Waiting Game: Plant No. 1 repairs on hold

By STEVEN RAY HERNANDEZ Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com You know that itch on your back you just can’t reach? Well that’s pretty much the case for the City of San Benito and the continuous annoyance of problems arising from their Water Plant Systems. After the City’s new Water Plant (No. 2) was deemed inoperable last year, it …

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IN GOOD FAITH: A Man Named Noah Part 2

By PASTOR MARK MOLINA Living Waters Church Special to the NEWS How does God communicate with the ones He knows? What might the God of all creation, power, and might reveal to the one He sees as righteous? Have we ever thought about that? Is God some far off mysterious being that we will never …

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Leal Elementary holds Career Day

By JACOB LOPEZ  Editor Editor@sbnewspaper.com Angela G. Leal Elementary school in San Benito closed Texas Public Schools Week with a Career Day event designed to teach students about various career fields. Representatives from the United States Border Patrol, Fire Department, police and others were available to speak to the children about the many possible career paths …

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Texas Independence Day Celebration this week

Texas Independence Day

By STEVEN RAY HERNANDEZ Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com If you don’t “Remember the Alamo,” you’ll have your chance next weekend at the Eighth Annual Texas Independence Day Celebration. The Texas Heritage Independence Celebration and Association (THICA) will host the event at the San Benito Municipal Fairgrounds off FM 510, where a reenactment of the Battles of The …

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City, SCBISD election candidates named

By STEVEN RAY HERNANDEZ Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com Early voting to elect new San Benito CISD officials and city commissioners is a little over a month away. Starting April 27th and ending May 5th, voters will be able to place their bids for 2015 Trustee candidates in Place 1, 2 and 3, while also being able to …

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Learning the dangers of drunk driving

By STEVEN RAY HERNANDEZ Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com When Sean Carter speaks, he uses an iPad to translate his words to the audience, but uses his heart to deliver his powerful message. Carter, who was the passenger/victim of a drunk-driving accident and lost his ability to speak, visited Berta Cabaza Middle School on Thursday, and wowed the …

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Daylight Savings Time is this weekend

                Don’t forget to set your clocks forward one hour! Daylight Savings Time begins at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 8. [slideshow_deploy id=’17928′]

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Reporter Wanted

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Special meeting cancelled due to miscommunication

By JACOB LOPEZ   Editor Editor@sbnewspaper.com The Town of Indian Lake planned a special meeting for Monday, March 2nd. It didn’t happen. City Attorney Ricardo Morado did not show up for the meeting. Indian Lake Mayor Barbara Collum said, “There was a miscommunication between the attorney and I.” According to Collum, “I thought he understood the …

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Woman arrested for indecency with a child

By JACOB LOPEZ  Editor Editor@sbnewspaper.com Police arrested 31-year-old Jennifer Ybarra of San Benito. She was arraigned on one count of indecency with a child, according to a press release issued by SBPD. Police officers arrived at a residence and made contact with a 15-year-old male who advised them that around 6:30 a.m. Ybarra arrived at his …

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