Jun 05 2012
By ANDREA MOSQUEDA Special to the NEWS San Benito police officers received a Saturday morning surprise when they were called to the 400 block of North Sam Houston Boulevard, where a man had driven his sports utility vehicle (SUV) onto the steps of the Municipal Building. According to Detective Rogelio Banda of the San Benito …
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Jun 05 2012
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com San Benito CISD officials confirmed Tuesday that the press box at the old Greyhound Stadium will be repaired after catching fire this weekend. According to a report provided by Raul Zuniga, operations chief for the San Benito Fire Department, the authorities were called to the scene at approximately 5:39 …
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Jun 05 2012
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Cameron County Sheriff’s Department deputies have arrested a San Benito teen along with his two relatives for the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl. Jose Armando Barajas, 18, along with his 14-year-old brother and 14-year-old cousin were arrested on Friday on accusations of abuse. The girl informed her school …
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Jun 05 2012
By CRAIG ALANIZ San Benito News The Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce held its June regular meeting Friday. Guest speaker Steven Bearden, Port Director for the Port Isabel-San Benito Navigation District, said the port has plans to work more with offshore oil and gas to produce more jobs in the area. By 2014, a contract …
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Jun 05 2012
SAN BENITO, TX—Martin Montemayor, 56, of San Benito, Texas (La Paloma) passed away peacefully in his sleep and went to be with our Lord and Savior Jesus surrounded by his loved ones on Monday, June 4, 2012 at Harlingen Medical Center. He is preceded in death by his father, Gilberto Montemayor, Sr. Martin recently retired …
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Jun 01 2012
Date: June 4-7 Time: 8:30-11 a.m. Event: Lady ’Hounds Summer Hoops 2012 Basketball Camp: Lil Dribblers (1st-5th Grade) Where: Veterans Memorial Academy Gymnasium, San Benito More Info: (956) 361-6455 Date: June 4-7 Time: 1-3:30 p.m. Event: Lady ’Hounds Summer Hoops 2012 Basketball Camp: Junior Dribblers (6th-9th Grade) Where: Veterans Memorial Academy Gymnasium, San Benito More …
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Jun 01 2012
By JOE BOCANEGRA Special to the NEWS To borrow the oft-quoted line, “all things must come to an end.” That was the general feeling Friday night as 638 graduating seniors from San Benito High School gathered at a commencement ceremony at Bobby Morrow Stadium, where they received their diplomas. The event was bittersweet as they …
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Jun 01 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Waist-high grass, vandalism and graffiti currently marks the grounds of the old Dolly Vinsant Memorial Hospital, a once proud medical facility that has changed ownership multiple times since its doors closed in 2007. But with the hospital scheduled for auction at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 5, San Benito residents …
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Jun 01 2012
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito CISD School Board authorized its officers the authority to negotiate and select an interim attorney during Thursday evening’s special meeting. In a 6-1 vote, the board approved said action following a special meeting Monday in which a 30-day termination notice was provided to the school district’s …
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Jun 01 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com It’s back. The San Benito Chamber of Commerce Kids Fishing Tournament returns in 2012 for its eighth annual event of food, fun and, of course, fish. Designed as a family-oriented tournament encouraging the strengthening of bonds between parents and their children, the event has, for the better part of …
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