Jun 11 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com A San Benito police officer was arrested over the weekend for allegedly pointing a gun at a Sheriff’s deputy. Officer Candido Ortiz of the San Benito Police Department has been charged with aggravated assault of a public servant following an incident in which deputies with the Cameron County Sheriff’s …
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Jun 08 2012
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com At a special meeting Friday, the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees rescinded action taken last week that authorized the governing body’s officers to negotiate and select an interim attorney. Also approved on Friday was the selection of an interim attorney. Board President Yliana G. Rodriguez and Board Secretary …
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Jun 08 2012
By JOE BOCANEGRA Special to the NEWS The San Benito City Commission voted Tuesday to eliminate the rank of fire marshal in a unanimous vote. Ordinance 2485 previously died due to lack of a second motion at a previous meeting. After its approval at a regular meeting on June 5, the ordinance authorizes assigning fire …
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Jun 08 2012
By ANDREA MOSQUEDA Special to the NEWS Two San Benito teachers have received the highest honor in the school district. Noelia Nadine Montez, a fifth-grade teacher at Landrum Elementary School, was named the 2011-2012 San Benito CISD Elementary Teacher of the Year. Michael Torres, an eighth-grade Social Studies teacher at Miller Jordan Middle School, was …
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Jun 08 2012
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com San Benito resident Marisol Cervantes, a student at the University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB), has received the highest award an undergraduate could receive: the Leadership Ring Award. Only two students were selected based on excellence in academics, leadership, and community service/campus service. Students must submit an application, two …
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Jun 08 2012
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Sierra Pizarro, a recent graduate of San Benito High School, has signed to play tennis at Temple College in Temple, TX for the Lady Leopards. Temple College has been the recipient of many tennis championships, winning three national championships in 2003, 2004 and 2007. Just recently, they competed at …
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Jun 07 2012
NEWS Staff Report Another special meeting of the San Benito CISD School Board of Trustees has been called, this time for Friday as the board will consider rescinding action taken Thursday. Specifically, action may be taken at a 6 p.m. meeting on Friday, June 8, to rescind the board’s authorization of its officers to negotiate …
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Jun 05 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com After Dolly Vinsant Memorial Hospital failed to draw a single bid at an auction on Tuesday, tax attorneys reported that offers will now be accepted for San Benito’s historic medical facility. “We’ll keep trying to sell it, and it’ll go up at our next resell scheduled in November or …
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Jun 05 2012
By ANDREA MOSQUEDA Special to the NEWS San Benito police officers received a Saturday morning surprise when they were called to the 400 block of North Sam Houston Boulevard, where a man had driven his sports utility vehicle (SUV) onto the steps of the Municipal Building. According to Detective Rogelio Banda of the San Benito …
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Jun 05 2012
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com San Benito CISD officials confirmed Tuesday that the press box at the old Greyhound Stadium will be repaired after catching fire this weekend. According to a report provided by Raul Zuniga, operations chief for the San Benito Fire Department, the authorities were called to the scene at approximately 5:39 …
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