Jan 14 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com On Thursday, Jan. 13, Cameron County District Attorney Armando R Villalobos announced that 53-year-old James Edward Pearson of Weatherford, Texas was sentenced to 50 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice – Institutional Division for the deaths of two Rio Hondo teenagers in 2008. According to a …
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Jan 14 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Two weeks ago, his sisters were preparing their brother’s obituary. Today, they’re discussing San Benito sports with the Greyhound aficionado. On Dec. 24, 2010, Allen Judson Doan, Jr., also known as “Mr. Greyhound”, had to be taken to the emergency room where he underwent immediate surgery for an …
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Jan 14 2011
Community Corner: By SCARLET O’ROURKE Special to the NEWS The patrons dining daily at SB Wings may have never known that sitting next to them was a decorated World War II veteran. At the age of 90, San Benito resident Robert Huff has made it part of his daily routine to eat at the local …
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Jan 14 2011
Stories of Love: Editor’s Note: In observance of the San Benito News Valentine’s Day promotion, which will run in the Feb. 9 and 13 editions, the following is the first of a seven-part Q&A series featuring local couples. By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com For Rene and Maria Yvette Muñoz, 15 years of marriage …
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Jan 14 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito CISD Board of Trustees made the decision to name the new elementary school currently under construction on FM 732 after Angela Gerusa Leal on Tuesday night during a school board meeting at the J. F. Barron Administration Building. The decision came after a committee recommended …
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Jan 14 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Abel Fonseca has been a boxer since his grandfather, Porforio Treviño, introduced him to the sport when he was eight-years-old. Now he is passing on that knowledge to the children who participate in the San Benito CISD Afterschool Program. “As of right now I am actually a professional …
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Jan 14 2011
Rene Rolando Rodriguez, 55, went to be with his Lord and Savior on January 3, 2011 at Valley Baptist Medical Center, Harlingen, TX. Rene was born on January 20, 1955 to Roberto Rodriguez and Zoila Gonzales Rodriguez from Rio Hondo, TX. Rene was the youngest of four children. He is survived by his brothers, Roberto …
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Jan 14 2011
Rio Hondo, TX – Miquela M. Corona, 74, entered the Lord’s Heavenly Kingdom on Sunday, January 2, 2011. She was born in Lozano, Texas on December 10, 1936. She is preceded in death by her parents Juan Moreno and Bonifacia Gonzalez; four brothers, Juan Moreno, Jesus Moreno, Ramon Paz, and Octavio Paz, Jr; sister, Francisca …
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Jan 14 2011
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com I received a phone call about a few weeks ago from a woman who requested a photo of Allen Doan, or Mr. Greyhound for those who remember our September 2009 article featuring the San Benito super fan. But before she was able to explain why she needed the picture, …
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Jan 12 2011
Special to the NEWS After Naming Selection Committee members held a public hearing Monday, Jan. 10 inside the John F. Barron Administration Building regarding the slate of names for the new San Benito CISD elementary school currently under construction on FM 732, and following a 5-2 vote by the district’s school board, Angela Gerusa Leal …
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