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The Railroad Commission of Texas failed to take action on the permit renewal of Blackhorn Environmental Services near Orange Grove.

KRIS 6 News Chief Investigator Matt Stevens follows the trail from Corpus Christi to Houston to see where the personal information collected at these pop-up COVID-19 testing sites ends up.

Several times, residents have been treated for eye irritation, nausea and breathing problems related to odors from the Blackhorn facility. In addition, an inspector from TCEQ became ill while taking air samples in response to a complaint.

Residents near a waste disposal company in Orange Grove are fighting its renewal. Meanwhile, the company says it follows the rules set forth in its permit.

Nueces County officials had four choices for two available Port of Corpus Christi commissioner seats, one of which had previously served and resigned.

The city auditor was appointed to her position in April 2018 and given a year to get certified, after two and a half years she has yet to be certified.

Across the street from City Hall sits a vacant Catholic school. It has become a place of refuge for many people who have nowhere to go, as shelters have limited their capacities because of COVID-19. But what is the city doing to address the homeless issue?

Hurricane Hanna left an impact on Padre Balli Park, battering Bob Hall Pier, tearing off the pier’s end. But was that damage avoidable?

If you live in Corpus Christi, you're forced to pay the city $5.38 every month for street maintenance.

As you drive down Corpus Christi roads have you wondered: how is that street maintenance fee being used?

Now to a 6 Investigates follow up about one of the races in Aransas County.

We have new details about an attack on a city leader downtown.

6 Investigates has obtained exclusive video showing the actions of a Coastal Bend teenager only hours before his death.

The purchase of land to build the new Carroll High School within the crash zone of a nearby Navy training airfield still provokes emotion.

In 2018, we broke the story of a Corpus Christi ISD blunder when the district bought property for a new high school only to find out it was in the crash zone of a nearby Navy training airfield.

It's one of the most important economic positions in the Coastal Bend.

"He said he would cremate my husband and he didn't."

6 Investigates will examine the struggles a local woman endured to recover the body of her dead husband.

The man at the center of a KRIS 6 Investigation opening up about claims he illegally kept fees meant for car tags, titles and licenses -- leaving customers with a car they couldn't drive.

So with Nike out of the equation, what's the future of the Outlets at Corpus Christi Bay?

6 Investigates is looking into the person responsible for keeping city governments transparent and accountable.

6 Investigates is looking into the person responsible for keeping city governments transparent and accountable – the city auditor.

A counselor at a private school in Corpus Christi is suspended. We know he used to hold a license -- but then lost it.

It turns out the city was investigating the educational background of their appointee - Port Commissioner Wayne Squires - even before 6 Investigates broke the story

6 Investigates some discrepancies we learned about a Corpus Christi Port Commissioner and his educational background.

The Vice-Chair of the Corpus Christi Port Commission does not have a college degree, despite claiming on the Port of Corpus Christi website that he graduated from Penn State University.

A local used car dealership is accused of ripping off customers by pocketing their tax, title and license fees.

Watch our report tonight on what legislators think about car dealers who don’t forward fees to the tax assessors’ offices after car sales as required by law.

“We don't need friends in the office of the City of Taft running the city,” Taft resident Marcus Adams said. “We need someone from outside the city to run the city.”

The city manager of Taft will be out of a job come the new year.

The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles will be investigating 45 complaints being filed against Cars-4-Credit.

With millions of dollars on the line in Robstown - mistakes are being made - just days before a crucial vote.

Early voting is underway and voters in the Robstown area are deciding whether or not they want to borrow and then repay a $9M loan to improve drainage. Naturally, the local drainage district wants the bond issue to pass but some of its tactics are being questioned.

An inspection found practices at Doctors Regional hospital that were potentially harmful to patients a month before it rescheduled procedures and temporarily stopped receiving trauma patients

Tonight, we have a 6 Investigates follow up about the battle between the Nueces County Tax Appraiser's Office and Valero.

An island grocery store slated for a summer opening is now delayed into next year, owing difficulties with key infrastructure and environmental hurdles, city officials say.

It was supposed to be open by now, but the project to bring an IGA grocery store to the Island has come to a standstill.

An analysis of rates by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) shows residential and commercial insurance rates are, on average, 45 percent of what they should be.

In 2018, about 15 percent of all flights out of Corpus Christi International Airport were delayed and another three percent were canceled, according to data from the federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

Coming up tonight on 6 Investigates, a deeper look at the Corpus Christi International Airport's struggles to lure more locals into flying out of here instead of somewhere else.

The watch continues.

Coming up tonight, we'll have an update on the group known as the “Citgo 6.” Those are the six Citgo executives -- including a man from here in Corpus Christi – who are jailed in Venezuela now for more than 600 days.