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Coast to Classroom Teacher Expedition took educators from Freeport to the Laguna Madre to explore coastal environments.

The Padre Island National Seashore has scheduled the fourth public Kemp's ridley sea turtle hatching release for 6:45 a.m. Friday in front of the Malaquite Beach Visitor Center.

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld part of President Barack Obama's signature health care reform law in a move that could mean the state will hold onto $4.4 billion in federal subsidies and help hundreds of thousands of Texans hold onto health insurance.

A woman shot her toilet during a night of drinking at her home causing ceramic shrapnel to penetrate her left foot.

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the nationwide tax subsidies under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, in a ruling that preserves health insurance for millions of Americans.

A teen crashed into a local car dealership causing more than $100,000 in damage.

John Walsh, longtime host of "America's Most Wanted," spoke to a crowd at the Women's Shelter of South Texas 4th Annual Great Expectations Speaker Series.

Interstate 37 at Farm-to-Market 3377 in San Patricio County was closed for about 20 minutes to accommodate a HALO-Flight landing for two women injured in a wreck, Department of Public Safety officials said.

Don and Valerie Sitton ► CQ ◄ might not have seen their granddaughter’s killer brought to justice if John Walsh hadn’t renewed publicity on their case with his show America’s Most Wanted.

State Sen. Juan Hinojosa is running for re-election