Nov 30 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The fate of the forlorn Dolly Vinsant Memorial Hospital may now be in the hands of San Benito city officials to decide. Dolly went to auction early in November at the courthouse steps in Brownsville and received one bid of $10,000 by Southern Counties Investment Group, LLC. The …
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Nov 30 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com For the past 57 years, Miguel and Consuelo Mayorga have been lawfully wed as husband and wife. In this day and age, that’s no small accomplishment, but longevity is not the only thing special about their relationship. They also share the same birthday: November 29. Consuelo laughed when …
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Nov 30 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Every year, in some cases even before they partake of their Thanksgiving dinners, countless millions of Americans kickoff the Christmas season by participating in a shopping frenzy. Christmas is infamously the number one retail sales holiday in America. Surveys report the average American will spend over $850 on …
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Nov 30 2012
Pictured are the members of the San Benito Greyhounds of the Texas Youth Football Association. The team is composed of 12-13 year olds who will be competing in San Antonio in the quarterfinals round of the TYFA playoffs. The Greyhounds are set to play a state-ranked South Austin squad on Saturday, Dec. 1. (Courtesy photo)
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Nov 30 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Thursday night, a friend asked, “What happened at the meeting?” Little did my friend know that a series of events had just occurred prior to his inquiry that, momentarily, anyway, left me vexed at that particular time. After breaking the story earlier that same evening about a report filed …
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Nov 30 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com About four years ago, I met someone – let’s call him Soldier – virtually. At the time, Soldier was a 30-year-old officer in the Army. His story went something like this: He had not been overseas long when the woman he had hoped to marry sent him a …
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Nov 29 2012
NEWS Staff Report Law enforcement authorities have confirmed that San Benito CISD Board President Yliana G. Rodriguez filed a police report Wednesday accusing fellow Board Member Anna Cruz of class C assault, a misdemeanor. Officials said Thursday that Rodriguez filed the report with school district police on Wednesday. Initially, Rodriguez tried filing charges against Cruz …
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Nov 28 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A caller alerted San Benito police on Monday night to a suspicious group of males who had been seen running through a baseball field near San Benito Memorial Park, also known as Stookey Park. On November 26, at 10:34 p.m., police responded to Stookey Park, located at the …
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Nov 27 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A Harlingen woman was involved in a fatal one-car accident at a San Benito intersection which has claimed several other lives in years past. Investigators believe that a 29-year-old mother, identified as Francesca Rodriguez, was killed on impact after driving her white 2012 Nissan off the road, at …
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Nov 27 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A beer run on Saturday ended in an elderly man reportedly beaten with an 18-pack of beer. At approximately 3:39 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 24, San Benito police responded to a convenience store located on the 300 block of S. Sam Houston Blvd. in reference to a beer …
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