Corpus Christi police are investigating a fatal five-car pileup on the Crosstown Expressway involving a 14-year-old boy in Flour Bluff, while the 49th annual Beach to Bay race draws runners to the boardwalk. The community also mourns the death of historian Robert Parks, who helped preserve Coastal Bend's heritage, as Texas A&M-Corpus Christi celebrates its Class of 2026 graduates.