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Attorneys for one of two Department of Public Safety troopers arrested on multiple felonies has filed a motion to disqualify the Nueces County District Attorney and his assistants from one of the two cases.

Fred Martinez was visiting from San Antonio when he says he found himself accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old boy.

The Attorney General, on behalf of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, claims Blackhorn Environmental has violated the Texas Clean Air Act, Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act, and Texas Water Code.

An investigation by KRIS 6 News reveals the Nueces County fire marshal doesn't have any of the certifications needed to do the job.

Nueces County officials released a statement announcing that Fagen started in his new position Friday.

The charges currently are unclear.

6 Investigates learned of the decision by the potential candidate just two weeks after we reported the first had turned down the position.

6 Investigates looks into a donation to a local nonprofit founded by a top official with Nueces County.

A popular beach resort in Port Aransas is fighting a planned beach access road at the polls. 6 Investigates examines allegations the resort may have committed voter fraud.

Shaker's resignation is effective Wednesday.

During Tuesday's specially called meeting, commissioners looked to human resources director Julie Guerra for an explanation.

The Texas Rangers carried out the search warrant earlier this week.

The arrest affidavit sworn out by the Texas Ranger investigating the ME's office states Shaker was only one of several people at the county who knew Lyden was actively practicing without a license.

Nueces County District Attorney Mark A. Gonzalez and county judge Barbara Canales has confirmed that Shaker was arrested on Tuesday.

The Nueces County Commissioner's Court is resuming its search for a chief medical examiner after the person selected for the job decided not to accept.

The Texas State Attorney General's Office is taking over the prosecution of all cases related to Breanna Wood.

Fallon Wood exclusively tells KRIS 6 Investigates that Nueces County First Assistant District Attorney Angelica Hernandez asked her to sort through pre-trial evidence in the capital case against her daughter's alleged killer, Joseph Tejeda.

City leaders are developing a plan on what to do with a piece of land along Saratoga Boulevard, which has been at the center of controversy.

A 336-unit apartment complex is being built on the property that the Corpus Christi Independent School District originally had in mind for the new Carroll High School, only to change locations after finding out that it's within a Navy Accident Potential Zone -- also known as a crash zone.

Former Nueces County Chief Deputy Medical Examiner Sandra Lyden had her bail conditions amended during a hearing Friday.

'My first memories of me being concerned about things is when I would see that Dr. Shaker would write down weights of organs and we would not even pull them out,' said one former colleague.

The county hopes to have the new M.E. start on May 3.

A Michael Morton investigative file from the Nueces County District Attorney's Office reveals an investigation into Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Adel Shaker dating back to 2020.

Nueces County received a cease-and-desist demand letter from a family that gifted nearly 400 acres of beachfront land to the county in 1949. KRIS 6 News digs into where that land is and what the potential impacts are.

Nueces County Medical Examiner Adel Shaker has been treating patients with suboxone, a medication similar to methadone.

Those documents include death certificates and billing records.

How did the investigation into the Nueces County Medical Examiner's Office begin, and what do new documents show?

This comes after we reported last month that Deputy Chief ME Sandra Lyden was fired after it was found that she did not have the right credentials to be practicing medicine in Texas.

"So now I’ve had my son cremated and I have no answer why he died,” Campbell said.

One of those procedures was done on Destiny Cortinas, the 25-year-old pregnant woman who died in December after the car her mother reportedly was driving crashed into Bay Area Hospital.

“I feel like an investigation has to come to a conclusion to see what they come up with," Chesney said. "And if there’s some illegalities going on then we should proceed as far as starting to look for a new M.E.”

A search-warrant affidavit states the chief medical examiner hired former deputy chief Sandra Lyden knowing she didn't have a full medical license or a valid permit to practice.

“I don’t buy the lunches, OK? I don’t,” Canales said. “There’s probably a supervisor or somebody who’s in charge of the logistics for that day.”

After a KRIS 6 News investigates story looked into the incident involving Coates, Mathis City Council held a closed session to discuss the story and his employment.

Honorable Discharge? A former San Patricio deputy was fired for a DWI crash and still hasn’t been prosecuted. He now has a job as Mathis Police Officer.

Some Rockport residents say their concerns went ignored leading up to a May election. They are asking for accountability from the city. The mayor says the issue was a clerical error.

Voestalpine has asked the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for an amendment to its air permit. City of Portland and residents ask for the company to take care of issues before being issued an amendment.

Nueces County Judge Barbara Canales said people died because of a lack of water. Six investigates examines this statement.

Blackhorn Environmental Services receives notice of violation from the Texas Railroad Commission.

Squires has been appointed by County Judge Barbara Canales to the Nueces County Development Commission after resigning from the Port Commission in 2019 after admitting to falsifying his resume and claiming he graduated from Penn State University.