Jan 27 2012
Through Jan. 28 Shop Hop Shop Hop, a three-day shopping event will be held at 16 businesses in Harlingen and San Benito. For more information, call (956) 202-3778 or visit www.shophopharlingenandsanbenito. Through Feb. 14 Love Our Troops Campaign Rio Athletics and Fundraising together with American Military Support is holding a Love Our Troops campaign, in …
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Jan 27 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com LA PALOMA – The shooting death of a La Paloma man may have been the result of a debt, according to the Cameron County Sheriff’s Department. As first reported Wednesday by the San Benito News via sbnewspaper.com, San Benito police confirmed the apprehension of the suspect believed responsible for …
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Jan 27 2012
By CARLOS GONZALES Special to the NEWS Opponents who stepped onto the mat this year with the Lady ’Hounds were already at a disadvantage from the start. All season, the San Benito varsity girls’ wrestling team has been able to overpower and basically outmatch any opponent they faced, finishing the season undefeated with a whopping …
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Jan 27 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Lieutenant Michael Galvan has moved up in rank… free of charge. The 12-year veteran of the San Benito Police Department (SBPD) accepted the position of assistant operations chief on Friday, Jan. 27 without an immediate increase in pay. Galvan, 42, was surrounded inside an SBPD conference room by his …
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Jan 27 2012
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Special to the NEWS The annual Region 8 chess tournament will be held at the Veterans Memorial Academy in San Benito Saturday, Jan. 28 to Sunday Jan. 29 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The tournament is believed to have more than 100 schools participating, and approximately 1,400 students competing for their …
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Jan 27 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito CISD School Board Member Oscar Medrano is disputing the circumstances surrounding his arrest this weekend for violating the city’s leash law. According to a San Benito Police Department (SBPD) report obtained by the News via an open records request, Medrano was arrested at approximately 1 a.m. Sunday, …
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Jan 25 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito police have confirmed the apprehension of a suspect believed responsible for the shooting death of a local man. Operations Chief Martin Morales of the San Benito Police Department, which aided Cameron County Sheriff’s deputies in the investigation of a shooting that occurred earlier today, said the suspect …
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Jan 24 2012
Through Feb. 2012 Love Our Troops Campaign Rio Athletics and Fundraising together with American Military Support is holding a Love Our Troops campaign, in which two 2012 Harley Davidson 1200 Xl cc Sportsters will be up for a drawing on Feb. 14 in La Feria. For more information, call (956) 970-7188, or email ealvarado@americanmilitarysupport.com. or …
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Jan 24 2012
By TREY PUGA Special to the NEWS Confusion arose Tuesday, Jan. 17 during a meeting of the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District (SBCISD) Board of Trustees as more than one member expressed uncertainty as to the proposed one-year contract extension with HCA Physician Services, the district’s on-site primary healthcare clinic. The three-year agreement for …
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Jan 24 2012
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Special to the NEWS On Monday, the City of San Benito Utility Board tabled a recommendation to amend Ordinance No. 2409D, which was passed in October and requires multi-unit homes to pay a monthly $10 base water fee per tenant. The measure has since drawn sharp criticism from residents of local parks, …
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