Jan 20 2012
By JOE BOCANEGRA & MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ San Benito News The San Benito City Commission unanimously approved an agenda item during Tuesday’s regular meeting that allowed the Parks and Recreation Board to operate the San Benito Youth Baseball/Softball League (STYSS). Current SBYBSL President Frank Garza, however, argues that the league is a 501(c)3, non-profit organization recognized by …
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Jan 20 2012
Special to the NEWS The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the court-drawn interim redistricting maps and led many candidates and elected leaders in Texas to sound off. Congressional candidate Denise Saenz-Blanchard, who planned on running for District 27 which would have encompassed the Cameron County area, said although the decision would affect the upcoming elections …
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Jan 20 2012
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Special to the NEWS Leonel Cristian Sierra is just a freshman and already on the San Benito Greyhound varsity basketball team. Of course, this “young gun” who goes by the name Cristian didn’t just start his basketball career. He has been playing the sport he loves since he was in third grade …
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Jan 20 2012
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Special to the NEWS Known as Shark, because she has been on the varsity Lady Hound’s basketball team since her freshman year, Alexandria Cerda looks to make her passion her future. She is the starting point guard for the Lady Hounds and hopes to play for either A&M Corpus Christi or Texas …
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Jan 20 2012
By CARLOS GONZALES & JERRY RODRIGUEZ Special to the NEWS The San Benito Lady ’Hounds once again dominated the mat this past Thursday, this time while hosting the Weslaco East Lady Wildcats. Winning their matches by pin were wrestlers Cele Maldonado, Brianna Jimenez, Erika Guzman, Anissa Abrego, Alex Marmolejo, and Sam Martinez, who pinned her …
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Jan 20 2012
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Jan 20 2012
De Alba located on the 800 block of Stenger has been named the San Benito Chamber of Commerce Pride Committee Pride Business of the Month for January. Shown store employees Aidee Chapa, manager, Hugo Treviño, Leocadia Rubio, Juan Hernandez, Paulo Luna and Pride Committee representative Debbie Layton. (Staff photo by Michael Rodriguez)
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Jan 17 2012
By JOE BOCANEGRA Special to the NEWS During Tuesday’s regular city meeting, San Benito City Commissioners approved unanimously to table City Manager Manuel Lara and Mayor Joe Hernandez’s trip to China on city business pending further information. An invitation was extended to Hernandez and Lara to attend an economic development conference in Shenzhen, a major …
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Jan 17 2012
GRAND PRAIRIE/SAN BENITO, TX—Jose I. Rodriguez, 79, passed away peacefully on January 12, 2012 at V.A. Hospital in Dallas, Texas surrounded by loved ones. Jose was a World War veteran of the Korean War who was honorably discharged from the Unites States Army. He retired after working maintenance for Texas Department of Health and Human …
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Jan 17 2012
SAN BENITO/BROWNSVILLE, TX —Berta T. Casas, 87, of San Benito/Brownsville, TX passed away Sunday, January 15, 2012 at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen. She enjoyed baking, sewing, cooking, traveling, and spending time with her family. She also was involved with the Retired Teachers’ Association and a Catholic Prayer Group. She is preceded in death …
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