Good morning, Corpus Christi.

GCHS is featuring Rescue Tales, a weekly pet adoption feature spotlighting Palm, a Coastal Bend cutie searching for her furever home; interested parties should check details at the center.

Subaru donated over $20,000 and supply kits to all 41 teachers at Gloria Hicks Elementary as CCISD consolidations have increased student enrollment.

Each teacher received a $500 gift card for classroom supplies (a move easing rising needs), according to General Manager Roger Reyna.

Corpus Christi students returned to campus on Aug.

24 for fall 2026 classes at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and Del Mar College, with the university earning Colleges of Distinction honors and the college building on growth from its tuition waiver program.

Del Mar College began its fall semester on Aug.

24 in Corpus Christi after hosting its largest spring commencement and expanding enrollment, while it continued the Freedom to Dream tuition waiver program on campus.

Students returned to class as the fall semester began yesterday at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

Photos showed activity at campus spots like Starbucks and the library, highlighting the school’s long history on Ward Island.

Today the speed limit on Highway 361 drops from 60 to 50 mph after three deaths spurred lawmakers to act.

TxDOT is accepting public input on further changes until Sept. 2 & DPS troopers are already on the road enforcing the new rule.

House Speaker Mike Johnson will campaign this week in four competitive, majority Hispanic districts in South Texas — visiting San Antonio, San Patricio County, Laredo and Harlingen — to rally support for GOP candidates ahead of the fall elections.