Sep 02 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Local authorities arrested a man on Wednesday, Aug. 27, for allegedly attacking his pregnant girlfriend. According to a police report, 31-year-old Anthony Lee Spangler of San Benito is accused of putting his girlfriend in a chokehold while hitting her in the face and body. The 20-year-old woman, who according to …
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Sep 02 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Fortunately for San Benito area residents, Dolly will not give a repeat performance of her 2008 debut as a Category 1 Hurricane, which left destruction in its wake throughout the Rio Grande Valley. However, Tropical Storm Dolly – a system with a familiar name that recently formed in the Gulf …
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Sep 02 2014
Special to the NEWS Dates for residential garbage collection service will be changed effective Sept. 9. The new collection days will be Tuesday and Friday, according to City Manager Manuel Lara. “The date changes should result in a more efficient collection of garbage,” he said. The new dates do not affect the collection of garbage …
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Aug 30 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Fraud, negligence, breach of contract and violations of the Deceptive Trade Practices Act are among the allegations cited in a 13-page lawsuit that the City of San Benito filed against the engineers and manufactures involved in the design and construction of a problematic water treatment facility. The civil suit …
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Aug 30 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Authorities confirmed on Friday that the man accused of threatening to shoot police officers at a San Benito motel was not armed. The incident occurred around noon on Tuesday, Aug. 26, when deputies with the Precinct 5 Cameron County Constable’s Office – accompanied by Pct. 3 Constable’s deputies – …
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Aug 30 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The hand grenade found inside a San Benito home on Tuesday was a dud after all, local police have confirmed. Operations Chief Martin Morales Jr. of the San Benito Police Department said on Friday that the device, which was confirmed to be a hand grenade, was “deactivated.” “It was …
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Aug 30 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Expect no pay raises for San Benito school district employees…at least for now. The San Benito CISD Board of Trustees on Thursday, Aug. 28, took no action on approving market value salary adjustments as recommended in a Texas Association of School Boards salary survey – dubbed the SBCISD Compensation …
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Aug 30 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Enrollment numbers at San Benito CISD campuses show a slight increase from the 2013-14 school year but one that also continues a noticeable decline identified at the elementary schools. Specifically, Landrum Elementary’s first day enrollment on Monday, Aug. 25, was 260 students – down from 266, which was already …
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Aug 30 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Local and state officials have praised the decision of State District Judge John K. Dietz, of Travis County, to find the Texas school finance system unconstitutionally inadequate for school children in Texas. Such action comes after Dietz made a similar ruling on Feb. 4, 2013, that culminated a three-month …
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Aug 29 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The City of San Benito has filed a lawsuit against the engineers and companies involved in the construction of a $17 million water plant that has been rendered inoperable. Defendants named in the lawsuit are Evoqua Water Technologies, LLC; U.S. Filter Wastewater Group Inc.; Siemens Corporation; CSA Construction, Inc.; …
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