San Patricio County News

"We have had a lot of thefts," Mayor Billy Huerta said. "One councilman mentioned there were two vehicle burglaries recently during broad daylight.

That streak will get to 25 by Sunday as temperatures could break records on Saturday and Sunday .

In Barr, et al. v. City of Sinton, a unanimous state Supreme Court concluded that a zoning ordinance that effectively prevented a halfway house ministry for parolees and probationers from operating inside Sinton's city limits violates the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

Sean Leroy Marshall, chief executive officer for North Bay Hospital, was arrested by the Aransas Pass Police Department and charged with prescription fraud.

The new research, presented Wednesday to a city committee, makes conclusions similar to those of a Texas A&M University - Kingsville study that showed Las Brisas would reduce ozone near the plant but increase it downwind.

Sylvester Villasana, of Sinton, died after being shot three times on May 9 by Officer Justin Sanders after police say he refused to listen to commands to surrender and continued to approach Sanders.

A lot of people don't know that Nueces County has its own airport and county commissioners want to change that.

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George Gongora/Caller Times Photo Traffic passes on Farm to Market Road 1074 near Farm to Market Road 1944 and looming wind turbines behind the traffic.

Continuing to show deference to religious practice in Texas, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday that a town near Corpus Christi violated state law when it zoned two Christian halfway houses out of existence.

U.S. Representative threatens to remove $3M in Ingleside funding if Neal is appointed to base redevelopment board By Jaime Powell Friday, June 19, 2009 - U.S. Rep.

A Corpus Christi man has been arrested for stealing a UPS truck and leading officers from several counties on a high speed chase.

The council dumped an interlocal agreement that appointing groups, including Nueces and San Patricio counties, complained could leave them financially responsible for Ingleside Local Redevelopment Authority's actions.

Bee County commissioners voted Monday to borrow $60,000 to help finance acoustical improvements to the district courtrooms.

By Rob Boscamp Originally published 08:27 a.m., June 11, 2009 Updated 08:27 a.m., June 11, 2009 - A 36-year-old Corpus Christi man used a not-so-discreet method to evade authorities Wednesday night.

Millions of dollars in border security funding is headed to South Texas, U.S. Rep.

Much needed rain fell throughout the Coastal Bend last night and those storms actually produced a tornado in San Patricio County.

Questions and concerns continue to come up about the redevelopment of 155 surplus acres of Naval Station Ingleside despite the almost three years the region has been working on it.

The Hill Country Chapter of the American Red Cross is gearing up for the start of hurricane season on June 1 and preparing to lend a helping hand in the event of a natural disaster.

The eight-member development group's plans to turn 155 acres of mostly submerged Navy surplus property into a mixed-use marina facility are in question after the Ingleside council made a pair of 4-3 votes that dismantled prior work on the authority.