Jun 19 2012
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A local man’s home was rebuilt thanks to volunteers from Cana Baptist Church in Burleson, Texas as well as members of Baptist Temple here in San Benito. Both churches came together during a vacation bible study at Baptist Temple last week to participate in a number of activities, one …
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Jun 19 2012
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A woman was hospitalized Thursday after being attacked by three people, officers from the San Benito Police Department reported. Detective Rogelio Banda stated in a press release that Michael Mendoza, 19, Natalie Mendoza, 23, and Julissa Sierra, 19, were arrested for allegedly “simultaneously assaulting” a 30-year-old woman. The victim …
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Jun 19 2012
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A Los Fresnos woman was killed while three were hospitalized in a car accident that occurred approximately 20 miles south of the Sarita checkpoint, according to authorities from the Department of Public Safety in Corpus Christi. Beatrice Cruz Garcia, 44, of Los Fresnos was pronounced dead at Valley Baptist …
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Jun 19 2012
NEWS Staff Report A website and magazine have been created in observance of the Eighth Annual San Benito Chamber of Commerce Kids Fishing Tournament. Scheduled for Saturday, June 23, at the Heavin Resaca Trail, event details are now featured at the following website: http://www.sbfishing.mediarelay.com/ Found there are the articles featured in the tournament magazine, which …
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Jun 15 2012
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Officers from the San Benito Police Department arrested two females on Saturday accused of smuggling 75 pounds of marijuana. The officers were notified of the incident at 8:25 p.m., when U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents informed SBPD authorities that they had two females detained at the Gateway Bridge …
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Jun 15 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Assistant City Manager Arturo Rodriguez said that the operations chiefs for the San Benito police and fire departments would be deciding the fates of officers recently embroiled in controversy. Rodriguez said there was much he couldn’t discuss about a meeting held Thursday by the City of San Benito Risk …
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Jun 15 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ & JERRY RODRIGUEZ San Benito News They came, they saw, they want her to conquer. About 17 people with little to no connection to each other than a love for Dolly Vinsant Memorial Hospital gathered at the once proud facility’s dormant grounds on Thursday, a day after a maintenance crew for the …
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Jun 15 2012
Special to the NEWS It’s in the numbers for students enrolled as freshmen at San Benito Veterans Memorial Academy as this year’s students chalked up a perfect 100 percent passing rate in geometry, two points higher than the state’s 98 percent passing, according to initial State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) results released …
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Jun 15 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The winners of the Gold Seal Publisher Art Contest held in conjunction with the San Benito News were announced Friday. Emily Posada, 11, took the third place prize of $125.00; Savana Jo Dudzienski, 16, won $175.00 for second place; and first went to Kareem Christmas, 17, for the $350.00 …
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Jun 15 2012
Special to the NEWS Lessons learned during his 18 months as a U.S. Congressman include some common-sense strategies that Rep. Blake Farenthold says, lets him sleep at night. The congressman was in San Benito Wednesday speaking at a business luncheon hosted by the San Benito Chamber of Commerce and the City of San Benito. …
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