Ana Tamez

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The ribbon-cutting of the new Harbor Bridge could come before the end of the month, two Texas legislators told 3NEWS on Monday. State Rep. Denise Villalobos said the rescheduled ceremonial opening of the new bridge connecting Corpus Christi and North Beach is set for 10 a.m. June 28. State Rep. Todd Hunter also confirmed the news to 3NEWS on Monday evening. State Sen.

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Combined Choke Canyon Reservoir and Lake Corpus Christi storage levels are up to 15.4 percent after dipping as low as 14.7 percent Wednesday, the City of Corpus Christi website reported Monday. The Water Data for Texas website shows that, one week ago, the Nueces River Basin Reservoirs were reading 14.8 full. That number was holding steady Saturday. By Sunday, as the rainfall began to make its way into the water basin and reservoirs, increasing the total to 15 percent.

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Thomas J. Henry increases his offer to take over the American Bank center naming rights to $15M over 10 years. “It’s time to bring these negotiations to a close,” he said in a news release Thursday.   In the release, he states that the decision over the building's future has been "mired in needless delay and political interference," and said the reason for the offer increase was to show that he's serious about his commitment to investing in Corpus Christi.

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Nueces County Medical Examiner identified the 30-year-old man who was reportedly stabbed and killed in Port Aransas on Friday night as Kaiser Jones. Port Aransas Police Department chief James Stokes said that at about 6:30 p.m. Friday, officers were called to a reported stabbing in the 600 block of Sandy Lane.

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Emma Torres, the mother of 3-year-old Augustine Valencia -- who died after being left in his mother's boyfriend's care at the Veranda Apartments in February -- was booked into the Nueces County Jail on charges connected with the toddler's death Friday. The charges include two counts of injury to a child; Augustine's 2-year-old brother also was left in 21-year-old Enrique Lopez's care that day. This is a developing story.