Jul 10 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The controversial proposal by the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees to purchase Android tablets from the father of a sitting board member is actually the dad’s second attempt at submitting the bid. In April, Jesus “Chuy” Aguilera, owner of Chuy’s Custom Sports in San Benito …
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Jul 10 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com LOS FRESNOS – Charges continue to mount in the case of Margaret Gil, the driver of a Toyota RAV4 involved in a two-vehicle head-on collision that left a family of three and their relative as well as a passenger in Gil’s vehicle dead. According to the Cameron County Sheriff’s …
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Jul 10 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com San Benito Economic Development Corporation Executive Director Salomon Torres has confirmed that the EDC’s budget for the fiscal year is currently in the red, but he said that the budget deficit will not “at all” affect any current or future projects. The EDC had a budget of $964,188.68, …
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Jul 10 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com A San Benito man was arrested Monday for abusing the 911 emergency line by allegedly calling police and claiming to be in possession of a handgun and threatening to use it. It was at approximately 10:36 p.m. July 9 when Detective Rogelio Banda Jr. of the San Benito Police …
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Jul 10 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com RIO HONDO – Former Rio Hondo High School Principal Ismael Garcia has officially began his stint as Superintendent of Schools for the district, but it is something he has been preparing for his whole life. “I always wanted to be in school administration, that’s why I perused this …
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Jul 10 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com RIO HONDO – If you have ever tried getting a hold of the Rio Hondo ISD superintendent, chances are you had to go through Isabel Gil Rios first. Rios, who graduated from Rio Hondo High School in 1972, has been working with the RHISD for 27 years and …
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Jul 10 2013
By ARMANDO GARZA Special to the NEWS For four years, Eva Rubio scored plenty of spectacular goals wearing purple and gold. Now, she’ll have four more years to keep doing it—in purple and gold. Rubio, a 2013 San Benito High School graduate, signed a letter of intent Tuesday to play soccer at the next level …
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Jul 05 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Things got a little heated between two members of the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees during a Finance Committee Meeting held on Tuesday evening. The heated exchange occurred between Board Member Anna Cruz and Board Secretary June Aguilera during a review and discussion regarding the SBCISD Special …
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Jul 05 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito CISD board members pointed to tax troubles as cause for parting ways with the provider of the school district on-site clinic. The Board of Trustees on Tuesday will discuss and take possible action on providing ISD Managed Care Services, a Port Isabel-based company that serves as the …
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Jul 05 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com LOS FRESNOS – The lone survivor of a head-on collision that claimed five lives now faces as many charges in relation to the deaths. McAllen resident Margaret Gil, 32, has been arrested and charged with five counts of criminal negligent homicide in relation to the June 30 crash that …
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