Nov 03 2012
Special to the NEWS Members of the San Benito High School Mighty Greyhound Band have advanced to state for the first time in the school’s history after competing in the UIL Area Marching Band Competition this past weekend in Laredo. The band advanced to Area after earning a division 1 rating at the 70th Annual …
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Nov 03 2012
By JOE BOCANEGRA Special to the NEWS RIO HONDO – The Rio Hondo High School Bobcat Marching Band is at it again as they advance to the UIL 3A State Marching Competition on Monday. “We’re very excited,” Band Director Robert Garza said. “We hope we will do well.” Of the 42 bands that played in …
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Nov 03 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com HARLINGEN – “What we’ve set out to do is simple,” announced George P. Bush, grandson and nephew of former Presidents George H.W. Bush and President George W. Bush, respectively, when visiting the Valley on Monday. “We want to bring more Latinos to the Republican Party.” As Republicans gathered …
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Oct 30 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com “It’s an honor to be in the Greyhound band,” said Ingrid Ledbetter, 16, a junior at San Benito High School and the clarinet section leader for the San Benito High School Mighty Greyhound Band. Ledbetter was referring to the band’s first-ever advancement to the UIL State Marching Competition. …
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Oct 30 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Halloween, now a fairly Americanized day for children (and adults) to play dress-up and eat too much candy, has been referred to as the following: All Hallows’ Eve, Witches Night, Lamswool, Snap-Apple Night, Samhain, All Saints Day and Summer’s End. Between antiquated stories of witches, ghouls and goblins, …
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Oct 30 2012
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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Oct 30 2012
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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Oct 30 2012
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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Oct 26 2012
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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Oct 26 2012
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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