By J. NOEL ESPINOZA Special to the News After 14 years with the San Benito School District, district officials last week placed After School Program Director Jack Garcia on administrative leave, with pay. According to attorneys for Garcia, it was supposed to be a trip to a chess competition in Houston similar to …
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Mar 01 2019
Murder: Police seek community’s help
By FREDDY JIMENEZ editor@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito Police Department is asking for the public’s help following the mysterious and fatal shooting of 30-year-old Edgar Gonzalez that occurred on the evening of Thursday, Feb. 21. Following the incident, police weren’t releasing any information, but according to a press release issued by the police department Tuesday afternoon, …
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Mar 01 2019
Crash near resaca sends two to hospital
By FREDDY JIMENEZ editor@sbnewspaper.com Police officers and other emergency responders arrived to the 700 block of Business 77 around 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. in reference to a car crash that sent two individuals to the hospital. The incident involved three vehicles in total: two four-door sedans and one 10-wheeler distribution truck. Officers on the …
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Mar 01 2019
City approves Chamber of Commerce’s required dues
By DAVID LOPEZ Special to the NEWS During the last regular city meeting on Tuesday, February 19, Mayor Ben Gomez read an essay of grievances to the San Benito Chamber of Commerce, inquiring on what exactly they did for the city and its residents to deserve the $10,000 the Chamber was asking from the …
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Feb 25 2019
Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center to host book reading and signing
Special to the News The Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center will be hosting a book reading and signing. Local authors Beto Conde and Al Garcia will be reading from their recent books: Where The Mesquite Tree Grows: Growing Up Along the Rio Grande—An Anthology by Garcia and Memories in Green, A Mind’s Fifty Year Journey from Drafted …
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Feb 22 2019
School District’s After School Program Director put on leave: Attorney threatens to “expose” the Superintendent
By J. NOEL ESPINOZA Special to the News After 14 years with the San Benito School District, After School Program Director Jack Garcia was placed on administrative leave, with pay, by district officials this week. According to attorneys for Garcia, it was supposed to be a trip to a chess competition in Houston similar …
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Feb 22 2019
Mayor asks for answers from Chamber of Commerce
By DAVID LOPEZ Special to the News On Tuesday February 19, as the San Benito Chamber of Commerce prepared to ask the City to approve their membership dues of $10,000 during the regular city meeting, Mayor Ben Gomez first addressed the Chamber with a series of grievances. Gomez began by stating issues that he said …
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Feb 22 2019
School board members tight-lipped about project manager overseeing bond projects
By J. NOEL ESPINOZA Special to the News The San Benito Consolidated Independent School Districts Board of Trustees aren’t responding to any requests for comments about Joseph Palacios, a former Hidalgo County Commissioner and head of Brighton, the company the board chose as project manager for the $40 million bond issue approved by voters last …
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Feb 22 2019
SBHS graduate, now coach, takes team to state title
By FREDDY JIMENEZ editor@sbnewspaper.com Nicholas Flores, a former San Benito High School student from the class of 1997, recently helped the current football team he coaches win the 6A Division 1 Championship state title. Flores, 39, has been the Defensive Backs coach for the Galena Park North Shore High School football team for the last …
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