Apr 08 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com American Military Support (AMS) is hoping to collect donations to send Easter care packages to troops fighting overseas from the Rio Grande Valley, but they need the help of San Benito News readers in order to make their quota. AMS is a non-profit organization in which its mission …
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Apr 06 2011
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio reported Wednesday the possible discovery of the murder weapon in the Sonia Perez homicide. According to Lucio, investigators on Tuesday interviewed a witness who stated that on the day of Sonia Perez’s murder, March 31, 37-year-old Daniel Flores Lopez, the man accused of being paid …
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Apr 05 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com While the family of slain third grade teacher Sonia Perez committed her body to the ground Tuesday, 37-year-old Daniel Flores Lopez, the man accused of murdering the beloved educator, learned that he stands to lose his own life if convicted of the homicide. Magistrate Patricia Hernandez charged Lopez …
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Apr 05 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A 27-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday after his son allegedly took ecstasy pills to school and handed them out to classmates. “Yesterday (Monday, April 4), a second grader from Frank Roberts Elementary took some pills to school,” said Lieutenant Martin Morales of the San Benito Police Department …
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Apr 05 2011
SBNEWSPAPER.COM EXCLUSIVE! By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A couple of javelinas were seen venturing into town on Monday morning. According to City of San Benito Code Enforcement Director John Rodriguez, a call came in at approximately 7:30 a.m. from a woman who reported seeing two javelinas in the city. Citizens trying to help …
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Apr 05 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A bat was discovered outside the varsity gym of San Benito High School on Thursday, March 31 and tested positive for rabies. According to San Benito CISD Superintendant of Schools Antonio G. Limón, the bat was discovered by some students on a wall outside the gym. “It was …
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Apr 04 2011
By CHRISTY CORTEZ Special to the NEWS The San Benito Greyhounds suffered a devastating loss to the Brownsville Hanna Golden Eagles Friday evening. Even with an amazing comeback in the bottom of the seventh inning led by catcher Adan Guzman, the ’Hounds were unsuccessful in their attempts to take down Hanna in nine …
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Apr 03 2011
SBNEWSPAPER.COM EXCLUSIVE! By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio confirmed Sunday morning the arrest of Julio Cesar Perez, 40, the husband of slain third grade teacher Sonia Perez who was found murdered Thursday evening on Robles Road between San Benito and Rio Hondo. Lucio said Julio Cesar Perez was arrested …
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Apr 03 2011
SBNEWSPAPER.COM EXCLUSIVE! By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com At least one family will have to find another place to sleep as a car chase led by the Harlingen Police Department (HPD) ended with a vehicle crashing head-on into a brick wall of the Heather Apartments in San Benito. According to authorities on the scene, an …
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Apr 02 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Issues hot on the minds of the San Benito City Commission Place 2 candidates include the city budget, infrastructure, and the city’s economic development. Place 2 incumbent Rene Villafranco, whom Gavino Sotelo is challenging for said post, has only been in office for less than a year, but …
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