Jul 26 2011
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com For the first time since he nearly lost his life in Iraq, Cyndi Gonzalez of San Benito saw her son Tuesday night when he was transferred to the Brooks Army Medical Center in San Antonio. It was on Friday, July 22 when 20-year-old Eluterio “Junior” Aguilar, a 2009 graduate …
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Jul 26 2011
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com In what Mayor Joe H. Hernandez called a “long overdue” project, City of San Benito officials together with representatives of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) gathered Monday for a ribbon cutting ceremony that marked the opening of a new FM 732 corridor in town. The ribbon cutting, sponsored …
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Jul 26 2011
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com A number of San Benito CISD construction projects continue to progress while others have been scheduled for completion. Work on a new cafeteria and three additional classrooms at Frank Roberts Elementary – a $1.5 million project paid for by IFA (Instructional Facilities Allotment) monies – is nearing completion but …
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Jul 26 2011
NEWS Staff Report Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio reported Tuesday the arrest of a San Benito man for allegedly molesting an 11-year-old boy. Lucio confirmed reports that 20-year-old Roberto Atkinson Reyna of San Benito had been arrested Friday by deputies with the Cameron County Sheriff’s Department for allegedly fondling and kissing the child on his …
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Jul 26 2011
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The end of a labor dispute came Monday and, just like that, professional football returned to the minds of crazed fanatics aching for their Dallas Cowboys or Houston Texans fix. The one constant during that time of uncertainty, however, was the fact that those in San Benito still had …
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Jul 26 2011
Mrs. Guadalupe C. Agado, age 88, a resident of Edinburg, Texas and a former resident of San Benito, Texas passed away Friday, February 11, 2011 in Edinburg, Texas. She was born on April 13, 1922 in Kingsville, Texas to Espetacion Contreras and Andrea Lopez Contreras. Mrs. Agado was preceded in death by her parents; two …
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Jul 26 2011
Ignacio G. Agado, age 93, a resident of Edinburg, Texas and a former resident of San Benito, Texas passed away on Wednesday July 20, 2011 in Edinburg. He was born on March 15, 1918 in San Benito, Texas to Juan Agado and Amalia Garcia Agado. Mr. Agado was a U.S. Army veteran of World War …
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Jul 26 2011
Jose Angel Villela “El Borrado,” 66 was born on September 14, 1944 and went to eternal rest on July 22, 2011 in Conroe, TX. He was preceded in death by his parents Narciso Villela and Celia H. Villela, and daughter Sandra Ann Villela. He is survived by his sons and daughter: Jose Angel ( Laarni) …
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Jul 22 2011
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com A San Benito stepmom is still in custody on two counts of injury to a child, charges which stem from accusations that she used pliers to pull her stepdaughter’s tongue. Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio said 34-year-old Gloria Emilia Gonzalez of San Benito was arrested Tuesday and charged with …
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Jul 22 2011
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Eighteen-year-old Hugo Ramos played his cards right in a three-year basketball stint at San Benito High School, where he lettered for as long and averaged 15 points a game, not to mention five assists and as many rebounds. So what is a Greyhound to do after successfully ending his …
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