Apr 05 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com While the family of slain third grade teacher Sonia Perez committed her body to the ground Tuesday, 37-year-old Daniel Flores Lopez, the man accused of murdering the beloved educator, learned that he stands to lose his own life if convicted of the homicide. Magistrate Patricia Hernandez charged Lopez …
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Apr 05 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A 27-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday after his son allegedly took ecstasy pills to school and handed them out to classmates. “Yesterday (Monday, April 4), a second grader from Frank Roberts Elementary took some pills to school,” said Lieutenant Martin Morales of the San Benito Police Department …
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Apr 05 2011
SBNEWSPAPER.COM EXCLUSIVE! By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A couple of javelinas were seen venturing into town on Monday morning. According to City of San Benito Code Enforcement Director John Rodriguez, a call came in at approximately 7:30 a.m. from a woman who reported seeing two javelinas in the city. Citizens trying to help …
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Apr 05 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A bat was discovered outside the varsity gym of San Benito High School on Thursday, March 31 and tested positive for rabies. According to San Benito CISD Superintendant of Schools Antonio G. Limón, the bat was discovered by some students on a wall outside the gym. “It was …
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Apr 05 2011
Carristos, Texas – Teresa G. Saenz, 78 of San Benito, Texas passed away on April 4, 2011 at her residence. She is preceded in death by her husband, Fernando Saenz, Sr.; a daughter, Anita Saenz; a son, Alberto Saenz; a grandson, Mike Olivares; her father, Faustino Gomez; her mother, Gregoria Sanchez; four brothers and three …
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Apr 05 2011
San Benito, TX – Juanita Mathis, 89, passed away on April 2, 2011 at Harlingen Nursing Center. Born to Lona (called Lonie) and Frank Mathis in Briggsville, Arkansas on Sept. 8, 1921. In the early 1930s the family moved to San Benito. Shortly after graduation from high school in San Benito, Juanita went to work …
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Apr 05 2011
San Benito, TX – Cirilo de la Garza Ochoa, born August 18, 1959, died at the age of 51 on March 25, 2011 at the Dallas County Medical Center. Cirilo was a resident of San Benito who worked in the Valley Morning Star; he was also in a Mexican band for a few years and …
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Apr 04 2011
By CHRISTY CORTEZ Special to the NEWS The San Benito Greyhounds suffered a devastating loss to the Brownsville Hanna Golden Eagles Friday evening. Even with an amazing comeback in the bottom of the seventh inning led by catcher Adan Guzman, the ’Hounds were unsuccessful in their attempts to take down Hanna in nine …
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Apr 03 2011
SBNEWSPAPER.COM EXCLUSIVE! By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio confirmed Sunday morning the arrest of Julio Cesar Perez, 40, the husband of slain third grade teacher Sonia Perez who was found murdered Thursday evening on Robles Road between San Benito and Rio Hondo. Lucio said Julio Cesar Perez was arrested …
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Apr 03 2011
SBNEWSPAPER.COM EXCLUSIVE! By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com At least one family will have to find another place to sleep as a car chase led by the Harlingen Police Department (HPD) ended with a vehicle crashing head-on into a brick wall of the Heather Apartments in San Benito. According to authorities on the scene, an …
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