Aug 14 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com For years, skaters in San Benito have had a skate park to call their own, albeit a small and very basic park compared to neighboring cities, but a skate park nonetheless. Well, now they don’t even have that anymore, but don’t take that as bad news just yet. According …
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Aug 14 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com With the departure of former SBCISD Superintendent Dr. Marc A. Puig becoming official on Friday, Interim Superintendent Dr. Filomena Leo can finally say she has “come back home.” The 1968 San Benito graduate had her four-month contract approved at a board meeting last week and has already …
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Aug 12 2015
Fred Booth Elementary School: Wednesday, Aug.12th from 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13th from 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14th from 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. No registration from 12:00 P.M.-1:00 P.M. Campus officials will also hold an evening registration on Thursday, August 20 from …
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Aug 12 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A San Benito man and aconvicted sex offender who allegedly inappropriately touched a female family member younger than 10-years-old, was arrested in Houston last week after fleeing the city when arrest warrants were issued. According to San Benito police, Leonel Rodriguez, 32, had two warrants issued …
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Aug 12 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A man with seven young children crammed into a Dodge Durango was arrested after leading police on a brief pursuit last Thursday, police said. The man was evading police after allegedly shoplifting from the local H-E-B and eventually charged with Abandoning/Endangering a Child and Evading Arrest …
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Aug 12 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Early last Tuesday morning, around 2.a.m to be exact, police got a call in reference to a suspicious man carrying around a trash can in a residential area. When officers arrived to the location in Sage Circle, they ran into 40-year-old Ismael Sauceda who had over …
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Aug 07 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com If you were hoping for a break from the blistering heat that’s been burning up the Valley lately, your best bet would be to avoid stepping outside as much as you can. The heat isn’t stopping anytime soon, with the daily high temperature not expected to …
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Aug 07 2015
By MARTHA MCCLAIN Special to the NEWS A tentative $813,943 project for street upgrades and utility rehabilitation was presented to the San Benito City Commission Tuesday, setting the stage for upgrades to infrastructure and roadways in various portions of town. Depending on available funding, a portion of the proposed work may not occur, officials have …
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Aug 07 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito Summer Twilight Market Days is returning to the Resaca City this Saturday after a successful showing last month. The evening event will once again host local and out of town vendors, a variety of foods, and three live local bands from San Benito and Rio Hondo. …
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Aug 07 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Today you can find him preparing for his final year of Varsity football, one in which he is expected to take over as the starting quarterback. But just two weeks ago, he was leading his Premier Baseball team to the Junior National Championship in dominating fashion. From …
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