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  Authorities Identify Woman Killed In Crash Friday

  

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  Posted 10:55 PM 2/3/2012 by Bart Bedsole - bbedsole@kristv.com

  CORPUS CHRISTI - Speed is being blamed for an accident that left a young woman dead Friday evening.

  Police say 23-year-old Tiffany Nicole Jaimes was killed instantly after slamming her 1996 2-door Acura into a telephone pole.

  Jaimes is a 2006 graduate of Carroll High School.

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  Rockport Vacation Home Destroyed by Fire

  

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  Posted 7:01 PM 2/3/2012 by Rachel Cole - rcole@kristv.com

  ROCKPORT -- A home on Shell Ridge Road burned down just shortly after midnight last night. No one was home when the fire started. Neighbors say they heard weird noises from outside. Linda Emery was first to witness the flames.

  "I heard this popping sound. So, I came out and I saw it (More) • Videos (2)

  
  

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  Gambling Raid In Driscoll

  

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  Posted 6:48 PM 2/3/2012 by Mia Gordon - mgordon@kristv.com

  DRISCOLL - Two people were arrested, and dozens of eight-liners confiscated, following a raid at a business in Driscoll last night by Nueces County Deputies.

  They began investigating more than a month ago, after getting complaints about illegal gambling.

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  Elderly Man Says He Recognized One of 2 Women Who Robbed Him

  

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  Posted 4:57 PM 2/3/2012 by Andy Liscano

  CORPUS CHRISTI - 79 year old Victoriano Lopez says he was getting ready for bed last night, around 9pm, when he was startled by a knock at his front door. He saw it was 2 women, including one who'd been at his home before. So he opened the door.

  He described what happened next. "Yo me vine (More) • Videos (2)

  
  

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  Woman Killed in Crash with Utility Pole

  

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  Posted 5:49 PM 2/3/2012

  CORPUS CHRISTI - Police are investigating a crash at 4125 Gollihar that killed a Hispanic woman in her 20's just after 5:00 p.m.

  Witnesses say the driver was speeding down Gollihar when the car hit the pole hard on the driver's side of the vehicle.

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  CCISD Narrows List of Proposed Middle School Names

  

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  Posted 4:50 PM 2/3/2012

  CORPUS CHRISTI - The Corpus Christi Independent School District has narrowed it's list of proposed names for the district's new southside middle school. School board members will vote on the campus's new name at next mondays meeting. Construction of the new southside campus is scheduled to begin (More) • Video (1)

  
  

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  Robstown Police Don't Arrest Man Who Stole Donation Jar

  

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  Posted 4:15 PM 2/3/2012 by Bart Bedsole - bbedsole@kristv.com

  ROBSTOWN - A man allegedly stole a donation jar from a convenient store Thursday night.

  But even when he was caught a short time later with the jar, police only cited him for criminal trespassing, then released him.

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  MDA Muscle Walk Tomorrow At La Palmera Mall

  

  Posted 3:35 PM 2/3/2012 by Bart Bedsole - bbedsole@kristv.com

  CORPUS CHRISTI - The MDA Muscle Walk is a local walk held to pay tribute to and raise funds for children and adults served by the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

  This year's event will once again be held at La Palmera Mall on Saturday, February 4.

  Registration begins at 8am.

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  Mexican Lanchas Stopped 20 Miles Off Coast

  Posted 3:21 PM 2/3/2012

  CORPUS CHRISTI - Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection units from South Texas apprehended seven people on two Mexican fishing boats last night about 20 nautical miles off the coast.

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  Drunk Drivers - February 3

  

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  Posted 2:50 PM 2/3/2012 by Bart Bedsole - bbedsole@kristv.com

  Here is this week's list of convicted drunk drivers and their punishments:

   

  1st Offense:

  Michael Shannon - 9 months

  Dominique Lozano - 9 months and a curfew

  Lee Burwell - 1 year probation

  Monica Land - 1 year (More) • Video (1) • Photos (25)

  
  

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  Galloway Named 'Journalist in Residence' at Texas A&M Corpus Christi

  

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  Posted 2:11 PM 2/3/2012

  CORPUS CHRISTI - Veteran war correspondent Joe Galloway was honored by Texas A&M Corpus Christi today by being named university's first 'journalist in residence.'

  He'll be teaching journalism and media students at the university. Galloway told us, "I've been doing events over here for (More) • Video (1)

  
  

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  Packery Channel Bridge Repairs Begin

  

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  Posted 1:19 PM 2/3/2012

  CORPUS CHRISTI - Crews are now in the process of making repairs to the State Highway 361 bridge over Packery Channel. The span was damaged two months ago when a barge knocked off some chunks of concrete.

  The majority of the work is taking place underwater, but motorists need to be aware that one lane on the bridge will remain closed during the repair process.

   

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