Feb 11 2015
NEWS staff report UPDATE: Game time is 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13 at the San Benito High School Gym. BROWNSVILLE—The basketball season’s not over just yet for the San Benito Lady ‘Hounds. The girls kept their campaign alive with a huge 37-29 win over Brownsville Rivera on Tuesday night to finish the district season 6-8. The …
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Feb 11 2015
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com Street repairs, or rather street disrepair, is a hot topic amongst San Benitians. As previously reported in the San Benito News, at least one San Benito City Commissioner – Joe D. Gonzalez, Place 4 – requested that Schneider Rd. be added to a January meeting agenda. Gonzalez said …
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Feb 11 2015
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com At a special meeting of the San Benito City Commission on Monday, Feb. 2, officials voted in favor of adopting a plan that will mean the immediate beautification of the City’s downtown area, beginning near San Benito’s Municipal Building. Over the next few months, local business owners will be …
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Feb 11 2015
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com As the deadline to run in the May elections of the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees and the San Benito City Commission draws closer, the five offices currently up for re-election remain unopposed. SBCISD Trustees up for re-election this year include the following: Fatima Huerta, …
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Feb 11 2015
NEWS Staff Report The Sons of the Confederate Veterans is a local organization that wants to honor the Confederate soldiers who fought during the Civil War. Ruben Cordova, who heads the local chapter, also wants people to understand that what the history books say isn’t necessarily how things happened. “We try to teach people the …
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Feb 06 2015
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com The City of San Benito is calling on State Representative Eddie Lucio III (D-Brownsville) and Senator Eddie Lucio Jr. (D-Brownsville) to take necessary steps to address the City of Brownsville’s strip annexation. Strip annexation occurs when a city, town or municipality annexes an area smaller than 1,000 feet. San …
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Feb 06 2015
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com I read the comments left on the San Benito News website. And some are brutal. Many San Benitians make allegations against their elected officials – namely the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District’s Board of Trustees or the San Benito City Commissioners. I’m not talking minor accusations, either. Comparatively, …
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Feb 06 2015
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com City officials from San Benito and Harlingen will join forces in making a joint trip to Austin on Tuesday, Feb. 10 to petition legislators at the State Capital. San Benito Mayor Celeste Z. Sanchez said, “This is the first time that San Benito is going to be visible and …
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Feb 06 2015
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com The energy level of an excitable crowd at was high on Wednesday as the Harlem Ambassadors flooded the San Benito High School gymnasium to play a game of show basketball against Team CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates of Cameron and Willacy Counties), which was compiled of local celebrities. San …
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Feb 06 2015
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com A coiffed man wearing a purple suit walked onto the stage of the University of Texas Pan American Field House on Monday, Feb 3. around 7:40 p.m. He opened with a one-liner. “I had a little gig in Arizona last night,” John Legend said of the Super Bowl. “But …
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