Feb 26 2013
By JOE BOCANEGRA Special to the NEWS The City of San Benito Boys and Girls Club committee is asking for transparency from the club regarding its financial affairs and operational information. Committee members have recently been reviewing methods to assist the San Benito club, which, according to Boys and Girls Club of San Benito Board …
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Feb 26 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The Zac Brown Band’s “Chicken Fried” is about to get “Country-Fide” by San Benito’s own Madelyn Victoria Vallejo. Vallejo, a country musician who performs as Madelyn Victoria, will be opening for the Zac Brown Band on Friday, March 1, when they play BorderFest at the State Farm Arena …
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Feb 26 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Guadalupe Ayala walked into the San Benito News office on Tuesday, Feb. 12, prepared for an interview about where he was supposed to be that day had events that transpired four days prior not occurred. Consider first that Ayala was supposed to be in Houston on Feb. 12 to …
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Feb 26 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com San Benito High School was well represented at the State Wrestling Meet in Austin over the weekend. Wrestling in the 128-pound weight class was Valeria Torres, who grappled against Angelique Davis of Katy Morton Ranch High School, defeating her in the second period by fall with a total …
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Feb 26 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito Lady ’Hound varsity softball team has kicked off the 2013 season much like it does every season, dominating. The 12-1 Lady ’Hounds have dominated nearly every team they have faced thus far and don’t appear to be slowing down any time soon. They competed in …
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Feb 26 2013
Special to the NEWS McALLEN – The week didn’t start the way they’d have liked, but the Greyhound baseball team turned things around at the McAllen/Mission ISD Baseball Tournament over the weekend. The ’Hounds went 2-2 in McAllen and brought home a fourth place trophy as a result. Skipper Ram Partida said earning some hardware …
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Feb 26 2013
Members of the San Benito Historical Society are seen at the Joe Callandret Positive Redirection Center on Tuesday during an unveiling ceremony. In recognition of the 60th anniversary of the Joe Callandret School and in commemoration of Black History Month, the historical society unveiled its 11th historical marker dedicated to the school. Shown (from l-r) at the ceremony are Truella Haynes, George McShan, Jack Ayoub, Janie Silva, Dick Welch, Velvet Hutcherson, Marianne Welch, Tootie Madden, Sandra Tumberlinson, Mila Salinas, Rey Avila and Zeke Luna. (Courtesy photo)
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Feb 23 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The 21-year-old driver of a Ford Mustang involved in a two-vehicle collision that claimed the life of a San Benito CISD school bus driver has been charged with intoxication manslaughter in connection with the incident, San Benito police reported Saturday. According to Detective Rogelio Banda Jr. of the San …
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Feb 22 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The 2011-2012 Academic Excellence Indicator System (AEIS) report has been released for the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District. The district’s total value has increased from $812,992,753 for the 2010-2011 school year to $819,631,496 for the 2011-2012 school year, an increase of $6,638,743. Previously, the district’s total value …
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Feb 22 2013
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Special to the NEWS At the regularly scheduled meeting of the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees on Tuesday, Superintendent of Schools Antonio G. Limón’s contract was one of several items on the agenda, alongside the matter of whether or not the district would hire a budget consultant. While no decision …
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