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Thousands of mourners began lining up outside a large arena Friday where an overflow crowd was expected for the funeral of one of the victims of a deadly shooting at an African-American church. President Barack Obama was scheduled to deliver a eulogy.

National media is reporting that the United States Supreme Court of the United states has affirmed the right to same sex marriage.

For decades the Corpus Christi Town Club was the place that drew the area's movers and shakers.

Students from Gregory-Portland High worked to creat an outdoor fitness center at Simpson Park in Portland.

City officials recommend beachgoers with open wounds avoid waters at Ropes and Cole parks.

The Good Samaritan Rescue Mission is seeing an influx of "new faces" at the shelter and there aren't enough beds, officials said.

The Department of Public Safety divers license office in Aransas Pass will close Friday for its relocation next door, a department news release states.

Corpus Christi police need help identifying the remains of a man's body found on South Padre Island in April, a police news release states.

Nueces County District Attorney Mark Skurka talked with prosecutors from across the state Thursday who are facing similar struggles.

Armed with Gov. Greg Abbott's signature on a new pro-desalination law, officials are honing in on the 100-year dream of a large-scale desalination plant here.