May 25 2013
By CECILIA GONZALES and DAVID LOPEZ Special to the NEWS Upon arriving home, U.S. soldiers tend to have family and friends to look forward to, but Air Force Senior Airman Matthew Sanchez was sure to make visiting the San Benito High School Tennis team a priority on Thursday. The team gifted Sanchez with a care package, …
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May 25 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The events that transpired in San Benito this week exhibited the best and the worst of what this community has to offer. It appeared as though one day we were all jumping for joy in celebration of another appearance of the San Benito Lady ’Hounds in the Elite Eight …
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May 25 2013
Date: May 27 Time: 8:45 a.m. Event: Memorial Day and Silent March of Veterans Where: Beginning at San Benito City Hall, 495 N. Sam Houston Blvd., and ending at the Veterans War Memorial More Info: (956) 361-3800 Date: May 28-June 6 Event: Registration for the San Benito Public Library Summer Reading Program Where: San Benito …
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May 24 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Antonio G. Limón said he was suspended as the San Benito CISD Superintendent of Schools for what he called a “ridiculous” accusation of attempting to block an investigation involving the former Berta Cabaza Middle School Choir Director, Alfredo Hernandez, Jr., for online solicitation of a minor. Hernandez emailed BCMS …
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May 21 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com “Just make my girls look good,” an elated Elias Martinez, head softball coach for the Elite Eight bound San Benito Lady Greyhounds, joked on Tuesday. Mission already accomplished. To showcase a team that has not once but twice stood alone as the only Rio Grande Valley varsity softball …
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May 21 2013
By ARMANDO GARZA Special to the NEWS In spite of all of the Elite Eight hoopla surrounding them, the San Benito Lady ’Hounds know there’s a game to be played. And with a victory, the first trip to the UIL state tournament. That’s been the focus this week for San Benito (33-2) which returns to …
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May 21 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A San Benito woman has been arrested for allegedly making false claims about her boyfriend. San Benito police officers said Evangelina Camilla Perez, 25, of San Benito was taken into custody at approximately 1:45 p.m. on Wednesday, May 15. Perez had a warrant for her arrest issued by the …
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May 21 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Police in San Benito recently arrested a local man for hitting his mother with a telephone. Detective Rogelio Banda, Jr. of the San Benito Police Department said officers responded to the 400 block of Commerce Street at approximately 10:20 p.m. on Wednesday, May 15, when a 41-year-old woman …
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May 21 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com RIO HONDO – The Rio Hondo Pony League has nearly completed what league president and Rio Hondo Mayor Gus Olivares described as an exciting season rich with participation. “We just had our closing ceremonies for baseball and softball,” Olivares said Tuesday. “We had a very exciting season, a …
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May 21 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com With three new board members sworn in at a special school board meeting on Monday, the search for a new superintendent at Rio Hondo ISD might get a little interesting. Newly-elected board members Jessica Gonzalez, Place 2, Arnold Martinez, Jr., Place 3, and Claudia Villalobos, Place 4, took …
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