Jun 22 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Officials with the City of San Benito responded this week to criticisms made by Guadalupe Ayala, a veteran police officer and cancer survivor who fears his job may be in jeopardy should doctors not clear him for duty. On Tuesday, the San Benito Civil Service Commission provided Ayala 30 …
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Jun 22 2012
By ANDREA MOSQUEDA Special to the NEWS A San Benito guitarist’s talent has won him a spot in the “Battle of the Blues” district finals in Houston. The “Battle of the Blues” is a competition that consists of three stages, all hosted and held by the Guitar Center store in Brownsville. In each of the …
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Jun 22 2012
By COLE AVERY San Benito News A low pressure weather system swirling near the Gulf is expected to become a tropical depression by the end of the weekend, according to meteorologists at the Brownsville station of the National Weather Service. The weather system, currently near the Yucatan Peninsula, has a 70 percent likelihood of becoming …
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Jun 22 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ & JERRY RODRIGUEZ San Benito News Following the lead of local residents’ efforts, city and state officials have pledged their support – albeit through various capacities – to help restore the aging Dolly Vinsant Memorial Hospital. Namely, Mayor Joe H. Hernandez and State Representative Eddie Lucio III said on Friday that they’d …
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Jun 22 2012
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com One of two men accused of committing a robbery at a local convenience store in April has been apprehended. Christopher Vallejo Gamez, 23, of San Benito was arrested on June 15 by the San Juan Police Department and later transported to the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Department, where he was …
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Jun 22 2012
By EDWINA P. GARZA Special to the NEWS The national waiting time for a kidney is estimated over 1,200 days, according to new statistics. In the Rio Grande Valley, where the need for kidneys is about 91 percent of the organs needed, that wait could be even longer. Among those on the list is Victor …
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Jun 22 2012
San Benito News Marketing Consultant Robert Perez is shown with Assistant Store Manager Robert Valenzuela and Store Manager Vicente Perez of Tractor Supply. The News and Tractor Supply teamed up to donate a four-seat pontoon to the San Benito Chamber of Commerce Kids Fishing Tournament grand champion angler, who will be crowned at the tourney Saturday, June 23. (Staff photo by Rudy Peña)
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Jun 22 2012
Date: Ongoing Time: 12-7 p.m. Sunday-Tuesday and Thursday-Friday, 12 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday Event: Graduation Ceremony on KSBG-TV 17 More Info: (956) 276-6030 Date: Thru June 23 Event: SBHS Class of 1987 25th Reunion More Info: (956) 245-5005 Date: June 23 Time: 4 p.m. Event: Kids Fishing Tournament Where: Kennedy Park, 400 Freddy Fender Ln, …
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Jun 19 2012
NEWS Staff Report The San Benito City Commission voted to replace the plaque at the Veterans War Memorial with a new marker recognizing Joe H. Hernandez as mayor instead of Jack Garcia. It was in September 2011 when Hernandez’s request for a plaque replacement was not approved. Hernandez argued then that he had wanted the …
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Jun 19 2012
Date: Ongoing Time: 12-7 p.m. Sunday-Tuesday and Thursday-Friday, 12 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday Event: Graduation Ceremony on KSBG-TV 17 More Info: (956) 276-6030 Date: Thru June 22 Event: The South-by-Southwest Texas Head Start Group Head Start Conference Where: SPI Convention Centre, South Padre Island More Info: (956) 399-9944 Date: June 22-23 Event: SBHS Class of …
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