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Hooked on Hounds – Ramiro Sauceda

Ramiro Sauceda

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Anyone remember when the San Benito Greyhounds used to burst onto the field at Greyhound Stadium through a hazy but very cool mist of smoke? It was almost magical. Well, Ramiro Sauceda was the guy behind that smoke machine. The 72-year-old Greyhound fan, this week’s Hooked on ’Hounds candidate, …

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Witness comes forward in mayor’s case

Mayor Joe H. Hernandez

By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com  This case just got more complicated. As former San Benito City Commissioner Ricardo R. Rodriguez continues to press for the investigation into his allegations that San Benito Mayor Joe H. Hernandez made terroristic threats against him and other members of the community, more developments continue to transpire. Said …

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THE GRADUATE – Vietnam veteran presented with diploma

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By PETE BANDA Special to the NEWS RIO HONDO – Following admirable service to his country in the Vietnam War, running a company of his own and fathering children and now becoming a grandfather, there was always one thing that eluded 63-year-old Juan Villarreal: a diploma. But he can scratch that off his list of …

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City borrows $3.1 million for streets

City of San Benito

By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com  Officials with the City of San Benito elected to adhere to advisement from the city’s financial planners, Estrada Hinojosa & Company, Inc., and borrow nearly $3.1 million in the form of a Certificate of Obligation to repair city streets. The effort should be finalized December 6, according to …

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Citizens urge Dolly’s return to healthcare

Dolly Vinsant

By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com  If many of the citizens of San Benito had their way, the forlorn building formerly known as Dolly Vinsant Memorial Hospital would be back up and running as a medical facility. But Dolly Vinsant is presently owned by the following taxing entities, in the amount of back-owed taxes: …

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Garza continues family business at Medicine Shoppe

Thomas Garza

By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com  “I always knew I wanted to be in the healthcare profession. I always enjoyed taking care of customers. I thought it would be beneficial to the community,” said 2005 San Benito High School alum, Thomas A. Garza. Thomas, 25, is the son of local pharmacist and Cameron County …

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IN GOOD TASTE: Noe’s Mexican Café prepares homemade meals

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By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com  In October of 2011, a fire which started in the attic of a next door business ultimately closed the doors of what was once the original Noe’s Mexican Café. In January of 2012, however, Noe Martin Lima, nephew of the original owner, reopened the family establishment in a …

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Ex-cop arrested for pointing gun at deputy fights suspension

Candido Ortiz

By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com  The San Benito Civil Service Commission met Wednesday, November 6, to address the fate of former San Benito police officer Candido Ortiz, who remains on indefinite suspension pending the outcome of his appeal. On June 11 at approximately 12:10 a.m., Ortiz’s wife called officials regarding a domestic dispute …

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Missing Jim Wells woman found in San Benito

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By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com  San Benito police helped solve a missing person case stemming from the disappearance of an elderly woman in Jim Wells County. The woman was founded stranded roadside near 509 and Business 77 in San Benito in the early morning hours of Monday, November 5, when the San Benito …

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Hooked on Hounds – Elida S. Villarreal

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By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com  Born in San Benito, 91-year-old Elida S. Villarreal has lived her whole life in the Resaca City. She said, “I love my city.” The only daughter of a man who loved football and baseball, our Greyhound super fan of the week said, “That’s where I got my love …

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