Jan 25 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ & FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ San Benito News Following news that the mysterious and controversial Santa Muerte statue at the San Benito Municipal Cemetery had been found destroyed on Wednesday, two university professors who’re considered experts on the occult offered their opinions on the matter. Dr. R. Andrew Chesnut, author of Devoted to Death: …
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Jan 25 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com In a post-Sandy Hook society, it’s no surprise that, during a joint meeting on Tuesday between the San Benito City Commission and the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees, the subject of school safety was addressed. Discussed was the implementation of combined-response procedures and protocols should a school …
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Jan 25 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A Rio Hondo man was arrested by deputies of the Cameron County Sheriff’s Department on Sunday, January 20, for allegedly sexually assaulting two young girls. Nineteen-year-old Eloy Galvez was accused of sexually assaulting two sisters, the oldest of whom was 6-years-old. Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio reported that …
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Jan 23 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com It appears as though someone may have taken the removal of a controversial statue of the Santa Muerte at the San Benito Municipal Cemetery into their own hands. The remains of the destroyed statue were discovered early Wednesday morning approximately 30 feet from its previous location. Also found …
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Jan 23 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com San Benito police have reported that a 65-year-old disabled man was allegedly assaulted and robbed by the same people he was trying to help. According to a San Benito Police Department press release, 53-year-old Eduardo Reyes Valladares of San Benito was arrested on the 1000 block of West …
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Jan 22 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Dr. R. Andrew Chesnut, author of Devoted to Death: Santa Muerte, the Skeleton Saint, has offered another opinion on a mysterious Santa Muerte statue that still resides on the grounds of the San Benito Municipal Cemetery. In response to Dr. Antonio N. Zavaleta’s comments in a Jan. 20 San …
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Jan 22 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The family of San Benito CISD Board Member Oscar Medrano is asking the community of San Benito for prayers as he remains hospitalized after falling severely ill. According to the board member’s brother, Manuel Medrano, Oscar was admitted into Valley Baptist Medical Center on Friday, January 11, following …
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Jan 22 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Superhero princesses need a superhero mother, and that is what Venessa Zepeda is to her two daughters. Zepeda, a counselor at La Encantada Elementary School outside San Benito, recently had her first children’s book published, appropriately titled Superhero Princesses. While the book is obviously a work of fiction, …
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Jan 22 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Gwendolyn Cowgill can tell a story, but it was the stories she heard as a child that inspired her recent work. “When we were children, we always heard of her story,” said Gwendolyn Cowgill of San Benito about her grandmother, Elfie Irene, whom her recently published book, And …
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Jan 22 2013
Attending the 2012-2013 San Benito Greyhound Quarterback Club Football Banquet were Jacksonville Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew and NFL free agent Chris Horton. Jones-Drew (seated) and Horton are shown with San Benito Greyhound Head Football Coach Spencer Gantt (standing) and Defensive Coordinator Dave Evans (seated). (Photo by T.J. Tijerina)
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