Aug 03 2012
By MONICA ZUÑIGA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Eleven illegal aliens were found “stashed” inside a mobile home located on the 1600 block of W. Business 77 in San Benito. According to Nina Pruneda, spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, eight males and three females were found after being tipped off by local authorities of “suspicious activity.” …
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Aug 03 2012
By MONICA ZUÑIGA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com They’re only a couple feet tall with cute purple ribbons in their hair, but don’t let these tiny girls fool you. Members of the South Texas Thunder Shetland team are national champions of the south zone. The native San Benito girls, age 6 and under, have competed in several …
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Aug 03 2012
Date: Ongoing Event: Boys & Girls Club of San Benito registration More Info: (956) 399-6422 Date: August 4 Time: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Event: TSTC Vocational Nursing Club Car Wash Fundraiser Where: Advanced Auto Parts, 877 N. Sam Houston Blvd. More Info: (956) 364-4970 Date: August 7 Event: RGV Family Outdoor Expo Where: South Texas Youth …
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Aug 03 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Special to the NEWS A man is fighting for his life after being run-down in an apparent hit-and-run Thursday. Ruben Saldaña, 51, of San Benito was the victim of a hit-and-run incident on the evening of August 2 at the corner of S. Frontage Rd. and Hidalgo in San Benito. Police …
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Aug 03 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com RIO HONDO – Officials with the Cameron County Sheriff’s Department and Precinct 4 Cameron County Constable Robert Lopez’s Office have confirmed this morning that two bodies found in a home east of Rio Hondo are being investigated as a murder-suicide. According to authorities with the constable’s office, law enforcement …
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Jul 31 2012
By MONICA ZUÑIGA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Races left unresolved in the Democratic and Republican primaries were settled in runoff elections Tuesday. The following are unofficial tallies with 100 percent of precincts reporting. In the Democratic District 34 Congressional race, Filemon Vela was the victor over Denise Saenz-Blanchard, 15,625 votes to 7,824. In the Republican race …
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Jul 31 2012
By MONICA ZUÑIGA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com RIO HONDO – Jose R. Guzman, the celebrated head boys’ basketball coach for Rio Hondo High School, declined a recent offer made by Athletic Director Rocky James to coach at the junior high level. James offered Guzman coaching positions at Rio Hondo Junior High, consisting mainly of heading the …
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Jul 31 2012
By MONICA ZUÑIGA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com RIO HONDO – In what is usually characterized as a “sleepy little town,” Rio Hondo was abuzz on Saturday with talk of Hollywood film crews and high profile celebs being in town over the weekend. The town’s vertical lift bridge, the only one of its kind in the state, …
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Jul 31 2012
By MONICA ZUÑIGA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com City of San Benito officials and the president of the San Benito Fire Fighters Association remain tightlipped on the circumstances surrounding the injury of a fireman after a firehouse ceiling collapsed on top of him. The fireman, whose identity has yet to be revealed, was taken to a local …
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Jul 31 2012
By MONICA ZUÑIGA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A San Benito man was sentenced to 25 years in prison for sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy. According to the Cameron County District Attorney’s Office, 56-year-old Jose Ernesto Pacheco appeared before a district judge in the 357th courtroom and pled guilty to continuous sexual abuse of a child. The …
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