Month: September 2023

Eighty-four years ago, Great Britain and France initiated hostilities against Germany, marking the commencement of World War II. Local Coastal Bend veteran Roger Bateman reflects on his service during the most devastating war in human history. Aged 95, Bateman, a Navy veteran, spent the final four years of World War II in active duty. "I still find the war's outset to be more unsettling than any airborne mission I ever undertook," Bateman...

Detectives specializing in robbery and homicide are investigating after discovering a deceased woman inside a residence on Thursday evening. This residence is situated on Hiawatha Street near Baldwin Boulevard. Family members said they had not been in contact with their relative, a woman in her mid-30s, since Tuesday. Concerned about her well-being, the family visited her home on the 300 block of Hiawatha Street overnight, where they tragically...