Mar 29 2019
By DAVID LOPEZ editor@sbnewspaper.com Tuesday night’s special city meeting concluded with the appointment of Assistant City Manager Fred Bell as San Benito Interim Police Chief in order to oversee an Internal Affairs Investigation into the police officers involved in the shooting and death of Rick Treviño III on Dec.7. The names of the six San …
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Mar 28 2019
By J. NOEL ESPINOZA Special to the NEWS Five weeks after he was placed on administrative leave, San Benito Consolidated Independent School District Superintendent of Schools Dr. Nate Carman fired Jack Garcia, the longtime director of the District’s After School Program and a former Mayor of San Benito. Garcia, who was also the district’s …
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Mar 22 2019
By FREDDY JIMENEZ editor@sbnewspaper.com Earlier this week, City leaders approved an extension for City Manager Manuel De La Rosa’s contract. At a City Commissioner’s meeting held on Tuesday, March 19, one of the agenda items listed under executive session was the “Discussion pursuant to Texas Government Code…regarding the City Manager contract.” After two hours of …
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Mar 22 2019
By FREDDY JIMENEZ editor@sbnewspaper.com Newly uploaded footage of Ricardo Treviño III’s fatal shooting has revealed activity by the police officers involved. In a Facebook post, Joanne Garza, sister to Treviño’s mother April Flores, uploaded a video widely shared by the community of her nephew’s death; however, this particular video had additional audio that depicts …
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Mar 22 2019
BY J. NOEL ESPINOZA Special to the NEWS A member of the board of trustees had been trying to find out about a trip to Washington D. C. similar to one taken last year to Orlando, Florida, but school administrators of the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District have been unclear about the details. Last …
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Mar 22 2019
By DAVID LOPEZ Special to the NEWS On Tuesday night’s regular City meeting, City officials discussed an item during executive session relating to an attorney consultation in order to “receive legal advice from counsel in regard to threatened litigation arising out of law enforcement action involving Mr. Richard Treviño,” as the agenda read. As …
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Mar 22 2019
By FREDDY JIMENEZ editor@sbnewspaper.com The City of San Benito announced on Monday, March 18 that the public comments section, usually held at the beginning of city commission meetings, will now be held at the end of the meetings and some residents have expressed concern over the matter. In a press release issued by the City …
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Mar 15 2019
By DAVID LOPEZ Special to the NEWS Plans to reopen San Benito’s $17 million water plant are underway after the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality approved the pilot protocol study submitted on November of 2018. The City said it plans to have the plant running within six to nine months. TCEQ’s approval comes …
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