Nov 13 2012
By PETE BANDA Special to the NEWS Starting the season with a plethora of talent, experience, and ambition, the San Benito Greyhounds seemed more than capable of attaining their goal of a District 31-5A title and a possible undefeated season. After the first two games of the season, both convincing wins against long time rivals, …
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Nov 10 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com “I want to see if you’ll catch something when you read my story, and if you don’t then you have to give me a dollar.” Judging by her smile, I could tell Heather Cathleen Cox, our staff writer here at the San Benito News, was dead serious when making …
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Nov 10 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Some people charge for it. Some do it as a hobby. Though not as common, some even do it in groups. If you utilize a social media platform like Facebook, you probably do it too. “It” is called blogging. Blogging is similar to journaling, but where a journal …
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Nov 10 2012
By PETE BANDA Special to the NEWS Although the Greyhounds won’t be heading to the playoffs this year, they made sure their Homecoming game was a memorable one. Led by a bevy of talented seniors, the ’Hounds ended the regular season by killing any hope the Weslaco Panthers had at a co-district championship by grinding …
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Nov 10 2012
By PETE BANDA Special to the NEWS PROGRESO – With an absolute thrashing of the Progreso Red Ants in their regular season finale, the Rio Hondo Bobcats managed to salvage an otherwise disappointing season that saw them miss the playoffs for the first time in seven years. The 55-12 beatdown put on by the Bobcats …
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Nov 10 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito Civil Service Commission met Wednesday, November 6, to address the fate of former San Benito police officer Candido Ortiz, who remains on indefinite suspension pending the outcome of his appeal. On June 11 at approximately 12:10 a.m., Ortiz’s wife called officials regarding a domestic dispute …
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Nov 10 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com San Benito police helped solve a missing person case stemming from the disappearance of an elderly woman in Jim Wells County. The woman was founded stranded roadside near 509 and Business 77 in San Benito in the early morning hours of Monday, November 5, when the San Benito …
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Nov 10 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Born in San Benito, 91-year-old Elida S. Villarreal has lived her whole life in the Resaca City. She said, “I love my city.” The only daughter of a man who loved football and baseball, our Greyhound super fan of the week said, “That’s where I got my love …
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Nov 10 2012
Special to the NEWS The City of San Benito will sponsor a March of Veterans and Ceremony this Sunday, Nov. 11, featuring a high-profile general in the Texas National Guard. The Veterans Day events begin with the March of Veterans at 8:45 a.m. in front of City Hall, 485 N. Sam Houston. All area veterans …
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Nov 10 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com By the time the Veteran’s Day Parade will be held on Sunday, the San Benito Veterans’ War Memorial will have hung eight clean, new flags to be displayed. At any given time, a variety of flags fly through the sky at the memorial, but not always are the …
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