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Nassau County officials announced a new rip current safety initiative at beaches throughout the county.

The staff at Texas Roadhouse received free CPR training to be ready for Beach Safety and Rip Current Awareness month in April.

Victim's family, community celebrated for passage of drowning-prevention laws Dale Nelson weather 6-28-21 and last updated 2021-06-28 23:46:59-04 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Local and state leaders came together Monday to honor the mother of a Corpus Christi teenager who drowned after a rip current off Whitecap Beach dragged him out into the Gulf of Mexico in April of 2019. Kiwana Denson, mother of 18-year-old King High School Senior Je'Sani Smith, led the charge through her Je'Sani Smith Foundation to convince representatives and senators in Austin to pass two laws designed to prevent trage...

'Je'Sani Smith Act' one signature away from becoming law 'Je'Sani Smith Act' one signature away from becoming law and last updated 2021-06-01 21:22:55-04 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Texas State Legislature recently passed two proposals penned by State Representative Todd Hunter; one of them being the Je’Sani Smith Act. The Je’Sani Smith Act is named after a King High School student who drowned at a local beach in 2019. House Bill 3807, the Je’Sani Smith Act, would require cities, counties, and the Parks and Wildlife Department to add signs and lifeguards by each pier, jett...

Lawmakers aim to make April 'Beach Safety and Rip Current Awareness Month' The resolution was filed in honor of Je'sani Smith, a King High School student who died two years ago after getting caught in a powerful rip current. Author: Bill Churchwell Updated: 10:23 PM CDT April 14, 2021 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A South Texas lawmaker is pressing to make more Texans aware about the potential dangers that folks from out of town can face while swimming in our coastal waters. It's all in an effort to help save lives. State representative Todd Hunter from District 32...