May 11 2011
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Someone call Guinness. Early voting for the City of San Benito General Election has broken a turnout record for the municipality as 1,271 voters cast their ballots at the poll. The tally exceeded the previous local record, which was 1,132 in 2008 – a 141-vote margin. The turnout was …
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May 11 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The Assistant Curator and curatorial assistants from the Border Studies Archive in the Library at the University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA) in Edinburg are in the process of helping the Texas Conjunto Music Hall of Fame & Museum clean, organize, and preserve thousands of valuable …
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May 11 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com San Benito CISD School Board President and Pl. 6 incumbent Oscar Medrano addressed reports Tuesday that he was delinquent on county taxes. According to 2009 and 2010 Cameron County tax records, Medrano owed $1,705.15 in delinquent taxes, penalties and interest on two properties. Medrano said taxes on one …
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May 11 2011
Special to the NEWS LOS FRESNOS – Never mind that the space shuttle program is winding down. Nancy Garcia’s career as a teacher is preparing for liftoff. One step the Los Fresnos resident will bring her another college degree and then she will take one giant leap to the NASA Johnson Space Center Pre-Service Teacher …
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May 11 2011
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May 11 2011
Three Rio Hondo students are going to have their fire prevention posters competing at the state level in Austin. Shown (from l-r) are third grader Dalton Prosek who placed second at the regional level, first grader Quintan Alvares who placed third, and Dezirae Galvan who also placed third. (Staff photo by Francisco E. Jimenez)
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May 11 2011
Alfredo Trevino, 51, passed away at a local hospital Monday, May 9, 2011. He was preceded in death by his parents Cipriano and Estella Trevino. He is survived by his wife Nora Trevino; two sons Michale Lee Trevino (Rosemary) and Alfredo Trevino, Jr. (Michelle); also six grandchildren; one brother Andy Trevino, two sisters Estella Garza …
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May 07 2011
By CHRISTY CORTEZ Special to the NEWS SAN ANTONIO – The San Benito Greyhound football team has a logo embroidered on the players’ jerseys that means anytime, anywhere, anyplace. After the Lady ’Hound softball team raced past the Eagle Pass Winn Lady Mavericks Friday night at the San Antonio Northside Complex, that logo should definitely …
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May 07 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A San Benito man is dead after being shot in the head in San Antonio on Thursday. Twenty-two year-old Ricardo Ismael Villalobos was killed on the morning of April 5 at approximately 2:48 a.m. outside a convention center, two blocks south of the Alamo. According to a San …
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