Jun 26 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito High School principal vacancy may be filled this week. A special meeting of the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Thursday, June 27, at the John F. Barron Administration Building Board Room. On the agenda for that meeting are only …
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Jun 26 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The investigation into the kidnapping of United States Marine and Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran Armando Torres III is ongoing. It’s been reported that Torres, 25, was kidnapped on May 14 in La Barranca in Tamaulipas, Mexico, after driving across the International Port of Entry Bridge at Progreso to …
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Jun 26 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Local authorities fear that the trail has gone cold in the search for Edwin Talavera, the ex-minister and former Stonewall Jackson apartment manager wanted on multiple counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child. It’s been two months since investigators with the San Benito Police Department announced that U.S. …
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Jun 26 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com RIO HONDO – Basketball season may long be over, but Rio Hondo Bobcats Head Basketball Coach Joe Guzman is making sure that local competitors keep in game-shape with the Deep River Dribblers boys’ basketball summer league. This summer marks the 10th year that the league has been held, …
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Jun 26 2013
By ARMANDO GARZA Special to the NEWS LOS FRESNOS – All Sergio Castro wants is a chance. Castro, 18, recently graduated from Los Fresnos High School, where he played basketball for the Falcons. Now ready to move on to college, Castro doesn’t want to put up his sneakers just yet. And if his work ethic …
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Jun 26 2013
Date: Thru June 28 Event: San Benito Public Library Summer Reading Program Where: San Benito Public Library, 101 W. Rose St., San Benito More Info: (956) 361-3860 Date: June 30 Time: 4 p.m. Event: Miss ResacaFest Pageant Where: San Benito High School Cafeteria, 450 S. Oscar Williams Rd., San Benito More Info: (956) 245-9597 or …
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Jun 21 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio confirmed Friday that investigators are currently searching for a man described as a “person of interest” in a double homicide. According to Lucio, Sheriff’s investigators are searching for Mario Gonzalez San Roman in connection with the brutal deaths of Homero de los Santos, 38, …
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Jun 21 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The case against Alfonso Benavides involving allegations that he harbored a runaway has been dismissed by Cameron County Court-At-Law No. 1 Judge Arturo McDonald Jr. The County Clerk’s Office confirmed the June 17 dismissal via telephone on Thursday. Benavides, 59, was arrested May 7, 2012, after officers with the …
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Jun 21 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Mario Cervantes resigned as the Chief Professional Officer for the San Benito Boys and Girls Club on Friday, June 21. Cervantes confirmed that he had submitted his two weeks’ notice on Friday but deferred all questions to Darrell B. Hester Juvenile Justice Center Chief Executive Officer Tommy Ramirez …
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Jun 21 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Officers with the San Benito Police Department arrested a Harlingen man after he discharged a firearm at a local business. Eric Gonzales, 19, of Harlingen was arrested on Wednesday, June 19, following an investigation into a shooting that occurred during the late evening hours of April 12. “We …
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