Lake Jackson News

Air Force Tech Sergeant Jaime Rodriguez heads for court Thursday June 6, 2013 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

The punishment phase in an Air Force recruiter's sexual misconduct trial opened Thursday with witnesses telling a military jury how his efforts to strike up liaisons changed their lives.

A pair of women testified Wednesday that an Air Force recruiter sexually assaulted them in the back room of his Lake Jackson office after doggedly pursuing them.

Opening arguments are expected to begin Wednesday morning in the court-martial of an Air Force recruiter accused of rape.

A recruiter accused of raping and sodomizing women pleaded guilty June 7 to lesser charges during a court-marital at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

Air Force Tech Sergeant Jaime Rodriguez heads for court Thursday June 6, 2013 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

A court-martial will begin Tuesday for a recruiter accused of rape, sexual assault, indecent exposure and more than two dozen other charges involving 18 women, most of them Air Force applicants.

Starting out as a patrol officer for the City of Lake Jackson in 2007, Officer Whittingslow displayed great skill and exceeded expectations.

Following are people who pled guilty or no contest in Goliad County Court on May 8 and 22: a Luis Espino-Diaz, Liberty, 37 days in jail, $750 fine and court cost after he pled to driving while intoxicated on March 10, 2013.

Memorial Day weekend took a tragic turn for one family after their 22-month-old drowned in a pond behind his grandparents' Brazoria County home.

An overturned 18-wheeler on Texas 288 at the 610 Loop has rush-hour traffic backed up for miles, according to Houston Transtar.