Nov 12 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Abel Moreno Jr., the new coach for the Lady Greyhounds varsity basketball team at San Benito High School, has high hopes for the girls. Previously, Moreno was at Brownsville Rivera for six years before replacing Clarisse Arredondo as the Lady ’Hounds hoops coach. Prior to that, Moreno spent time at …
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Nov 08 2014
By ARMANDO GARZA Special to the NEWS At the end of the night, they’re still district champions…just not the way they would’ve liked. On a cold, drizzly evening, the San Benito Greyhounds were plagued by four turnovers in the first quarter alone, eventually clawed even, but fell short to surging Brownsville Rivera 42-35 on Friday …
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Nov 07 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Members of the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees expressed optimism in their selection of Dr. Marc Puig as the lone finalist for superintendent of schools. The board selected Puig via a unanimous vote, 7-0, after reconvening from closed session during a special meeting on Thursday, Nov. 6. Puig recently …
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Nov 07 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito CISD Board of Trustees will hold a regularly-scheduled meeting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 11. One of the items to be discussed is the request for approval of the Texas Accountability Intervention System (TAIS) plan for Frank Roberts Elementary. This comes after the school received a …
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Nov 07 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A 19-year-old San Benito man has been arrested for possession of a controlled substance, three counts of child endangerment and drug paraphernalia, according to local authorities. At 6:12 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 3, officers with the San Benito Police Department responded to a residence on the 400 block of Commerce …
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Nov 07 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Another San Benito High School Mighty Greyhound Marching Band performance at the UIL State Marching Band Championships is in the books. The band placed 33rd out of 37 bands at the Championships, held Tuesday at the Alamodome in San Antonio – this after placing second at the Area competition the …
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Nov 07 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com San Benito has seen yet another rise in sales tax revenue as September produced a 19 percent surge in collections, making it the fourth consecutive month the city has seen an increase. Revenue increased by 19 percent with September 2014 sales tax revenue, totaling in $368,592.34, which is up from …
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Nov 07 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Office pranks are a funny thing. Over the course of this week, we’ve continuously played pranks on one of our co-workers, Robert Perez, by putting random fliers on his car. We’ve put Scientology newsletters and dating site fliers on his windshield. He has yet to find out who the …
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Nov 07 2014
By PASTOR MARK MOLINA Living Waters Church Will God call an individual who seems to be in a deserted and desolate place? Will God call a person who has seemingly lost it all? Will God call someone that society has said has fallen too far? Do any of these descriptions sound like your life and …
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Nov 05 2014
Editor’s Note: The following story on Tuesday’s Election Day results, which was first published in the Nov. 5 edition of the San Benito News, has been updated to reflect the final tally. By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Texans awoke Wednesday morning to a familiar sight as the state remained red, coinciding with a big …
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