May 17 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com I should be at my sister’s ballet recital right now, but instead I am still at the office. There is dead silence here. You could probably hear a pin drop (or my stomach growling). Little by little, updates are trickling in from the Lady ’Hounds’ regional semi-final matchup …
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May 17 2013
Date: May 18 Event: Movies in the Park Where: W.H. Heavin Amphitheater on the resaca in San Benito More Info: (956) 399-5590 Date: May 19 Time: 2 p.m. Event: The San Benito Historical Society Charles M. Robinson III Day Where: Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center, 225 E. Stenger St., San Benito More Info: (956) 517-4555 …
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May 17 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The news was bittersweet for San Benito Lady Greyhound Head Softball Coach Elias Martinez. Although a judge ruled against Eagle Pass ISD on Friday regarding the district’s filing of an application for injunction two days prior, which challenged the Lady ’Hounds’ victory over the Eagle Pass Lady Eagles on …
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May 16 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com It’s apparently not over just yet. On Thursday, San Benito CISD Superintendent of Schools Antonio G. Limón confirmed that the Eagle Pass Independent School District filed an application for injunction against the University Interscholastic League on Wednesday, May 15, in state district court in Travis County seeking the reversal …
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May 14 2013
Members of the San Benito Fire Department are seen Tuesday spraying a cluster of bees at a plaza located on the 300 block of Sam Houston Boulevard. Firefighters on the scene said the bees were located in between the Texan Credit and Electronic Tax Credit signs. A soapy solution is normally used to spray the bees with, which firefighters have previously said is effective in killing them. (Staff photo by Michael Rodriguez)
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May 14 2013
Special to the NEWS It wasn’t the most conventional of victories, but none of that matters to the San Benito Lady ’Hounds. What matters is they’re back in the Sweet 16. The Lady ’Hounds (30-2) will now take on San Antonio O’Connor (31-3) in a one-game regional semifinal playoff on Friday night at Cabaniss Softball …
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May 14 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Lupe Maldonado has fought in many battles throughout his career in the military, but he is now fighting the battle of his life. Maldonado, who graduated from San Benito High School in 1996 ranked sixth in his class and from the University of Texas …
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May 14 2013
NEWS Staff Report An arrest has been made in connection with a February case involving two men who were reportedly beaten with a wooden board in San Benito. Detective Rogelio Banda Jr. of the San Benito Police Department stated in a press release Tuesday that the suspect in the case, 31-year-old Robert Rodriguez of San …
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May 14 2013
By JOE BOCANEGRA Special to the NEWS Mike Canales has his work set out for him. Canales previously worked seven years for the City of Mission as the Parks and Recreation Manager there before starting as the City of San Benito’s new Parks and Recreation Director just two weeks ago. A graduate of Texas A&M, …
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May 14 2013
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