Feb 10 2016
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com After advancing from a pool of over 13,000 applicants, San Benito High School senior Aaron Adame could be awarded a full scholarship to Yale University… or Stanford, or Princeton, or pretty much take his choice from 36 of the top colleges in the entire Nation. In addition …
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Feb 05 2016
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com On the corner of Travis and Heywood Street is an empty lot with a makeshift ramp and an old parking lot block set up as a rail. At one time, this lot was the place to go for skateboarders in San Benito; or as one rider put it, …
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Feb 05 2016
By STEVEN RAY HERNANDEZ Editor Editor@sbnewspaper.com An accident involving a tractor trailer claimed the life of a 25-year old woman this morning off FM 2520 and Espinosa Road. According to DPS Spokesperson Johnny Hernandez, the woman was a passenger in a SUV that collided with the tractor trailer at approximately 8:12 a.m. this morning. A …
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Feb 03 2016
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Over the last two decades, the Lady ’Hounds have been one of the most successful sports programs in the entire Rio Grande Valley. Team tradition has carried them to eighteen playoff appearances, seven Sweet 16 births, three visits to the Elite Eight, two trips to the State …
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Feb 03 2016
By STEVEN RAY HERNANDEZ Editor Editor@sbnewspaper.com There was a brief scare this morning at Riverside Middle School after a Code Black (bomb threat) was issued. San Benito CISD school and police personnel evacuated the school before classes started, roughly around 7:45 a.m., when reports regarding the bomb threat began to circulate. According to the …
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Feb 01 2016
By STEVEN RAY HERNANDEZ Editor Editor@sbnewspaper.com A 24-year old San Benito man was arrested Saturday night after injuring another man during a dispute involving a handgun. According to San Benito police, officers were called to an apartment complex around midnight Saturday, where Sammy Saldivar was arrested for deadly conduct after he fired a shot …
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Jan 29 2016
By Dina Arevalo Special to the NEWS A Cameron County Grand Jury has indicted Cameron County Tax Assessor – Collector Tony Yzaguirre on 23 counts including bribery, abuse of official capacity, official oppression and engaging in organized criminal activity. Tax office employees Jose Mireles and Pedro Garza were also named as defendants in some …
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Jan 29 2016
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Many people are surprised to see John Chambers’ name still on the ballot for Cameron County Sheriff. That’s because Chambers, the former Chief of Police of Indian Lake, was found guilty on 14 counts of tampering with government records earlier this month and at his sentencing hearing …
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Jan 29 2016
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito Chamber of Commerce continued their public forum series on Wednesday, hosting a “Coffee with the City Manager,” event. Manuel De La Rosa, who took over as the new City Manager of San Benito on January 19, answered several questions from a room filled with …
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Jan 29 2016
By STEVEN RAY HERNANDEZ Editor Editor@sbnewspaper.com A San Benito man found dead in his truck Thursday afternoon near the Mexico border has been identified. According to Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio, 58-year old Alberto Garza Jr., a business man from the El Ranchito area, was found dead in his Ford Super Duty truck from an …
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