Jan 25 2019
By ROBERTO HUGO GONZALEZ Texas Border Business Editor’s Note: The follow was originally published in Texas Border Business. It’s being republished here with the publisher’s permission. It was an extraordinary day for the Boys and Girls Club of San Benito as they celebrated a ribbon cutting and accepted the donation of a $5,000 check by …
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Jan 25 2019
By DAVID LOPEZ Special to the NEWS The national conversation on immigration tends to leave out one element, a dimension in which immigration and patriotism meet. The story of Luis Angel Guerra Ruiz is one such story. A graduate of Los Fresnos High school, he is now 21-years-old and a third-year Senior Airman in the …
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Jan 25 2019
By J. NOEL ESPINOZA Special to the NEWS In a regular board meeting held on Tuesday, Jan. 22 at Veterans Memorial Academy, the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District selected a new assistant superintendent in charge of human resources, who will replace Dr. Kevin Phillips, who resigned in December. After a closed session, the …
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Jan 25 2019
By TAMARA LONGORIA Special to the NEWS “Diesel Dave” Kiley, one of the stars of the popular Discovery Channel show, “Diesel Brothers,” posted a video on Facebook in which he awarded San Benito resident Abel Fonseca $100,000. The video, which was posted on Saturday, January 20th, which now has nearly 200,000 views and over …
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Jan 25 2019
By J. NOEL ESPINOZA Special to the NEWS More employees and a deficit to fund family dependents may lead the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District to increase the rates of its health insurance program. The school board heard the news during a presentation given by Yvonne Ortegon, a representative of United Healthcare, the …
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Jan 18 2019
By FREDDY JIMENEZ editor@sbnewspaper.com The fatal shooting of 21-year-old Ricardo Treviño III by law enforcement continues to draw new developments as City officials announced on Tuesday, Jan. 15 at a City Commission Meeting that Ricardo Navarro, an attorney based out of Harlingen, has been assigned to represent the City on the matter. At Tuesday’s meeting, …
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Jan 18 2019
By FREDDY JIMENEZ editor@sbnewspaper.com While it was highly anticipated that City Manager Manuel De La Rosa was planning to take a job in the City of Del Rio after reports by the town’s newspaper stated he had been chosen as a finalist for the position, Del Rio’s city council, Wednesday night, did not choose …
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Jan 18 2019
By J. NOEL ESPINOZA San Benito NEWS In a special meeting Thursday, Jan. 10, the SBCISD Board of Trustees rejected a Brownsville school district plan that would redraw its lines and absorb areas within San Benito. With the exception of Vice-President Angel Mendez, who was absent at the meeting, all school board members supported the …
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Jan 18 2019
By FREDDY JIMENEZ editor@sbnewspaper.com At a City Commission Meeting held on Jan. 15, commissioners passed a motion to begin dialogue and efforts toward the improvement of Railroad Avenue. As previously reported, Railroad Avenue has deteriorated over the years allowing potholes and dips of various sizes to form, making it difficult for the residents, and …
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Jan 11 2019
By DAVID LOPEZ Special to the NEWS McAllen — Hundreds of protestors and an almost equal amount of supporters lined the roadway leading to McAllen-Miller International Airport Thursday as Air Force One carrying President Donald Trump, his staff and the White House traveling press corps landed on the tarmac at precisely 12:50 p.m. Thursday afternoon. The …
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