Apr 15 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com For all the confusion and turmoil the San Benito CISD has been facing over the past few weeks regarding which employees could be getting terminated at a special board meeting this Thursday, Superintendent Dr. Marc A. Puig made it quite simple. “There won’t be any areas of reduction identified at …
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Apr 15 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com Members from the USA National Shuffleboard Association came together at the local Fun N Sun RV resort on Monday for the East vs. West Goodwill games. Divided into teams of 32 each, the players automatically received 8 points added to their season total, though most competitors seemed more intrigued …
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Apr 14 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com With more and more grieving families opting to say their final goodbyes through cremation rather than the traditional casket burial, the Thomae Garza Funeral Home has decided to adapt to the changing tide and has announced plans to build a crematorium within its confines. Although actually being in the works …
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Apr 11 2015
By Mark Molina Today in America we can hear a sermon every 30 minutes via the television, internet and radio. There are at least a dozen Christian television stations and innumerable Christian radio stations. There is a church on virtually every corner up and down the streets of America. There are too many denominations …
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Apr 10 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com When most people envision their lives at 78 years of age, they think of retirement and relaxation. Well, Olivia Marmolejo is not most people. Working as a home health care provider where she routinely takes care of individuals up to 25 years younger than her, Marmolejo has been desperately trying …
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Apr 10 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com With decisions on reduction of staff for San Benito CISD looming, many employees who could once list job security at the top of their list of job perks might just find themselves unemployed. On Thursday, April 16, SBCISD Superintendent Dr. Marc A. Puig will be presenting his list of …
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Apr 10 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com For years, big companies have been criticized for not paying their employees enough money, raking in billions while paying their workers close to the minimum wage rate. And Wal-Mart has been no exception. Well, starting this week, the largest revenue-earning company in the world is turning over a new …
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Apr 08 2015
By ARMANDO GARZA Special to the NEWS Usually if you’re not successful the first time around, the second time is a whole lot better. The San Benito Greyhounds can attest to this. The ’Hounds pounded out a whopping 20 hits as a team as they clubbed Brownsville Hanna 12-3 on Tuesday night at Greyhound Park. …
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Apr 08 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com A San Benito man is behind bars after allegedly choking his common law wife, causing her to jump out of a moving car for fear of her life. On Thursday, April 2, Jose Angel Leal, 36, was arrested and charged with Interference in a 9-1-1 call, Aggravated Assault, Unlawful …
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Apr 08 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com A San Benito Policeman had to be transported to the hospital Monday, after an arrest for Family Violence escalated into an Assault on a Public Servant. Ricardo Montez is facing both charges along with a criminal mischief charge after reportedly kicking out a window to a San Benito Police car, …
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