Mar 04 2021
News Staff Report San Benito hosted another first dose COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the San Benito Fairgrounds located at 551 Cesar Gonzalez Parkway on Friday, March 5. Pre-registration to the clinic was mandatory. Phone lines to register opened at 9 a.m. on March 3 and remained open until 500 applicants were pre-registered. A full name, …
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Mar 04 2021
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com The City of San Benito began cleaning up dead fish floating in the resacas after a harsh freeze caused many of them to die. Hundreds of dead catfish were seen floating near the banks of the resacas. According to the City of San Benito, the fish that died are an invasive …
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Mar 04 2021
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com A former Mayor of San Benito is on the road to recovery after suffering a brain aneurysm early this February. On Wednesday, Feb. 3, former mayor and mayor candidate this last election, Celeste Sanchez was hospitalized and treated after suffering a brain aneurysm. She underwent surgery at Valley Baptist Medical Center …
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Mar 04 2021
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com On March 2, the San Benito City Commission held a regular meeting and discussed the approval of written statements of findings for tax legal services and for municipal court legal services with Linebarger, Goggan, Blair & Sampson LLP. Attorney Monica Soliz presented an item. She explained that a written statement of …
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Feb 26 2021
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com One week after a harsh freeze caused ERCOT to order power outages across Texas, the city of San Benito has had power restored to it. AEP Texas reported that power was restored to 95% of all customers as of Feb. 19. San Benito administrators have worked with AEP Texas to make …
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Feb 26 2021
BY LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito businesswoman, Velma De los Santos, celebrated the 25th anniversary of her business, V.I.P. Realty on Feb. 8. De Los Santos has been a licensed real estate agent since 1983 and broker since 1995. After graduating high school, De Los Santos did not expect that she would be in the …
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Feb 26 2021
News Staff Report The San Benito Police Department is investigating a possible homicide which occurred on Sunday, Feb. 21. According to a press release by San Benito PD, at 1:28 a.m. the SBPD officers were called to the 100 block of Virginia St. regarding a possible shooting. The victim was identified as 60-year-old Adelaido Mendoza. …
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Feb 26 2021
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com Former San Benito CISD employee, Jack Garcia, has filed a federal lawsuit against the San Benito school district claiming the district violated his first amendment rights. Garcia, represented by attorney Gustavo Acevedo Jr, who once represented the SBCISD, was a long-time employee of SBCISD, working for the district for 22 years. …
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Feb 26 2021
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com Candidates for San Benito City Commission and the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees have filed for places on both governing bodies. On the San Benito commission side, the list of candidates are as follows: for Commissioner Place 3, incumbent Pete Galvan, Benjamin Gomez, and Jesus Ernesto Loperena. And for Commissioner …
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