CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 Good morning, Coastal Bend neighbors, and happy Monday! It’s the start of a new week, and there’s plenty to catch you up on! Here are your 6 Things to Know Before You Go.<\/p>\n
North Beach road closure begins Monday<\/p>\n
If you drive through North Beach, be prepared for a road closure that will last several months.<\/p>\n
Starting Monday, October 12, Beach Avenue will be closed between East Causeway Boulevard and Gulfbreeze Boulevard for approximately four months.<\/p>\n
The closure is part of several improvement projects, including construction of a new drainage canal to help with flooding, development of the North Beach Eco Park and road reconstruction.<\/p>\n
Drivers are encouraged to follow posted detours while work is underway.<\/p>\n
Robstown and Calallen residents head to Austin for ammonia plant hearing<\/p>\n
A group of Robstown and Calallen residents will be in Austin Monday as their fight against a proposed green ammonia plant continues.<\/p>\n
Residents have raised concerns about the project’s potential health and air quality impacts.<\/p>\n
A three-day hearing involving the proposed Avina facility is scheduled to begin Monday, October 12, at 9 a.m.<\/p>\n
KRIS 6 News will be following the hearing and providing updates.<\/p>\n
Four arrested in Duval County watermelon theft investigation<\/p>\n
Four people have been arrested in Duval County in connection with thousands of dollars worth of stolen watermelons.<\/p>\n
According to the Duval County Sheriff’s Office, a multi-agency operation last Tuesday uncovered approximately $7,000 worth of stolen watermelons.<\/p>\n
Authorities used a thermal imaging drone to track down the four suspects.<\/p>\n
No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n
Federal judge orders Trump administration to stop airing taxpayer-funded ads<\/p>\n
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to stop airing taxpayer-funded advertisements promoting its accomplishments and agenda.<\/p>\n
Court documents show approximately $20 million has already been spent on the advertisements.<\/p>\n
The administration has defended them as public service announcements, while critics argue they are political advertisements funded by taxpayers.<\/p>\n
Pope Leo preparing for lung surgery<\/p>\n
Pope Leo is preparing to undergo surgery after doctors discovered a nodule in his lung.<\/p>\n
The 71-year-old pope announced the news Sunday, saying the nodule was caught at a very early stage.<\/p>\n
The procedure is scheduled for early this week, with recovery expected to take approximately one week.<\/p>\n
Gulf oil production slowly recovering after hurricane<\/p>\n
Oil production in the Gulf is slowly recovering following Hurricane Isaias.<\/p>\n
As of Sunday, approximately 58% of production remained shut down, an improvement from 72% on Friday.<\/p>\n
Crews are also returning to offshore platforms that were evacuated ahead of the storm.<\/p>\n
The recovery is worth watching here in Corpus Christi, where the oil and gas industry plays a major role in the local economy.<\/p>\n
Those are the six things you need to know before you go this Monday.<\/p>\n
Here are your 6 Things to Know Before You Go!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 Good morning, Coastal Bend neighbors, and happy Monday! It’s the start of a new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":463693,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[186,158060,158061,6440,7256,155,157,156,43888,158062,157611,96997],"class_list":["post-463692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-6-things-to-know","tag-avina","tag-beach-avenue","tag-calallen","tag-coastal-bend","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news","tag-duval-county","tag-gulf-oil-production","tag-hurricane-isaias","tag-north-beach"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463692","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=463692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}