May 31 2015
SAN BENITO—Petra Manzano San Pedro, born on September 17, 1920 in Cerritos, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, died on Thursday, May 28, 2015 at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen, Texas. She was 94. Petra was also known as Doña Petra by her neighbors and “Ma” Petra by her grandchildren. She was a faithful and devoted …
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May 15 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com When the majority of people speak of the most influential citizens in San Benito history, there are two names that unfailingly come up: Freddy Fender and Bobby Morrow. While those two icons have more than earned their place among San Benito lore, a third man has undoubtedly compiled enough …
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May 13 2015
By ARMANDO GARZA SPECIAL to the NEWS AUSTIN—Some athletes are fine with just “showing up” As his accomplishments show, San Benito junior John Belmares is not just any athlete. At the Region-IV Class 6A meet in San Antonio two weekends ago, Belmares went out and proved just that as his shot put throw of 56-feet, …
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Apr 11 2015
Rosalinda (Nana) Huerta, 64, of San Benito, Texas, passed away on Wednesday, April 1, 2015. Rosalinda retired from Levi’s after 33 years and devoted her time as a parent volunteer for SBCISD as well as the Special Olympics. She enjoyed playing softball, gardening, and loved her Tejano music. She is preceded in death by her …
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Apr 10 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com With decisions on reduction of staff for San Benito CISD looming, many employees who could once list job security at the top of their list of job perks might just find themselves unemployed. On Thursday, April 16, SBCISD Superintendent Dr. Marc A. Puig will be presenting his list of …
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Mar 27 2015
By Pete Banda Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com As children from Angela Gerusa Leal Elementary school in San Benito eagerly waited in line for their …
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Mar 27 2015
By Pete Banda Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com Drones, robots, and gadgets were on full display for students Wednesday, making the San Benito High school gym look like the set to a new sci-fi movie. The presentation was for the first annual Gear-Up Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) day, showing students the different aspects and opportunities of …
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Mar 18 2015
By STEVEN RAY HERNANDEZ Editor Editor@sbnewspaper.com It started as a normal day on Winchell St. in San Benito. Kids rode their bicycles in the area, neighbors worked on their yards, and the site of barbeque smoking was in the air. Then all of a sudden, there was a different kind of smoke in the air. A …
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Mar 18 2015
By STEVEN RAY HERNANDEZ Editor Editor@sbnewspaper.com Evelon Dale, a 63-year old Harlingen woman who was well known throughout Cameron County and beyond for her volunteerism as well as being a champion of a number of political and social causes, was the subject of a chaotic scene Monday afternoon at the intersection of Business 77 and Sam …
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Mar 13 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com A San Benito man is behind bars after allegedly choking his common law wife, causing her to jump out of a moving car for fear of her life. On Thursday, April 2, Jose Angel Leal, 36, was arrested and charged with Interference in a 9-1-1 call, Aggravated Assault, Unlawful Restraint, …
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