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      • Padre Island
        Packery Channel Nature Park boardwalk expanding with $3.4M grant funding
        Jacob Daniels
        KRIS 6 Weather
        A Mostly Cloudy Monday with additional chances for isolated showers and storms
        Steven Jones
        Corpus Christi
        CCISD students get hands-on nursing experience this summer
        Shane Rackley
        National News
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        AP via Scripps News Group
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        Trump names John Bellinger as New World Screwworm senior advisor
        Shane Rackley
        America 250
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          AP via Scripps News Group
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        6 Things to Know: Desalination Debate Continues

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        Refugio County

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        Corpus Christi

        City leaders divided over Inner Harbor desalination's effects on marine life

        Drew Bishop
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        Premont

        Jim Wells County Constable Frank Davila Jr. dies in office

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        LFL

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      • Calallen baseball 2026

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        Calallen's early lead falls, Pleasant Grove State Championship rematch

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        Corpus Christi

        City hosts annual hurricane evacuation drill

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      • Falfurrias Checkpoint Fire

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        Live Oak County

        Freer BBQ food truck offers free kids meals every Friday this summer

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        Ronald "Ronnie Pointy Boots" Mathis Sr.

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        Corpus Christi museum honors 'Pointy Boots' Mathis Sr. with new exhibit

        Shane Rackley
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        Bryan Hofmann
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        Downtown

        Downtown Corpus Christi Mural Fest returns for 5th year tonight

        Shane Rackley
        Retired Marine turns personal loss into purpose with veteran wellness nonprofit in Aransas Pass

        Aransas County

        Retired Marine founds veteran wellness nonprofit in Aransas Pass

        Jeydah Jenkins
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        Corpus Christi

        Heartsaver Hero award honors CPR save of pregnant Corpus Christi woman

        Shane Rackley
        6 things to know

        Corpus Christi

        6 Things to Know: Another ford recall, and an update on the mayor removal trial

        Bryan Hofmann
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        Flour Bluff

        Corpus Christi offers free sandbags for hurricane season

        Jada Strayer
      • London senior Christian Olivares hugs Coach Albert Amaya

        KRIS 6 Sports

        London baseball comes up short in State Championship, falling to Boyd 9-8

        Larissa Liska
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        Corpus Christi

        Old San Patricio resident fears city wells could drain private water supply

        Drew Bishop
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        Corpus Christi

        CCISD superintendent wins Region 2 Superintendent of the Year

        Shane Rackley
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        Corpus Christi

        Corpus Christi delays desal vote, sparking backlash from state officials

        Clara Benitez-Cortez
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        Downtown

        Mayor's Big Bang Celebration returns for Fourth of July 2026

        Shane Rackley
        Newport Pass Crash

        Padre Island

        Two-vehicle crash on Highway 361 sends 3 to hospital

        Shane Rackley
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        Padre Island

        Padre Island seawall repairs coming after decades of slow decay

        Jacob Daniels
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        Corpus Christi

        How a 16th century Spanish explorer inadvertently helped name our city

        José Luis Martínez
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        Corpus Christi

        The sacred story behind the name Corpus Christi Bay

        Shane Rackley
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        Texas AG investigates Celsius Holdings over energy drink risks for kids

        Shane Rackley
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        America 250

        Blue Bell's Red, White & Blue Bell Ice Cream is back for America's 250th

        Shane Rackley
        Screwworm Livestock

        Texas News

        USDA confirms possible New World Screwworm detection in South Texas cattle

        NBC News
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        Corpus Christi

        6 Things to Know: Screw Worm makes its way to South Texas, Cathedral reopens

        Bryan Hofmann
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        Running Dry

        Governor Abbott's Office Slams CC Council for Delaying Desalination Vote

        Stephanie Molina
        Kingsville proclaims June 3, 2026 as Santa Gertrudis Academy Softball Team day

        KRIS 6 Sports

        Kingsville proclaims June 3, 2026 as Santa Gertrudis Softball Team day

        Larissa Liska
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        Lea Zora
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        Corpus Christi

        Corpus Christi jeweler and animal advocate Denny Bales dies at 86

        Shane Rackley
        CC Cathedral Renovation

        Downtown

        Corpus Christi Cathedral reopens Thursday after nearly a year of renovations

        Nina Martínez
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        Flour Bluff

        Neighbors frustrated by another desalination plant delay

        Jacob Daniels
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        Southside

        South Side company turns air into drinking water

        Jada Strayer
        London baseball with Hooks Rusty

        KRIS 6 Sports

        Pirates sail to Round Rock, London community supports baseball State sendoff

        Larissa Liska
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        KRIS 6 Sports

        Incarnate Word Academy names Craig Charlton as 11-man football coach

        Shane Rackley
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        Kingsville

        Two Rio Grande Valley women convicted of transporting illegal alien, face prison

        Shane Rackley
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        Man pleads guilty to harboring 32 migrants in deadly Texas stash house

        Shane Rackley
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        Alice

        Alice Volunteer Services combat illegal dumping

        Melissa Trevino
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        Downtown

        NCSO warns of hazardous conditions at 1914 Nueces County Courthouse

        Shane Rackley
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        Corpus Christi

        Plans for the 2026 Coastal Bend Juneteenth Festival announced

        José Luis Martínez
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