Nueces County News

Corpus Christi police are investigating after the remains of a 41-year-old woman were discovered when a trash truck dumped out its contents at a garbage collection business.

ROBLEDO/CALLER-TIMES Norma Davila , of the Nueces County Texas A&M AgriLife Extension office, master naturalist Carlos Valez Sr., master garden Norma Hernandez and Jessica Weizer of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension were recognized Wednesday by Commissioners Court after their volunteers' more than 62,000 hours of work in 2013 was valued at nearly $1.4 ... (more)

A jury convicted Villegas Jr. on two counts of capital murder in 2002 in connection with the stabbing deaths of three members of a Corpus Christi family.

If you have any information on the remaining five, call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS, or submit a tip online at www.888tips.com.

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Johnathan Michaud is wanted on a child sex assault warrant in Nueces County.

ROBLEDO/CALLER-TIMES Port of Corpus Christi Secretary Charlie Zahn , Nueces County Beach Management Advisory Chairman Greg Smith, and Nueces County Commissioner Joe McComb present a plan for the purchase more 3,688 acres of Padre Island to Kleberg County commissioners.

For nearly a century Texas has treated 17-year-olds suspected of a crime as adults but, unless they are charged with a major crime, it is time the state should treat them as juveniles, a number experts told some legislators on Tuesday.

Corpus Christi police received the call at 5:28 a.m., but state highway officials responded because it was outside the city limits, near County Road 79, the dispatcher said.

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO The Early Childhood Development Center at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi was awarded a $250 FOCUS grant March 7. The grant will fund the Bluebonnet Book Club, a reading program implemented by the center that motivates and encourages students to explore beyond the book through research, activities, and conversations about what ... (more)