Nov 28 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com San Benito Mayor Celeste Sanchez will be giving her ‘State of the City’ address on Thursday December 3rd at the Community Building in San Benito. The speech is open to the public and will cover the progress of the city for the year and will be followed by a …
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Nov 28 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com KINGSVILLE — “There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.” After their 41-15 loss to Schertz Clemens on Friday night, those words could not ring more true concerning the San Benito Greyhounds’ season. Against a Clemens team that had more size …
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Nov 28 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com My grandma makes the best tamales,” is pretty much the quote across the board in all families here in the Valley. Well, now families from the community have a chance to put their tamales where their mouth is, literally. The San Benito News seventh annual “Best Tamale Contest” is …
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Nov 25 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com One more win and the 2015 San Benito Greyhounds will etch themselves into the memories of the entire community for decades to come. After defeating Laredo Alexander in the area round of the playoffs on Friday, the Greyhounds have already established themselves as the most successful group since …
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Nov 25 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Luis Humberto Cardenas, the Brownsville man who was on trial for his involvement in last year’s fatal hit-and-fun of San Benito native Richard Mata, had his final sentencing on Friday and the result was a victory in the eyes of Mata’s family. Cardenas received a six year sentence …
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Nov 25 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com In an effort to help raise awareness for domestic abuse, the San Benito CISD held a training seminar on family violence at Dr. Raul Garza Elementary Tuesday morning. Nora Montalvo, an assistant professor at Texas A&M College of Nursing, gave the presentation in front of SBCISD security officers in …
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Nov 25 2015
By DANIEL VASQUEZ RODRIGUEZ Special to the NEWS San Benito City Officials declined to return about a third of the $1.4 million in grant money appropriated for the construction of a new museum Monday night at a special meeting. “We’ve spent too much money already on this project and we’ve been paying interest since receiving …
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Nov 20 2015
By DANIEL VASQUEZ RODRIGUEZ Special to the NEWS The San Benito Police Department is getting ready for a couple upgrades. In a meeting by the San Benito Commission Tuesday, officials approved the purchase of five new 2016 Ford Fusion cars for their investigation unit. “Currently, the department uses confiscated vehicles of various makes and models,” said …
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Nov 20 2015
By STEVEN RAY HERNANDEZ Editor Editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito police confirmed that a 15-year old student from the IDEA San Benito campus was arrested this morning after he threatened to “shoot-up” the school. According to San Benito Detective Rogelio Banda, a threat was made yesterday by the student and was relayed to them this morning. …
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Nov 18 2015
By PETE BANDA STAFF WRITER REPORTER@SBNEWSPAPER.COM The official groundbreaking for construction on a new counseling building on the Sunny Glenn Children’s Home property has officially begun, with a projected finish time of next summer. The 2,625 sq. foot building will be used for multiple purposes and will even be open to the public for …
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