Mar 29 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com As first reported on the San Benito News website, www.sbnewspaper.com, a female student from San Benito High School was reportedly injured after falling out of a moving vehicle. The incident occurred at approximately 1 p.m. Monday on Williams Road in front of the high school; no injuries other …
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Mar 29 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The suspect of a drive-by shooting is behind bars after being arrested in San Benito on Saturday. The incident started on Comino Angosto off of Pennsylvania Avenue early Saturday morning when men in a green Chevy Impala allegedly opened fire on a number of houses. The area where …
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Mar 29 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Brenda Nettles Riojas finds inspiration everywhere she goes, in everything she sees and everyone she meets. Many say Riojas transcends her thoughts by expressing them through her poetry, or write vicariously through another person’s eyes. That is the way of a poet. Born and raised in Brownsville, Riojas …
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Mar 29 2011
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com It’s a loss of epic proportions. This is the reaction shared by many affiliated in the arts regarding the death of Benigno “Benny” Layton, one of the inductees in the Texas Conjunto Music Hall of Fame in San Benito. Rey Avila, president of the Texas Conjunto Music Hall of …
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Mar 29 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Diane Hurman said she’s on a mission. The concerned citizen has taken issue with the City of San Benito’s plans to turn the municipal pool at Stookey Park into a skate/spray park. “I think that everybody should have access to a place where they can learn to swim. …
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Mar 28 2011
SBNEWSPAPER.COM EXCLUSIVE! By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A female student from San Benito High School was reportedly injured after falling out of a moving vehicle. The incident occurred at approximately 1 p.m. Monday on Williams Road in front of the high school. “It was an incident involving a child who had checked out …
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Mar 25 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A woman claims to have made a disturbing discovery in a breakfast taco she was about to eat from a local convenience store on Tuesday, March 22. Corina Hernandez of San Benito said that her husband had bought her and a co-worker some tacos from the …
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Mar 25 2011
San Benito Lady Greyhound track athletes are shown competing in the preliminaries at Bobby Morrow Stadium on Friday before heading to Weslaco Saturday for the Meet of Champions. It was reported to the News Friday evening that six girls qualified for the finals. (Staff photos by Francisco E. Jimenez)
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Mar 25 2011
Sophomore runner making all the right moves By CHRISTY CORTEZ Special to the NEWS Running is a part of many sports. Some athletes love to run and others don’t. For San Benito Lady ’Hound track sensation Esmer Sosa, she doesn’t just love to run, she feels that running makes her who she is. This …
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Mar 25 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com If one has been to San Benito Adult & Geriatric Medicine on a Tuesday or Thursday, chances are you may have been evaluated by one of San Benito’s very own. Rolando Longoria, MPAS, PA-C was born and raised in San Benito. Longoria grew up as a migrant and …
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