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Several wrecks reported along Interstate 37 on Monday caused Corpus Christi police to detour southbound traffic along the freeway at the McKenzie Road exit. 

A man accused of capital murder is expected to testify Monday.

An 11-year-old boy died early Monday after he and his 14-year-old brother were pulled from the surf on Padre Island on Sunday afternoon. 

The Ray High School football team once pulled together to win the state championship against Wichita Falls. The 1959 team beat its West Texas rival 20-6. Decades later, teammates are still coming to each other's aid off the field.

The group visits Belize for two weeks. The first week is spent traveling the country and learning about its culture, doing everything from visiting a Belizean hospital to traveling down a river to visit remote Mayan ruin to swimming with nurse sharks.

A woman was killed in a crash that authorities said occurred when a driver fell asleep at the wheel early Sunday.

The 20th-annual Ms. Coastal Bend Senior Pageant for women ages 60 and up was held Sunday at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's Performing Arts Center.

The annual Solomon M. Coles Award Banquet was held Sunday evening.

Two people were transported to Bay Area Hospital Sunday after police were called to a drowning.

The Center for Energy Workforce Development projects as much as 46 percent of the current oil and gas industry workforce — or up to 200,000 skilled workers — will need to be replaced in the next five to seven years, when many baby boomers hit retirement age.