Aug 03 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Special to the NEWS A man is fighting for his life after being run-down in an apparent hit-and-run Thursday. Ruben Saldaña, 51, of San Benito was the victim of a hit-and-run incident on the evening of August 2 at the corner of S. Frontage Rd. and Hidalgo in San Benito. Police …
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Aug 03 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com RIO HONDO – Officials with the Cameron County Sheriff’s Department and Precinct 4 Cameron County Constable Robert Lopez’s Office have confirmed this morning that two bodies found in a home east of Rio Hondo are being investigated as a murder-suicide. According to authorities with the constable’s office, law enforcement …
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Jul 31 2012
By MONICA ZUÑIGA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Races left unresolved in the Democratic and Republican primaries were settled in runoff elections Tuesday. The following are unofficial tallies with 100 percent of precincts reporting. In the Democratic District 34 Congressional race, Filemon Vela was the victor over Denise Saenz-Blanchard, 15,625 votes to 7,824. In the Republican race …
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Jul 31 2012
By MONICA ZUÑIGA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com RIO HONDO – Jose R. Guzman, the celebrated head boys’ basketball coach for Rio Hondo High School, declined a recent offer made by Athletic Director Rocky James to coach at the junior high level. James offered Guzman coaching positions at Rio Hondo Junior High, consisting mainly of heading the …
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Jul 31 2012
By MONICA ZUÑIGA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com RIO HONDO – In what is usually characterized as a “sleepy little town,” Rio Hondo was abuzz on Saturday with talk of Hollywood film crews and high profile celebs being in town over the weekend. The town’s vertical lift bridge, the only one of its kind in the state, …
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Jul 31 2012
By MONICA ZUÑIGA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com City of San Benito officials and the president of the San Benito Fire Fighters Association remain tightlipped on the circumstances surrounding the injury of a fireman after a firehouse ceiling collapsed on top of him. The fireman, whose identity has yet to be revealed, was taken to a local …
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Jul 31 2012
By MONICA ZUÑIGA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A San Benito man was sentenced to 25 years in prison for sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy. According to the Cameron County District Attorney’s Office, 56-year-old Jose Ernesto Pacheco appeared before a district judge in the 357th courtroom and pled guilty to continuous sexual abuse of a child. The …
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Jul 31 2012
By MONICA ZUÑIGA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com San Benito police have apprehended a local man accused of kidnapping another male at knife-point. Detective Rogelio Banda of the San Benito Police Department said in a press release that 35-year-old Gustavo Tijerina of San Benito arrived at a car wash in a gray four-door car before allegedly threatening …
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Jul 31 2012
By MONICA ZUÑIGA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Case closed. The recent capture of a La Feria man wanted in connection with a convenience store armed robbery ended months of searching by San Benito police. Armando Vela, 18, was apprehended Saturday, July 28, after eluding authorities since March. Vela has since been wanted for his alleged role …
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Jul 31 2012
By MONICA ZUÑIGA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com They’re at it again. The local group of teens from San Benito that started the project Keep Our Resacas Clean now plan on putting some of the trash they’ve picked up from the Heavin Resaca Trail to good use. The group, led by Javier Perez, 17, meets on most …
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