Dec 10 2010
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ At the San Benito Rotary Club meeting held inside the Municipal Building on Thursday, guest speaker Miles Hutchinson, Supervisory Senior Resident Agent of the Brownsville Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) office, found himself in a familiar position – discussing the violence in Mexico. Hutchinson gave a presentation on the ongoing drug …
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Dec 10 2010
Special to the NEWS BROWNSVILLE –Armando R. Villalobos, County and District Attorney for Cameron County, announced Friday that James Edward Pearson, 53, of Weatherford, Texas, was found guilty on two counts of intoxication manslaughter. Assistant County and District Attorneys Maria DeFord and Brandy Bailey presented evidence, exhibits, and arguments to a jury in the 357th …
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Dec 10 2010
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ A Civil Service grievance hearing was held Wednesday inside the San Benito Municipal Building for Police Captain Arnold Garcia, who received a three-day suspension and a demotion for allegedly failing to complete a drug test in June of this year, this while he was assistant chief. Garcia and his attorney, Roberto …
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Dec 10 2010
Editor’s Note: Leading up to the Second Annual The Best Tamales in Town contest, the News will feature in preceding editions articles announcing each of the five judges. This is the fourth of the five-part series. By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ It’s out in the open now, and there’s nothing she can do about it – Jana …
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Dec 10 2010
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ In an effort to offer its readers the best possible online resources, the San Benito News has launched a revamped version of its website, sbnewspaper.com, designed to offer a plethora of services previously unavailable, such as an E-Edition and more. For the next three months browsers can read the E-Edition, a virtual …
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Dec 07 2010
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ San Benito will be diagnosed with a case of Saturday Night Fever Dec. 11 when its 60th Annual Lighted Christmas Parade is scheduled. The theme: 1970’s Disco. At 6 p.m. over 100 entries will descend upon Sam Houston Boulevard, a procession that will move south toward the Expressway from Business 77, as …
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Dec 07 2010
By JOE R. BOWLING, JR. The bright lights of the holiday season were brought to life Saturday night at a ceremony held at the W.H Amphitheater in San Benito. Several families attended and special singing helped bring to life the tradition of turning on the lights to celebrate another Christmas. Mayor Jack Garcia was in …
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Dec 07 2010
By JOE R. BOWLING, JR. There was no mistaking that the holiday season is here this past Saturday as everywhere one looked something seemed to have the look, the feel, or the sound that Christmas was right around the corner. The sounds coming from the First Presbyterian Church in San Benito fit right in as …
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Dec 07 2010
Editor’s Note: Leading up to the Second Annual The Best Tamales in Town contest, the News will feature in preceding editions articles announcing each of the five judges. This is the third of the five-part series. By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Originality, taste and texture. Shirley Vega, recently announced as the third judge in the Second Annual …
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Dec 07 2010
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Facing uncertainty stemming from the City of San Benito’s intentions to form its own league as well as the new fees implemented for the use of Stookey Park, the remaining members of the San Benito Youth Baseball/Softball League (SBYBSL) gathered Monday evening to conduct the election of officers for the 2011 season. …
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