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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — After weeks of emotional public testimony and eight community listening sessions, trustees voted Tuesday night to approve a plan that will close seven schools across the district.

The plan calls for the closure of Fannin, Kostoryz, Sanders and Travis elementary schools, along with Browne, Haas and Martin middle schools.

Superintendent Dr. Roland Hernandez acknowledged the impact of the decision ahead of the vote.

“We fully recognize and understand these decisions are not easy, the toll it takes on community, students, administrators,” Hernandez said.

Before the final vote, trustees made several attempts to amend the plan. Trustee Marty Bell proposed voting on each school individually, but the motion failed. Trustee Alice Upshaw Hawkins also proposed removing Travis Elementary from the closure list, which failed as well.

“There’s going to be a lot of angst tonight and probably for years to come,” Hawkins said during the discussion.

Other trustees framed the decision as necessary, citing long-term financial responsibility as the district faces a projected $27 million budget deficit.

“I don’t want future boards to look at this and say, ‘Wow — how did we get here? so, part of that is making some really tough decisions." trustee Steve Barrera said.

In the end, trustees approved the plan on a 4-3 vote.

District leaders emphasized the closures will not happen overnight. Transition plans for students, staff and transportation are expected to be developed in the coming months ahead of the next school year.

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — For the first time in Corpus Christi history, a legally carried handgun was brought into a City Council meeting.

The moment came after the city removed its no guns allowed signs, following an enforcement letter from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The ruling requires cities to allow licensed gun owners to carry handguns into public meetings including City Council chambers.

Open carry advocate Matthew Rankin wasted no time testing the change.

Rankin entered Tuesday night’s City Council meeting wearing a .45-caliber handgun in a holster on his hip becoming the first person to legally carry a firearm inside the chamber.

“Corpus has now had the pleasure of being the first ones to get an enforcement letter from Ken Paxton telling them to allow carry and take your signs down or else,” Rankin said.

Rankin argues the law has allowed licensed carry in government meetings for years, but says cities relied on outdated language to block it.

“They deleted that part so TML couldn’t say it’s there is a gray area anymore,” he said, referring to the Texas Municipal League.

Under the Attorney General’s ruling, anyone with a valid handgun license from Texas or another state can carry a handgun into a City Council meeting, either openly or concealed. Long guns, such as rifles, are still prohibited.

City Manager Peter Zanoni says the city had no choice but to comply.

“If you are a licensed gun operator, you can now, based on the Attorney General’s opinion, come into City Council when a meeting is going on,” Zanoni said.

Still, he acknowledged the sight of a firearm inside City Hall can make people uncomfortable.

“When you see someone come in who is not a peace officer that has a gun, that can raise concern,” Zanoni said.

In response, the city says it's security that are in place such as metal detectors at 2 different checkpoints remain. But, security officers will now be asking folks if they are heading to a public meeting, do they have a weapon and if they do they'll have to produce their license to carry.

“We are putting safeguards in place to reduce risk,” Zanoni said.

As for Rankin, he says this is only the beginning.

“I just love the Second Amendment and the First Amendment, and in Texas, I get to practice both everywhere,” he said.

Rankin tells 3 News his next goal is pushing to allow licensed gun owners into more areas of the county courthouse.

It was a total team effort Friday night for Xavier, as 11 players scored in an 88-67 home win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in Cincinnati.

Jovan Milicevic, despite picking up four fouls in a limited 17 minutes of action, led the Musketeers (5-3) in scoring with 14 points. He also led the Musketeers with four 3-pointers.

Milicevic was one of four double-digit scorers for Xavier, joined by Filip Borovicanin (10 points), Tre Carroll (11 points) and Anthony Robinson (12 points).

Borovicanin was a beast on the glass, muscling his way to 15 rebounds to lead the Musketeers. Robinson added four offensive rebounds, and the Musketeers finished with eight second-chance points.

The Musketeers were hot from beyond the arc again Friday night, making 12 of 28 3-point attempts.

Xavier also moved the ball around and took advantage of 10 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi turnovers, dishing out 26 assists to just five turnovers and scoring 28 fastbreak points.

The Islanders (2-5) stayed in the game through the first half and into the second with a methodical approach and high-percentage shots.

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi trailed 43-33 at halftime, but remained in the game, having dished out nine assists with 14 made field goals and only attempting six 3-pointers. They made just 4 of 15 from deep on the night.

D’Avian Houston led the Islanders with 13 points, while tying with Kam Parker and Cenker Ervan for the team lead with three assists. The Islanders notched 19 assists overall.

Xavier’s offense got into a rhythm midway through the first half, taking the lead for good, 11-10, at the 12:55 mark with a transition 3-pointer by Isaiah Walker.

The Musketeers carried their offensive momentum from the Charleston Classic into Friday night’s game, dishing out 12 assists and knocking down eight 3-pointers in the half. Malik Messina-Moore had five of the Musketeers’ assists, while seven different players knocked down a 3-pointer.

Messina-Moore and Borovicanin each had five assists for Xavier overall, while eight different players knocked down a 3-pointer for the Musketeers.

–Field Level Media

It is 29 degrees and snowing here. The wind is blowing so hard that the surface level on the western end of Lake Erie has dropped five feet. Within the next couple of days, we could get nearly a foot of snow. Here is what it looks like in Corpus Christi:

You get the point. It’s nice there. Corpus Christi is even south of Galveston and is not likely to see much snow this week. I don’t know if there is a home weather environment in college basketball, but if there ever has been, it could be in this game. It may not be as bad in Cincy as in NE Ohio come Friday, but I’m guessing the Islanders won’t feel right at home.

They’ll step off the plane with a 0-4 record in D1 games. They beat D3 Trinity by 27, then beat another D3, Howard Payne, by 47. There is a reason Xavier doesn’t play D3 games. Some teams are very good and feature one or two guys good enough to play rotation minutes at a D1. Others are Trinity and Howard Payne. To TAMCC’s credit, they haven’t embarrassed themselves against D1 competition, losing close(ish) games to SMU and Tarleton St before dropping buy games at Kansas and Oklahoma St.

Team fingerprint

Xavier is an inexcusably bad 41% and 355th in the nation at two point shooting. They will also be the best team inside the arc in this game. The Islanders are 38.5% and 363rd. This has the potential to get hilarious. TAMCC is also awful behind the arc, shooting 27.7%. Honestly speaking, Xavier friends, these guys are wretched on offense. They rank 290th for a reason. The thing they do best is not get the ball stolen. They are 159th in the nation there.

On defense, though! Ok, they aren’t exactly peak VCU, but they’re back closer to mediocre. They turn teams over at almost the exact same rate that Xavier does. They defend the arc decently, and try to limit opponents looks there. They don’t necessarily succeed at that, but they do try.

Players

Reserves

The Islanders get a decent amount of minute from their bench and can bring in a couple of solid producers when the starters need spelled. First and foremost is Mason Gibson, a guard who is 3rd on the team in scoring at 10.7 ppg. He is shooting 43% from deep this year and hardly ever turns the ball over, but is just 8-23 inside the arc and 3-8 from the line currently. Daniel Michelini-Jackson missed last game, but has started three games and averages 23 mpg. He’s a guard who doesn’t score a lot, but does solid work on the boards and is second on the team in assists, with a 13:4 A:TO on the year. Leo Torbor is a bit of a rarity in today’s game as a 6’3” guard who has attempted just 5 three pointers in his 46 games of DI basketball. He shoots 50% from inside the arc, although that figure drops to 36% against DI opponents, and currently has more turnovers than assists. Kobi Pearson is a 6’8” freshman who slots in at the forward spots who missed the first two games of the season, but has shown some promising signs since joining the rotation. His EFG% is 69% on a .625/.667/.521 line, but he’s also done some true freshman things like turning the ball over a ton and committing 7.7 fouls per 40 minutes. When Pearson isn’t out there splashing shots and slapping people, Jaden Haire is the other big man off the bench. He rebounds well, especially at the defensive end, but is shooting 2-12 from the floor against DI competition and turns the ball over a lot, which drags his ORTG down to 53.3.

Three questions

- Will Xavier bother going inside? Make no mistake, Xavier isn’t good inside the arc. However, TAMCC doesn’t defend well inside. They’re 276th in the nation in interior defense. Maybe some inside Borovicanin? Maybe this is the game where Anthony Robinson can finally do something?

- Failing that, can Xavier stay hot from deep? TAMCC isn’t particularly good at defending the arc, but they’re alright at it. Right now, X is absolutely on fire from deep, shooting 46.2% on 93 attempts over the last three games. Keep that up and they become the best three point shooting team ever. That’s maybe not in the cards, but right now X has found an edge.

- Can X just bury a buy game? Marist and Le Moyne were way too close. Santa Clara, it turns out, is 57th in the NET and not half bad. Doing what the Musketeers did to ODU would be a nice way to close Black Friday.

Xavier plays its next game on Friday at the Cintas Center against Texas A&M Corpus Christi at 5:30 pm. The game will be streamed on ESPN+.

Here's a look at the matchup against the Mountaineers.

PG: #0 D'Avian Houston SR (6-2, 210)*Transfer from Coastal Carolina where he redshirted last season*5.0 ppg (27% FG, 18.8% 3PT), 1.8 rpg, 4.3 apg, 2.5 to, 18.5 mpg*Bowling ball-shaped table-setter*Drives-and-kicks a lot but otherwise doesn't have a big presence on offense*More capable 3-point shooter than he's shown so far this season*Has had turnover issues at his previous stops

SG: #1 Nicholas Shogbonyo SR (6-1, 185)*Transfer from Denver*14.5 ppg (66.7% FG, 50% 3PT), 3.0 rpg, 2.0 apg, 2.5 spg, 1.5 to, 18.0 mpg*Just played in last two games after being injured to start the season*Appears to be their most impressive scorer - solid 3-point shooter and aggressive driver*Draws a lot of fouls and shoots free throws really well (83%)*Rebounded really well for a guard last season*Has looked disruptive on defense with five steals in two games

SF: #4 Kam Parker SR (6-2, 180)*Started 19 out of 29 games last season at Texas A&M CC*8.5 ppg (41% FG, 27.3% 3PT), 3.2 rpg, 2.0 apg, 1.3 to, 25.3 mpg*Steady offensive player and overall role guy*Has attempted more 3s (22) than 2s (17)*Has done almost all of his scoring this year in transition or on spot-up jumpers

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