Jul 12 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Members of the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees have reported receiving a number of threatening messages as a result of recent decisions they’ve made. According to SBCISD Board President Yliana González, certain trustees have been receiving threats, including one in the form of a letter sent to …
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Jul 12 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com A fundraiser has been organized to help Oscar Medrano, a member of the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees, pay for medical expenses incurred as a result of suffering from a stroke in January. It’s been seven months since Medrano was hospitalized due to severe headaches. Surgery was then …
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Jul 12 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito man accused of a double homicide has been indicted by a Cameron County Grand Jury yet remains at large. Mario Gonzalez, 46, was indicted on Wednesday, July 10, for allegedly killing his estranged wife Lorena Gonzalez, 42, and her friend Homero De Los Santos, 38, …
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Jul 12 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The next time San Benito High School students step into Thomas Kuhn’s AP chemistry class, they’ll be in the presence of a national taekwondo gold medalist. A green belt competitor in Korean martial arts, the 65-year-old Kuhn defeated the odds by winning the gold medal in sparring and the …
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Jul 12 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A San Benito High School graduate and one of two San Benito News Sportsmen of the Year has signed to play football at the collegiate level. Jamail Garza inked a letter of intent Thursday to play football at Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa, where he will be majoring …
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Jul 12 2013
Special to the NEWS RIO HONDO – When Coach Jose R. Guzman came to Rio Hondo 15 years ago, the Bobcats varsity boys’ team had gone through four coaches, each staying one year. Tradition was only a word then. Now after 15 seasons as the Rio Hondo High School Head Basketball Coach, Guzman has led …
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Jul 12 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Jay-Z is misunderstood. I apologize for the random observation, but follow me on this one. A self-proclaimed secular man who acknowledges the existence of God—yet doesn’t subscribe to any religion or spirituality—is believed a Satanist by many due to perceived Illuminati references in his music, clothing line and even …
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Jul 12 2013
Date: Thru July 13 Time: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Event: San Benito Public Library Sale Where: San Benito Public Library, 101 W. Rose St., San Benito More information: (956) 361-3860 or (956) 970-3342 Date: July 16-20 Time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Event: The “Busy Bees” Bible Days Vacation Bible School Where: St. John …
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Jul 10 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito Police Department is seeking the public’s help to locate an endangered runaway teenager. According to an SBPD press release, 15-year-old Alondra Galvan went missing since during the afternoon hours of Monday, July 8. “Apparently her family fears that she might be in danger because she …
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Jul 10 2013
SAN BENITO—Matilde Lopez Galvan, 85, passed away on Monday, July 8, 2013 at Atrium Place in Harlingen. She was born on July 9, 1927 to the late Jose Macedonio and Erlinda Solis Lopez. She was preceded in death by her husband Jose Maximo Galvan; brothers Jose Lopez and Ruben Lopez and grandson Johnny Dell. She …
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