A federal investigation has uncovered serious workplace safety violations at a FleetPride Inc. facility in Corpus Christi after an employee died while inspecting a tanker trailer. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, commonly known as OSHA, opened its investigation following the Jan. 7 incident. According to federal officials, the employee asphyxiated during the tanker trailer inspection. The Nueces...
New details in the Southside shooting investigation have renewed concern about how communities respond when someone experiences a severe mental health crisis. Police say 20-year-old Markus Xavier Benavidez fatally shot his father Monday night. According to an arrest affidavit, Benavidez appeared to be experiencing a mental health episode when the shooting occurred. The case remains under investigation, and the allegations will be subject to the...
College sports thrive on more than touchdowns, buzzer-beaters, and packed student sections. The action on the field may draw the biggest cheers, but mascots often set the tone long before the opening whistle. At the University of Texas, Hook ’Em has become an unmistakable part of that game-day energy—and now the spirited costumed character is in contention for the Mascot Hall of Fame. Hook ’Em Brings Energy to Texas Game Days Hook ’Em...
Corpus Christi is facing a high-stakes dispute over industrial water rates that could reshape how the city funds its water future. For more than a decade, several large industrial plants received water at heavily discounted prices, leaving residents and local businesses to cover a significant share of the cost. City rate models show that customers subsidized water for major energy companies by more than $100 million. Now, after Corpus Christi...
Three Hospitalized After Corpus Christi Crash Three people were taken to a local hospital Sunday afternoon after a serious Corpus Christi crash on the city’s Southside. One person suffered critical injuries, according to police, following a multi-vehicle collision on South Staples Street near Wooldridge Road. The crash occurred shortly after 2 p.m. and involved at least three vehicles. Authorities said the vehicles sustained extensive damage....
