Nueces County News

Don Moore, 67, veteran Texas lawman and Jamaica Beach police officer for the past 10 years, passed away at 3 o'clock this morning in UTMB Hospital where he was admitted November 4th after suffering a massive heart attack.

The Cameron County Commissioners' Court on Friday approved a contract with LCS Correctional Services Inc.

Ramirez was sentenced to the death penalty last year. CORPUS CHRISTI - Attorneys for a man on death row for robbing and killing a store clerk want him tried on his other charges in another county or not at all.

Heavy rain in southeast Texas led to the closure of public schools in Aransas County.

Garcia remained jailed Tuesday on a $75,000 bond. CORPUS CHRISTI - Police on Tuesday arrested a 17-year-old Tuesday who they believe stabbed another teen 25 times using a nail-studded board.

A Corpus Christi teen is accused of attacking another youth by using a nail-studded board to cause more than two dozen wounds.

PoliceNewsLink.Com November 16, 2009 at 7:33 p.m. CORPUS CHRISTI - Police are not releasing the name of a 58-year-old South Carolina man who was Tasered five days ago and died Friday, because they still haven't contacted his family.

Robert Hernandez was driving a 2007 Jeep Wrangler when police said he ran into the rear of a 2004 Ford F150 truck that was stopped for a traffic light at Kostroyz and South Padre Island Drive about 7 p.m. Hernandez fled in the Jeep, but was stopped by an officer at Ayers and Gollihar.

Cleanup crews worked Wednesday to clear parking lot erosion at a popular Padre Island fishing and surfing spot where similar damage was repaired earlier this year.

The former refinery manager and preferred candidate of local port industry said a consulting job prevents him from serving.

Javier Morin, 37, is wanted for first-degree felony possession of a controlled substance, according to Nueces County courthouse online records.

Montclair Elementary School fourth-grader Jessykka Raines dresses as a steer Tuesday to help teach other students about the life of a steer.

At 4:42 a.m., a witness told police two men cut the fence to West End Motors in the 3800 block of Baldwin and were taking wheels off a truck before they left in a gray Chevy Suburban.

Volunteer Ruben Morales helps Staff Sgt. Chris Banzet, an Army recruiter in Corpus Christi, fill out the petition to save Memorial Coliseum from demolition Wednesday outside of the Nueces County Courthouse.

Police arrested Eleno Gates, 19, who was living in the 4700 block of Old Brownsville Road.

By this time tomorrow, hundred of ghouls and goblins will be going door to door looking for a trick or treat.

Federal, state and local authorities began checking compliance of 767 registered Corpus Christi sex offenders in September and 30 were not living at addresses they had reported to authorities.

The controversial murder conviction of a Corpus Christi woman accused of poisoning her young foster son with salt three years ago was upheld Thursday by the state's 13th Court of Appeals.

The Nueces County Jail hit 98 percent of its capacity Tuesday, but the sheriff's department reduced that number to 94 percent Wednesday.

TxDOT: From Carbon Plant Rd. to Clarkwood left lane closed for barrier repair until 4:30 p.m. Traffic Alert Hurricane lane of I-37 northbound closed for road repairs TxDOT: From Clarkwood to Clarkwood hurricane lane closed for barrier repair until 4:30 p.m. - Nueces County Commissioners approved another extension Wednesday morning for a company ...