Jan 08 2021
Special to the NEWS/PRESS With the widespread development of Padre Island and the most recent visitor to the area, Space X, Boca Chica Beach has lost its luster, for many. For many years, Boca Chica Beach afforded Valley folks the nearest and most accessible beach before the building of the Queen Isabella Causeway at …
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Jan 07 2021
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com Citizens of The City of Los Indios have started connecting to internet service from Spectrum giving them access to high-speed internet. Former Alderwoman Adelina Nunez contacted the CEO of Spectrum in April 2020. According to Nunez, she was contacted within two days by a representative of Spectrum in Texas. “I emailed …
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Jan 07 2021
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com The U.S. Customs and Border Protection assigned Joel Martinez, a San Benito native, as Deputy Chief Patrol Agent to the U.S Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley Sector. Martinez began his career with the Border Patrol in 1992 at the Laredo South Station in the Laredo Sector. According to a press release …
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Jan 07 2021
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com The City of San Benito and several officers of the San Benito Police Department are facing a lawsuit following the death of Ernesto Gonzalez in 2019. The plaintiff, Astrid Gonzalez, is represented by Eduardo Lucio. The defendants in the case are The City of San Benito, former Police Chief Michael Galvan, …
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Dec 31 2020
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com Resaca City businessman, Chuy Aguilera donated a building to the City of San Benito which will be used as a police training facility for the San Benito Police Department. Aguilera, owner of Chuy’s Custom Sports on Business Hwy. 77 in San Benito, bought the portable building about five years ago. The …
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Dec 31 2020
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com 2020 has been a year full of strife from the COVID-19 pandemic to civil unrest on a national level. With 2021 on the horizon, here is a lookback at some of the area’s top reported stories of 2020. 5. Pride of the Town: Elida Villarreal passes Elida Salinas Villarreal died this …
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Dec 31 2020
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com On Tuesday, Dec. 21, the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees held a special meeting and discussed the statewide resolution stipulating that public-school employees be considered as frontline workers. The resolution to classify public school employees as frontline workers was written by Ruben Cortez Jr., a member of the Texas Board …
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Dec 31 2020
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com St. Theresa Catholic Church’s adopt-a-tree fundraiser has brought a glimmer of hope to families that have dedicated trees to loved ones. The fundraiser began as a way to raise funds to have the trees on church grounds trimmed. To raise money for the tree trimming and to celebrate advent, church officials …
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Dec 31 2020
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com After serving on the San Benito City Commission, and after a long, arduous campaign for mayor that concluded in a run-off election, San Benito born and raised Ricardo Guerra will be sworn in as the city’s mayor come the new year. Mayor-elect Ricardo Guerra was born and raised in San Benito. …
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Dec 30 2020
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com On Dec. 8, the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees held both a public hearing and regular board meeting. The first order of business was to review and discuss SBCISD’s 2018-2019 scores on the Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas. Overall, the school district received a “B” rating with a score …
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