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Stonewall Jackson owner to stand trial

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NEWS Staff Report Omar Cuevas, owner of the Stonewall Jackson Hotel in San Benito, will stand trial on Nov. 19 after pleading not guilty to fire and building code violations. Cuevas faced a judge to address said violations when he appeared in San Benito municipal court on Monday, Oct. 29, the 10th and final day …

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IN GOOD TASTE: El Pescador offers a taste of family

El Pescador

By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com  El Pescador Restaurant serves more than just Mexican and seafood; they offer a glimpse into the history of a family that labored with love to build nearly 10 years of customer service at their San Benito location. Owner Maria H. Calixtro is originally from Michoacán, Mexico but says …

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‘CATS vs. TARPS! Annual grudge match may have district title implications

Isaiah Valldarez

NEWS Staff Report RIO HONDO – District 32-3A is anybody’s ballgame. Literally. With the Hidalgo Pirates, La Feria Lions, Port Isabel Tarpons and Rio Hondo Bobcats each only displaying a single blemish on their district record, week nine action in the Rio Grande Valley will be crucial. Throw into the mix an annual rivalry (more …

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Hotel owner must appear before judge Monday

Stonewall Jackson

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Benita Jackson has lived at the Stonewall Jackson Hotel for as long as she can remember, but it wasn’t until she moved recently that the 65-year-old San Benito resident claimed to realize the poor living conditions to which she had been subjected. “Thank God I’m out of there,” Jackson …

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Alleged victim in arrest of JP’s wife speaks

Delia Flores Sanchez

By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com  “Get out of my face, old lady,” is allegedly what 62-year-old Delia Flores Sanchez, wife of Justice of the Peace Julian Sanchez, heard after confronting 45-year-old Elizabeth Moreno Lopez at the Cameron County Annex Building in San Benito. The incident eventually led to the arrest of Delia Sanchez, …

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GRIDIRON GIRL – Guevara changes perceptions as female football player

Angela Guevara

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Although life hasn’t changed for Angela Guevara, what the 13-year-old Riverside Middle School student is changing are people’s perceptions about her. On Saturday, Angela will be playing her eighth game as a football player for the Riverside Bulldogs. The seventh grade team, for which Angela plays wide receiver, will …

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DPS official trains SBPD officers

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By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com  Officials with the Texas Department of Public Safety sent Clif Harris, trainer III for the Texas Crime Information Center/National Crime Information Center, to San Benito this Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to teach ground-breaking information to the local police department. Harris instructed a class entitled, “Texas Law Enforcement Telecommunication …

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SBHS band to compete at Area

SBHS drumline at Pigskin

By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com  The Mighty Greyhound Band will be traveling to Laredo, Texas for the area marching band competition on Saturday, October 27, or the precursor to the state competition. There are 42 bands competing at this, the Area G, tournament which encompasses all of South Texas, from the Valley to …

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Hooked on Hounds – Peter Galvan

Peter Galvan

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com There are certain things you just don’t mess with. You don’t mess with Texas; you don’t mess with a man’s motorcycle, and you definitely don’t mess with the Greyhounds. Sixty-one year-old Peter Galvan, a 1970 graduate of San Benito High School, is well aware of these fundamental rules which …

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ALL ABOUT JOE: Residents polled support mayor amid indictment

Mayor Joe H. Hernandez

By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com  San Benito Mayor Joe H. Hernandez appeared with his attorney and turned himself into Cameron County authorities at the Carrizalez-Rucker Detention Center in Olmito on Tuesday morning after being indicted by a grand jury for alleged abuse of official capacity. In a candid interview on Tuesday, Hernandez said, …

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