Nueces County News

Months away from starting a trial in which the state was seeking the death penalty, an Edna man accepted a plea deal Friday and was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the death of his infant son.

A South Texas jury spared a couple imprisonment after finding that they had neglected their newborn and three older children while living on a beach.

Representatives from Apex Clean Energy, the developer of the Chapman Ranch Wind project, said the company sent a letter to local government officials on Monday stating a "clear desire to cooperate" with both the Corpus Christi City Council and Nueces County Commissioners Court, which both adopted resolutions opposing the project.

Corpus Christi police received a call about an assault at a residence in the 900 block of Dabney Street near Ray High School about 7 p.m. where officers found Pedro Macias, 64, barricaded inside.

Christine Griffin, 30, of Corpus Christi, was in the Nueces County Jail Saturday charged with intoxication manslaughter and intoxication assault after a fatal hit-and-run accident.