Nov 30 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Every year, in some cases even before they partake of their Thanksgiving dinners, countless millions of Americans kickoff the Christmas season by participating in a shopping frenzy. Christmas is infamously the number one retail sales holiday in America. Surveys report the average American will spend over $850 on …
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Nov 29 2012
NEWS Staff Report Law enforcement authorities have confirmed that San Benito CISD Board President Yliana G. Rodriguez filed a police report Wednesday accusing fellow Board Member Anna Cruz of class C assault, a misdemeanor. Officials said Thursday that Rodriguez filed the report with school district police on Wednesday. Initially, Rodriguez tried filing charges against Cruz …
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Nov 28 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A caller alerted San Benito police on Monday night to a suspicious group of males who had been seen running through a baseball field near San Benito Memorial Park, also known as Stookey Park. On November 26, at 10:34 p.m., police responded to Stookey Park, located at the …
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Nov 27 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A Harlingen woman was involved in a fatal one-car accident at a San Benito intersection which has claimed several other lives in years past. Investigators believe that a 29-year-old mother, identified as Francesca Rodriguez, was killed on impact after driving her white 2012 Nissan off the road, at …
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Nov 27 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A beer run on Saturday ended in an elderly man reportedly beaten with an 18-pack of beer. At approximately 3:39 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 24, San Benito police responded to a convenience store located on the 300 block of S. Sam Houston Blvd. in reference to a beer …
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Nov 27 2012
NEWS Staff Report Those who’ve recently visited the San Benito News website, sbnewspaper.com, may have noticed a few changes. Actually, the website has undergone a complete revamp in an effort to provide visitors a heightened website experience while continuing to maintain the exclusive content that readers have become accustomed to in the print edition. Specifically, …
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Nov 27 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com For 20 years, an effort has been made by the City of San Benito Housing Authority, which has partnered with the San Benito Police Officers Association and Walmart, to provide a delectable Thanksgiving feast to elderly public housing residents. This week, In Good Taste is written in honor …
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Nov 27 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A car fire was reported behind the San Benito Municipal Building on Tuesday. At approximately 1 p.m. on Nov. 27, a Brownsville woman noticed smoke accompanied by the smell of fire while operating her motor vehicle, a Mini Cooper. The vehicle operator continued driving until she reached the …
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Nov 27 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito Police Department, on Tuesday, began the two-day process of conducting final interviews to hire up to three officers. What began as over 100 interested applicants has dwindled to just five, one of whom is 24-year-old Benisse Gomez. Gomez, currently an officer for the City of …
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Nov 27 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Can you imagine starving on Christmas Day? There are individuals and families in the very community of San Benito who do not have enough to eat; to help, The Workout, a local gym, is sponsoring the first ever Christmas Fun Run/Walk to benefit the San Benito Food Pantry …
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