6 Investigates

Fiesta de la Flor is the largest festival Corpus Christi has seen in years, but financial records show the expense to taxpayers is covered by a small margin. 

Bauxite, a by-product of the Sherwin-Alumina process, is a fine, red, caustic powder that blows from the sludge pit and sticks to anything it hits.

KRIS 6 News looked into how the bond was set for a man accused of running over two King High School students, killing one and injuring the other. 

If you could measure anger on a meter, some Rockport residents would peg the needle. They’re fed up – the Aransas County District Attorney says she won’t prosecute new cases brought by the Rockport Police Department and, for seven months, hasn’t. 

Tabatha Castro tells 6 Investigates she’s made history, as far as one FEMA agent is concerned – she’s the first survivor the agency ever promised assistance through their Direct Housing Program, only to yank it out from under her at the last minute. "He said he (doesn’t) know what happened, that thi

The case could have been handled differently. That’s what the Nueces County District Attorney’s Office told 6 Investigates on Thursday during a detailed interview about the case of a former Corpus Christi Hooks player seen on video beating his girlfriend.  6 Investigates recently obtained a copy of

About 40 times a year, fishing and wind surfing at Cole Park is risky because of high levels of bacteria in the water. That bacteria mostly comes from human or animal waste.

An Aransas County Grand Jury indicted Jeffrey Lance Null on a drug charge on February 8. But, 6 Investigates has discovered a fatal flaw in Aransas County District Attorney Kristen Barnebey’s case: Null is dead.

A drug indictment out of Aransas County turned out to have a fatal flaw that’s leaving court officials a little bit red in the face.  "I just wish that more care had been taken in the onset of presenting this to Grand Jury so we didn’t all have to waste our time," Pam Heard, Aransas County District

A lawsuit filed by a former Taft Police Officer claims Taft City Manager Denise Hitt and former Police Chief Klaus Mansion worked to keep an assault investigation under wraps while threatening the officer’s career. 

CCISD’s decision to switch the Hamlin Middle School logo and mascot from the "Rebel" to the "Hawks" is racking up thousands in invoices for new tee-shirts, polos and other gear, according to the district’s response to our public information request. 

Local veterans in need of nursing home care have fewer options than they did less than a year ago.   

It’s an uncomfortable issue to discuss, but it’s reality. Tens of thousands of children in Texas are sex slaves. 

It began with a wink – a series of Facebook messages from Taft City Manager Denise Hitt to a private citizen asking for help getting people to the polls and then, a bonus if certain candidates won seats on the Taft City Council. Six Investigates received copies of the messages from two separate indi

You may remember Tabatha Castro, she’s the Rockport widow that was approved for a temporary home by FEMA then denied at the last second. We first told you about Castro around two weeks ago, when she told 6 Investigates that FEMA had promised her a trailer to live in but just before she and her child

It takes about $330 million to educated CCISD’s 38,000 students, based on the latest figures from the district’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. And, every dollar – and pupil – counts. 

Bully complaints filed with Corpus Christi Independent School District most often involve elementary and middle school children, according school records reviewed by KRIS 6 News. 

It’s been nearly six months since Hurricane Harvey, but hundreds of families in the Coastal Bend are still waiting for FEMA aid to help them fix their damaged homes.

The Federal Emergency Management Administration remains unable to explain how or why officials offered a FEMA DHU (Direct Housing Unit) to a Rockport widow only to rescind the offer just as the woman was set to move in. 6 Investigates has been asking that question since first meeting with Tabatha Ca

A Brownsville funeral home buried a man without his organs and offered the decedent’s family two choices: disinterment or cremation, according to a lawsuit on file in Cameron County.

More out-of-town money than previous years is funding Corpus Christi city council elections. Six Investigates found all but one council member accepted money this past year from out-of-town campaign donors.