiscated a gun. Sherry Dunlap, who received about ...

Bomb threat results in lockdown at King

A bomb threat left Monday on a King High School secretary's voice mail resulted in the school being placed on lockdown Wednesday morning for about two hours. The secretary was out of school on Monday and Tuesday and heard the ...

Traffic on McArdle will be reduced

Westbound traffic will be reduced to one lane on McArdle Road between Rodd Field Road and Ennis Joslin Road for the rest of this week and the early part of next week because of road construction, city officials said. Workers ...

Police chief still on administrative leave

Police Chief Bryan Smith remained on administrative leave Wednesday as a city investigation continued into comments he has been accused of making. City Manager Angel Escobar said Wednesday he wanted to make sure the investigation is thorough. Officials had indicated ...

Man robbed by dancer and 2 men, he says

A 35-year-old man told police he was robbed early Wednesday while waiting to enter what he thought was the apartment of a dancer he met at a men's club, Corpus Christi police reported. The man told police he met the ...

Committee will seek improved rural health

The Coastal Bend Rural Health Partnership announced incoming executive committee members to head up a collaboration to improve health care for about 79,000 residents in a rural three-county area, according to a partnership news release. The partnership, which announced members ...

Wichita bypasses Noe for city manager position

Former City Manager Skip Noe didn't get the city manager job in Wichita, Kan. The Wichita City Council voted 4-3 to offer the job to Robert Layton, the city manager of Urbandale, Iowa, according to a Wichita city news release. ...

Walk raises funds for breast cancer

My ideal girls' getaway involves fluffy robes and cucumber slices applying just the right amount of pressure to my peepers. Said fantasy getaway does not ...

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