Emergency restrictions are now expected to hit in September 2027, so the coastal city still faces a challenging future.

Ten water projects received initial approval to split $1.28 billion in state money this year, but 13 others didn’t make the cut — including one that may supply drought-stricken Corpus Christi.

The drainage district that commissioned the testing has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the company, which says it is in compliance with all requirements for its state wastewater discharge permit.

A proposal the city council is expected to discuss includes asking customers to cut their water use by 25% and imposing additional fees on water used beyond certain limits.

A 22-year-old Nixon man, who was seen twerking on top of a vehicle in a social media video, has died after a crash in Port Aransas earlier this month.

Mayor Paulette Guajardo faces allegations of misconduct over a 2024 hotel development project.

From drilling groundwater wells to recycling wastewater, Corpus Christi has launched a host of projects as it races against the clock to find more water.

The city manager said the city received permits to pump more groundwater and will avoid water reductions from a shrinking reservoir for now, pushing a potential water crisis to July.

The city produces 5% of the nation’s refined products like gas and jet fuel, and experts say a serious water shortage could force production down and push fuel prices up even further.

Two out of the five projections city leaders presented Tuesday showed water shortages beginning in May. The city has yet to detail plans for how to reduce water use for residents and businesses.

As reservoirs fall below 10% of capacity, council members are expected to provide an update on the city’s dwindling water supply and when customers might have to cut back on water use.

A Corpus Christi police officer has been indicted on three theft-related charges after investigators learned he used a credit card connected to a police nonprofit in 2025.

City officials expect to reach a “water emergency” within months and run out of water next year. That would halt jet fuel deliveries to Texas airports, hike gas prices and trigger a local economic disaster without precedent, former officials say.

President Donald Trump arrived Friday in Corpus Christi and offered remarks on energy and important Republican primary races four days before Election Day.

Texas’ Coastal Bend is about to take center stage as President Donald Trump is expected to visit the Port of Corpus Christi on Friday.

Family members of victims of the tragic 2022 Robb Elementary shooting have shared their feelings about the acquittal of an ex-Uvalde CISD officer on child endangerment charges.

Adrian Gonzales, who was acquitted on 29 child endangerment charges in response to the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting, spoke to reporters after his trial ended Wednesday night.

Jurors found Adrian Gonzales, who responded to the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, not guilty on all 29 child endangerment charges in his response to the May 24, 2022, shooting.

The state, led by Uvalde County District Attorney Christina Mitchell and special prosecutor Bill Turner, rested its case Tuesday in the trial of an ex-Uvalde school district police officer.

Jurors got a three-dimensional, animated look Friday at the first moments leading up to 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde.

Jurors got their first look Thursday at former Uvalde CISD police officer Adrian Gonzales' response to the Robb Elementary School shooting on May 24, 2022.

Melodye Flores, a former teacher's aide at Robb Elementary School, took the stand Wednesday morning. Flores described talking to ex-Uvalde CISD police officer Adrian Gonzales as he responded to the school shooting.

Following witness testimony Tuesday afternoon, a woman was escorted from the Nueces County Courtroom after an outburst during the trial of a former Uvalde school district police officer.

Joe Vasquez, an off-duty Zavala County Sheriff's deputy who responded to the Robb Elementary School shooting, testified Tuesday in the trial of a former Uvalde CISD police officer.

Arnulfo Reyes, a Robb Elementary School fourth grade teacher who survived the May 24, 2022, shooting, was called to the stand Monday in the trial of ex-Uvalde CISD police officer Adrian Gonzales.

After an industrial building boom on Corpus Christi Bay, the city is drilling wells to meet water demand, and rural Nueces County residents say their own wells are being impacted.

Jennifer Garcia, the mother of Eliahna Garcia, was called to the stand toward the end of the fourth day of ex-Uvalde CISD police officer Adrian Gonzales' trial.

Former Robb Elementary School staffer Emilia “Amy” Franco Marin testified through tears at times Thursday in the trial of ex-Uvalde school district police officer Adrian Gonzales.

Family members of Jackie Cazares, a 9-year-old killed in the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting, shared their frustrations with the Uvalde County District Attorney’s Office Wednesday before the state and defense team gathered for a hearing in the trial of an ex-Uvalde school district police officer.

Adrian Gonzales, one of two now-former Uvalde CISD police officers charged with child endangerment after the Robb Elementary shooting in 2022, faced his first day in trial on Tuesday. See photos from the first day here.

During the Wednesday hearing, the defense asked Judge Sid Harle to declare a mistrial in the Adrian Gonzales case, but he denied the motion.

On Wednesday, the defense asked presiding Judge Sid Harle to declare a mistrial in the case of former Uvalde CISD police officer Adrian Gonzales. Harle denied the defense’s request.

Jurors in Adrian Gonzales' Corpus Christi trial were excused from the courtroom Tuesday afternoon after testimony from a witness was called into question by the defense team.

The search for a jury in the trial of a former Uvalde CISD officer charged for his response to the Robb Elementary School shooting began in the daytime Monday and ended under the cover of darkness.

While it is unclear how many prospective jurors have been summoned, each of them was tasked with answering a two-page questionnaire upon their arrival at the Nueces County Courthouse.

A Border Patrol agent was killed in a crash in South Texas on Monday night while he was on his way to work.

A cause of death for Caleb Harris remains not definitive after autopsy results were released Tuesday by the Nueces County Medical Examiner's Office.

Caleb Harris, 21, went missing in March and his remains were found in June. His family will remember him on July 23.

Targeted by local conservative activists, Mark Gonzalez joined an increasingly crowded 2024 primary — a move that triggered his resignation as district attorney.

Many Texans head to the Gulf Coast to cool down in the dog days of summer but a new report from Environment Texas states that pathogens pose a risk at the majority of Texas beaches.

Earlier this year, Ramirez won a legal fight to have his pastor beside him at his execution.

Nueces County District Attorney Mark Gonzalez said he is ethically opposed to the death penalty, but an employee wrongfully requested the execution date against his wishes. Gonzalez sought to cancel the execution two days later.

Climate change is here. We want to document where its effects are being felt in Texas, how communities are adapting and what government officials should do to help.

Despite an admonition from federal authorities, Land Commissioner George P. Bush’s plan still steers aid disproportionately to whiter, inland counties at less risk of natural disasters.

The body of a San Antonio teenager was found on a Port Aransas beach early Friday, two days after his father died as he tried to help him.

A mother and her 1-year-old daughter who police say were kidnapped in Corpus Christi this week have been located.The Corpus Christi Police Department said Thursday morning that Jezabel, 18, and Zaylee Zamora are safe.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The new COVID-19 variant, B.1.1.7, which originated in the United Kingdom, has been identified in Nueces County, according to Dr. Srikanth Ramachandruni, a local health official. Once he returned home, the man was diagnosed with the new COVID-19 variant, Ramachandruni said. Officials say they feel confident that they can contain the spread of the new variant, given that the man has been isolated since he was informed. The state has since allocated 4,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Nueces County area, according to officials. Related: Texas sees 1st case of new variant amid push for more shots

SAN ANTONIO The majority of Padre Island National Seashore will reopen on Thursday after being closed due to damage from Hurricane Hanna. Both north and south beaches, as well as Malaquite Beach, the Bird Island Basin day-use area and boat ramp, will open at 6 a.m., according to the park. At this time, developed campgrounds at Malaquite and Bird Island Basin will remain closed. Primitive camping on both north and south beaches, however, will be allowed. The park says the dock at the Bird Island boat ramp is in the process of being rebuilt.

SAN ANTONIO – Beaches in Nueces County have reopened to vehicles as an order put in place to help stunt the spread of COVID-19 has expired. Nueces County Judge Barbara Canales said Friday that the order, which closed vehicle access points at beaches within the county, will end on Monday, according to multiple reports. The newspaper reported that the modified order will restrict access to areas of beaches damaged by Hurricane Hanna. The order was put in place in July as the county asked tourists to stay home for the sake of social distancing. He said enforcing the order “depleted all of our overtime budgets” in providing 24-hour policing.

SAN ANTONIO – The mayor of Port Aransas says the city can no longer afford to implement the county beach closure order that was issued in July to help curb the effects of COVID-19. FYI: The city can no longer afford providing 24 hour day policing of the county beaches closure order. We have depleted... Posted by Mayor Bujan Information Page For Port Aransas Citizens on Sunday, August 9, 2020The mayor said as of Sunday morning, the city would no longer enforce the beach closure order. The order forces the closure of vehicle access points at beaches within the county, which encompasses Port Aransas, Padre Island and Corpus Christi. Port Aransas Police Chief Scott Burroughs told KIII in Corpus Christi that the department began to see a diminished outcome.

In mid-July, Corpus Christi made national headlines after a Nueces County health official said 85 babies had tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Over the past two weeks, that number has nearly doubled, City-County Health Director Annette Rodriguez told KIII TV. Since the pandemic began in March, Nueces County has seen a total of 13,062 COVID-19 cases, according to the city’s dashboard. In Texas, nearly 460,000 COVID-19 cases have been reported as of Tuesday. Map: Track COVID-19 cases in Texas, county-by-county updates

The storm, which is the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, was expected to make landfall late Saturday afternoon or early evening south of Corpus Christi, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Live webcam footage showed waves sweeping over popular Whitecap Beach near Corpus Christi hours before the hurricane was expected to make landfall. First responders in Corpus Christi proactively placed barricades near intersections to have them ready to go if streets began to flood, McComb said. More than 9,100 people in the Corpus Christi area were without power early Saturday afternoon, according to AEP Texas. South Texas officials’ plans for any possible rescues, shelters and monitoring of the storm will have the pandemic in mind and incorporate social distancing guidelines and mask wearing.

HOUSTON – Officials in South Texas, hit by the coronavirus pandemic in recent weeks, said Friday they’re also prepared to handle any challenges from Tropical Storm Hanna, which was headed their way and expected to strengthen into a hurricane before making landfall this weekend. Nueces County Judge Barbara Canales said she understands that the tropical storm would exacerbate already difficult times the county, which has about 362,000 residents, has been experiencing during the pandemic. South Texas officials' plans for any possible rescues, shelters and monitoring of the storm will have the pandemic in mind. In the Mexican city of Matamoros, located across the border from Brownsville, volunteers worried whether the tropical storm would impact a makeshift migrant camp near the Rio Grande River. Greg Abbott has announced that various resources to respond to the tropical storm are on standby across the state, including search-and-rescue teams and aircraft.

Employees with the City of Corpus Christi load sandbags into people's cars as Tropical Storm Hannah approaches on July 24, 2020. Courtney Sacco/Caller-Times via Imagn Content Services, LLCCorpus Christi, already beset by a spike in COVID cases, now faces the dangers of Tropical Storm Hanna. The National Hurricane Service issued a hurricane warning for a section of the Texas coast from Baffin Bay to Sargent an area that includes Corpus Christi Bay, Copany Bay, Aransas Bay, San Antonio Bay and Matagorda Bay. The National Weather Service issued a warning of life-threatening storm surge for the areas that include Corpus Christi, Rockport and Port Lavaca. The city already closed a drive-through coronavirus testing site in Corpus Christi until at least Tuesday, officials said.

HOUSTON Most of the 85 young children in a South Texas county who are known to have contracted the coronavirus tested positive this month amid a surge in the state, a health official said Sunday. But Rodriguez stressed Sunday that although the oldest of the cases goes back to mid-March, most of them 60 infants tested positive from July 1 to July 16. The child who died was less than half a year old and tested positive this month. The first young child from Nueces County was hospitalized in mid-June. One of the infants who tested positive is a recent newborn whose mother also has the virus, she said.

Over the four months of Texas course of the coronavirus, early hot spots Amarillo among them have been eclipsed by new regions in crisis now, South Texas. That behavior, particularly among young people, may be responsible for dozens of new hot spots that will be more difficult to eradicate. Those 123 "red zone" counties are home to some 23 million Texans the vast majority of the state's population. Typically, rural and community hospitals transfer patients to urban hospitals for acute care. Two weeks ago, there were just seven positive COVID-19 patients in the Amarillo hospital; by this week, that had more than tripled to 24.

Eighty-five infants younger than age 1 have tested positive for the coronavirus in Nueces County. REUTERSEighty-five infants who are under the age of 1 have tested positive for the coronavirus in Nueces County, CNN reports. When the pandemic first started ravaging the state, Nueces County stayed relatively healthy while the Amarillo region suffered. We currently have 85 babies under the age of one year in Nueces County that have all tested positive for COVID-19, Annette Rodriguez, director of public health for Corpus Christi Nueces County, told CNN. As The Texas Tribune previously reported, Nueces County Medical Examiner Adel Shaker said last week that a baby boy, less than 6 months old, had tested positive for COVID-19 and died.

Nueces County Judge Barbara Canales on Wednesday issued a new order that limits access and adds curfews at beaches within the county, which encompasses Port Aransas, Padre Island and Corpus Christi. Until 6 a.m. Aug. 1, unless extended or rescinded, vehicle access points will be closed at county beaches and parks, the order states. We need some help: Corpus Christi official asks tourists not to visit beaches amid COVID-19 surgePeople with physical disabilities or disabled veterans will be allowed to use golf carts on beaches. Canales made the plea to out-of-towners Monday during an interview with the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Corpus Christi has recorded 70 COVID-19 deaths and 7,532 total cases.

Canales made the plea to out-of-towners Monday during an interview with the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. We are not stable we are in a free fall and we need some help from Texas, Canales told the newspaper. In recent weeks, Corpus Christi has become a COVID-19 hotspot, and local officials worry it might be due to tourism. Infant dies of COVID-19 in Corpus ChristiTexas A&M University Corpus Christi researchers analyzed cellphone data recorded over two recent holidays Memorial Day and Independence Day. Corpus Christi Mayor Joe McComb expressed similar sentiments to the New York Times.

Nueces County officials announced Friday that an infant has died of COVID-19. According to a news release from the city of Corpus Christi, the patient was a boy younger than six months of age but would not release further information due to privacy reasons. Corpus Christi Councilman Ben Molina said the boy was only six weeks old, as did Nueces County Commissioner John Marez. The Health District just received notice of a COVID-19 related death of a six week old infant. My... Posted by John Marez on Friday, July 10, 2020Corpus Christi has been hard hit by the spread of COVID-19, with more than 5,000 cases reported since the pandemic began.

SAN ANTONIO – Medina Lake Park in Bandera County will be closed this Fourth of July weekend due to the coronavirus pandemic. The park, which is operated by the county, will stay closed until Wednesday, July 8, due to the virus, according to officials. The boat ramp at the park will also be closed to the public. Medina Lake Park is just one of the dozens of recreational areas in Central and South Texas that will not be open during the biggest holiday of the summer due to the virus. Cameron County, which includes South Padre Island, has also announced all county parks and county beaches will be closed over the weekend.

NORTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas – A Texas boat captain received 17 citations for going over the daily bag limit for red snapper on July 6. Nueces County Game Wardens received a tip that a fisherman was regularly bringing in red snapper in excess of the daily bag limit, which is four fish per person per day, on North Padre Island, according to a spokesperson with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Four San Antonio lakes to be stocked with thousands of rainbow troutWardens located a recreational fishing vessel near North Padre Island with seven anglers on board and discovered 31 red snapper in an ice chest and an additional 14 red snapper in an anchor storage compartment. The boat captain, whose identity wasn’t released, was issued 17 citations for going over the daily bag limit, according to the spokesperson. The captain was convicted in Nueces County court on Nov. 12 and fined more than $26,000, the spokesperson said.