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Education (and sometimes immigration) reporter for the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. East Texas native. Journalism master's graduate from UT-Austin. Past: Texas Observer, Lufkin Daily News.
Music professor Ross Bernhardt may have to nix one-on-one voice lessons this fall. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi instructors usually hold them in their offices, he said, but there's no way to practice social distancing in such a small space.
Though confirmed cases of COVID-19 have skyrocketed since late June, one Corpus Christi private school is poised to restart in-person learning this month. Yorktown Christian Academy, which serves 180 students in pre-K through high school, is set to open July 22.
For the first four years that she was in business, Tyra Craig kept quiet her role at Golden Petal Florist. So, at times, customers who were happy with her work told her, "Tell the owner that you're doing a great job" - not guessing they were, in fact, speaking to the owner.
It's a ghost town. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi closed for the rest of the semester, with most classes going virtual during the coronavirus outbreak. By March 31, less than a fifth of the 2,200 students who lived on campus reported they were staying, the university said.
Twenty-five years after her death, Selena Quintanilla's legacy continues. Fans across the U.S. point to her clothing, her voice and her confidence as a Mexican American woman who did not speak fluent Spanish but still embraced her culture.
By Vicky Camarillo Reporting Texas Darrell Jones knew right away that something was off about the letter. It was August 2018, and Jones, a City Council member in the East Texas town of Crockett, had just retrieved his mail. The return address belonged to a friend, a local civil rights activist, but his friend's name wasn't on the envelope.
Inmates in Texas make license plates, grow crops, tend to cattle, make soap and clothing, refurbish buses and computers, build furniture and more. They're required to work if they're physically and mentally capable, and the vast majority work for free - making Texas one of only five states where regular prison jobs are unpaid.
Kai Martin wasn't much of a dancer. The high school senior had never been to prom or even homecoming. But on a recent night in April, Martin, who is agender and pansexual and prefers gender-neutral pronouns, was looking forward to holding hands with their significant other, Brianna Bryant, without fear.
At 9:15 p.m. Tuesday, Hilda Sustaita, 66, stared blankly at the television screen as a news anchor declared incumbent GOP Sen. Ted Cruz the victor in Texas' U.S. Senate race. An hour earlier she was convinced that the candidate she favored, Democrat Beto O'Rourke, was about to win.