Rachel Denny Clow

This article is co-published with ProPublica and The Texas Tribune as part of an initiative to report on state and federal efforts to restrict local control.

The Corpus Christi region, in the midst of an ongoing water crisis, has experienced another setback: Design work has halted on a pipeline that’s supposed to deliver water to communities across the state because the tiny river authority that promised to develop the project hasn’t offered a renewed contract.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — A South Texas state senator is pressing the Nueces River Authority to explain its finances, questioning whether the agency can keep operating long enough to deliver a major water project that communities across the state are counting on.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Corpus Christi Police Department no longer has any firearms examiners after two separate internal affairs investigations led to the departure of both employees.

A 34-year-old Corpus Christi man was arrested Tuesday in connection with a fatal stabbing last week on the city's westside, police said.

The president of the Schallert Parent Teacher Association has been arrested and charged with allegedly stealing nearly $30,000 from the organization, Alice Police Chief Eden Garcia told KRIS 6 News.

The Corpus Christi City Council voted 5-4 Tuesday to raise the annual beach parking permit fee from $12 to $20, the first increase in more than two decades.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — This article is co-published with ProPublica and The Texas Tribune as part of an initiative to report on state and federal efforts to restrict local control.

The Nueces River Authority is working on a project that could expand the Corpus Christi region's water supply. But the Texas governor has done little to address the agency's financial problems, despite appointing every member of its board.

A Nueces River Authority project could expand Corpus Christi's water supply, but the Texas governor has done little about the agency's financial problems despite choosing its board.