Click here for the full story.<\/a><\/p>\n2. City charter amendments delayed <\/p>\n
Corpus Christi voters will not see proposed city charter amendments on the November ballot.<\/p>\n
The City Council voted to delay the proposals and instead create a committee to prepare recommendations for the 2028 election.<\/p>\n
The delayed measures include proposed pay raises and longer term limits for City Council members.<\/p>\n
3. Free back-to-school event offers health services and haircuts<\/p>\n
Families can get ready for the new school year at a free community event hosted by Esperanza de Tejas on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n
The event runs from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Corpus Christi Community Center. Children can receive free haircuts, eye exams and sports physicals.<\/p>\n
Organizers encourage families to arrive early, as supplies and services will be available while they last.<\/p>\n
4. New hemp restrictions take effect Friday<\/p>\n
Stricter regulations on hemp-derived products take effect in Texas on Friday.<\/p>\n
Products such as Delta-8 will no longer be considered lawful following a recent Texas Supreme Court ruling.<\/p>\n
Consumers are expected to see many of these products disappear from store shelves beginning July 31.<\/p>\n
5. Rancho Vista Boulevard closure begins<\/p>\n
Drivers should expect traffic changes as crews close Rancho Vista Boulevard at the Yorktown intersection.<\/p>\n
Nearby neighborhoods and businesses will remain accessible, but motorists should follow posted detour signs.<\/p>\n
The roadwork is part of a reconstruction project that is expected to be completed in 2027.<\/p>\n
6. Demolition resumes at former Sunrise Mall<\/p>\n
Demolition has resumed at the former Sunrise Mall after the project stalled for about a year.<\/p>\n
Neighbors had raised concerns over the delay, but crews were seen clearing the property over the weekend.<\/p>\n
The property’s owner plans to seek rezoning to redevelop the site with apartments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx \u2014 Good morning from Bryan and Michelle Hofmann on KRIS 6 News Sunrise.Thanks for starting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131922,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[186,43474,155,157,156,636,137578,27605],"class_list":["post-390532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-6-things-to-know","tag-back-to-school","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news","tag-murder","tag-sunrise-mall","tag-thc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}