Jun 24 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A couple years ago, with the end of his junior year in sight, all Jorge Adrian Moreno could think about was acing his finals and enjoying his long awaited summer. Unfortunately, life had other plans. “I ended up having to spend the end of my junior year and …
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Jun 19 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com After the tragic and untimely death of 19-year-old Christopher Gallegos, the last thing going through the minds of his family was how to deal with the unexpected funeral expenses. Fortunately for them, this community was not about to sit around and let that happen. An immense support from …
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Jun 19 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com After more than a five year battle with cancer, 17-year-old Madison Kiley Macias of Rio Hondo passed away Thursday morning. While those close to her say she never let the diagnosis change her outlook on life, keeping the biggest smile on at all times, no matter how bad …
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Jun 19 2015
By MONICA FONSECA SPECIAL TO THE NEWS A variety of citizen concerning topics were placed on the agenda for the city meeting Tuesday evening ranging from San Benito’s founder being honored, possible restrictions to be set on seasonal vendors, the City partaking in a biking trail projected to attract bicycle tourists and increase revenue, 10 …
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Jun 19 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com After his first year as the girls head basketball coach at San Benito High School, Abel Moreno decided that he wanted to get a basketball camp started to spark interest in basketball among the incoming girls. “Eventually we want to build the program to be as good as the …
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Jun 17 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com A San Benito man is currently in custody and facing a litany of charges after allegedly assaulting his ex-girlfriend and her roommate. According to a press release from SBPD, Officers responded to the 800 block of Scott Brown Street in reference to an assault that had just occurred. When …
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Jun 17 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com The 14th Annual Conjunto Music Induction Awards will be held this Saturday at the Texas Conjunto Music Hall of fame. After a lack of funds prevented the Hall of Fame and Museum from having their annual Award ceremony last year, Ray Avila is more than eager to get the event …
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Jun 17 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com Four Juniors from the San Benito GEAR UP program had the experience of a lifetime this past weekend when they were flown out to Boston, Massachusetts to tour Ivy League schools Brown and Harvard as well as highly selective campuses M.I.T. and Boston University. The four students, Ileen Montemayor, Juan …
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Jun 16 2015
By STEVEN RAY HERNANDEZ Editor Editor@sbnewspaper.com A San Benito teen is dead 8 days after being stabbed at a graduation party where he and his older brother were involved in an altercation. Christopher Gallegos, 19, who was reported to be unresponsive for nearly 16-minutes before doctors were able to revive him last week, was …
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Jun 12 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com The turmoil for San Benito CISD employees continued Tuesday night when the school board voted on some drastic changes for the coming year. Six employees were reassigned with four new principals being named. According to a press release from Superintendent Dr. Marc A. Puig, “Every job responsibility within the organization …
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