Apr 26 2016
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The City of San Benito and the San Benito CISD will be holding a joint meeting this Wednesday night to begin preliminary discussions on several significant issues and project proposals. While most of the topics are expected to just be discussed in a broad manner, items such as …
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Apr 26 2016
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com For the first time in the town’s history, the City of Rio Hondo is looking at the possibility of a brand new building for their junior high school students. Starting with early voting this past Monday, Rio Hondo residents are now able to vote on a $20 million bond …
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Apr 21 2016
By STEVEN RAY HERNANDEZ (Photo Courtesy of Erasmo Castro) Editor Editor@sbnewspaper.com A helicopter pilot was transported to a hospital in Corpus Christi earlier today after crashing in a …
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Apr 20 2016
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com It was over a year ago when Eddie Santiago decided to take some action to try to get his street fixed. After years of having to maneuver through one of the most pothole infested streets in the entire city and enduring an estimated $2,000 of damage to his …
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Apr 20 2016
By STEVEN RAY HERNANDEZ Editor Editor@sbnewspaper.com Autism reportedly affects one in 68 children at birth. The statistics are so alarming that awareness events can be seen throughout cities across the Nation during April, which is Autism Awareness Month. But there’s another birth disorder that doesn’t get as much attention and awareness, and according to …
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Apr 20 2016
By STEVEN RAY HERNANDEZ Editor Editor@sbnewspaper.com Three years after talks began about the possible construction of a cultural heritage museum here in San Benito, blueprints have finally been approved. At a City Commission meeting Tuesday night, Commissioners approved a design proposal from architect Steve Tillotson from Munoz and Company, an engineering firm out of San …
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Apr 19 2016
By STEVEN RAY HERNANDEZ Editor Editor@sbnewspaper.com City officials are soon expected to begin negotiations with two businessmen on a proposal submitted to possibly bring a mud and drag racing facility to the San Benito Airport Property. At a City Commission meeting Tuesday night, local businessmen B.J. Garcia, owner of the Tipsy Tavern, and Henry Thomae, …
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Apr 15 2016
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com According to the Cameron County inmate list, the San Benito mother charged with 1st degree felony of injury to a child is out on bond. Amber Marie Molano, 20, was charged with the crime Tuesday, exactly six days after her 7-month old baby was pronounced dead at Valley …
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Apr 15 2016
By DINA ARÉVALO Special to the NEWS The arrests keep coming as the result of a Cameron County District Attorney’s Office sting operation code-named “Operation Dirty Deeds.” On Wednesday, April 13, Marizol Sifuentes, an office clerk with the Cameron County Tax Assessor-Collector’s office was taken into custody at the Cameron County Courthouse Administration Building, …
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Apr 15 2016
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The two top ranked students of the 2016 graduating class of San Benito High School have decided on what colleges they will be attending, and they are mighty impressive. Despite having her eyes set on Princeton University for most of the year, a recent trip up to South …
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