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As many start kicking off their July 4 celebrations Thursday, Corpus Christi Police Department officials also have plans in place for the holiday. 

Corpus Christi Caller-Times digital content producer Sarah Tuley was picked to mentor 20 student journalists at a national media conference in Los Angeles in September.

A strong line of thunderstorms spotted in the Coastal Bend on Thursday is set to affect Nueces, San Patricio, Jim Wells and Kleberg counties. 

As a large number of fun-seekers are expected to visit the Coastal Bend for July 4 weekend, Texas of Department of Transportation officials want to start a conversation about safety. 

BP and five Gulf states announced an $18.7 billion settlement Thursday that resolves years of legal fighting over the environmental and economic damage done by the energy giant's oil spill in 2010.

An official says shots have been reported in a building on the Washington Navy Yard campus.

A wreck involving a tractor-trailer hitting a man on Weber Road at the Crosstown Expressway early Thursday led to the closure of Weber Road at Yorktown Boulevard as Texas DPS officials investigate the crash. 

A joint investigation by state, county and city law enforcement agencies led to the arrest of four people suspected of killing a man, stuffing his body in a plastic container and dumping it in a field near Robstown

A meeting will be Thursday to discuss and gather feedback on the street improvement project on Waldron Road, a city news release states.

Even though Independence Day lands on Saturday, most city offices will close Friday for the holiday, a city news release states.