Corpus Christi TX

From beer tastings to book sales benefitting our students, Viking festivities at Del Mar College, to the magical downtown Peppermint Lane lighting - there's something for everyone this weekend.

Sign up for TPR Today, Texas Public Radio's newsletter that brings our top stories to your inbox each morning. The Mexican American Civil Rights Institute (MACRI) recently opened their latest travelling exhibit: "Cisneros v. Corpus Christi ISD: The Long Fight to End School Segregation." It will be at MACRI until...

Charles Allan says drivers have ignored one-way signs at Luther Jones Elementary for at least three years, creating traffic jams and near-collisions during school hours.

SNAP benefits resume after the shutdown, TSA employees receive major bonuses, the Smithsonian reopens, Toyota recalls thousands of vehicles, and local cases and events unfold across the Coastal Bend.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Former Nueces County District Attorney Mark Gonzalez is seeking a return to public office, formally announcing Friday that he will run for the Precinct 2 seat on the Nueces County Commissioners Court. Gonzalez previously served as district attorney from 2017 until 2023. He resigned in...

Corpus Christi, TX – South Texas is heading into an unusually warm fall weekend as temperatures rise well above normal and coastal winds strengthen, creating breezy travel conditions across bridges and elevated highways. Forecasters say the trend will continue into early next week, giving the region a late-November...

Hindu prayer opened the Corpus Christi City Council meeting in Texas on November 11, containing verses from world’s oldest extant scripture. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed delivered the invocation from ancient Sanskrit scriptures before the Corpus Christi City Council. After Sanskrit delivery, he then read...

In animal rescue, every day brings a chance to turn loneliness into love and give a lost soul a place to call home. That’s exactly what happened in Corpus Christi, Texas, when a cat was found abandoned outside an apartment complex. She lay quietly on a grey cat bed,...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Nueces County District Attorney’s Office dismissed all charges Friday against longtime OB-GYN Dr. Juan Villarreal after prosecutors said key evidence collected under the previous administration could not be found, leaving them unable to meet mandatory legal requirements before going to...

A witness described to police seeing a vehicle that was traveling up to 80 mph hit a 14-year-old boy who was riding a skateboard, leading to his death, according to the arrest reports for two men. Ricardo Licea, 19, and Jesus Rodriguez, 18, face charges of racing causing death, a second-degree felony, in the Nov. 5...