Aug 14 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com On August 13, David Noyola, Band Director of Miller Jordan Middle School in San Benito, was arrested by Rio Hondo Police Department for alleged sexual assault on a minor. Regarding this arrest, San Benito CISD Community Relations Director Celia Longoria has issued the following statement: “A San Benito …
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Aug 12 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com At a special meeting of the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees on Aug. 7—in a vote of 4-3—trustees green-lighted an $800,000 program with the University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth) at Houston that will provide the district with instructional support service. Although the board’s majority ruled …
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Aug 12 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito CISD Board of Trustees recently voted to amend its health care vendors, an effort that will reportedly save the district at least $250,000 annually. At a special meeting of the school board, trustees were presented with the findings of an evaluation committee’s in-depth analysis of …
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Aug 12 2014
By ARMANDO GARZA Special to the NEWS Anxious to get the season under way, the 2014 San Benito Greyhounds already beat their first opponent: the sun. In total, 126 varsity and junior varsity players were on the turf at 6:30 a.m. for the first group practices of the summer under new ’Hounds coach Dan Gomez …
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Aug 12 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The police search continues for the driver of a vehicle in a fatal hit-and-run incident that left a local man dead on Sunday. At 3:33 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 10, officers with the San Benito Police Department responded to West Expressway 83 in reference to an unconscious male with …
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Aug 12 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Country singer-songwriter Madelyn Victoria Vallejo—better known as her stage name, Madelyn Victoria—is no stranger to the spotlight, but the next two weeks look especially bright for the Valley’s songbird as she plans to release her most recent EP and audition for the reality show, American Idol. August 16 …
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Aug 12 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito showed a 3.47 percent increase in sales tax collections generated in the month of June, according to Texas Comptroller’s Office records. Specifically, San Benito pulled in $346,363.43 in sales tax receipts this June – up from the $334,736.21 collected at the same time last year. The increase …
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Aug 12 2014
By MATHEW ZUÑIGA Special to the NEWS RIO HONDO – After 35 years of serving his community as a local educator, Carlos Garza Jr. – affectionately known as simply “G” – continues to serve Rio Hondo but in a different capacity. Garza worked at Rio Hondo High School for 35 years as an Agriculture teacher …
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Aug 12 2014
By ARMANDO GARZA Special to the NEWS This is the year the San Benito Lady ’Hounds hope they can take the next step. Already perennial volleyball playoff qualifiers, the girls opened the 2014 season on Tuesday night to embark on a journey they hope ends with a district championship, something that’s eluded them in the …
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Aug 08 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com An off-duty San Benito police officer on Friday arrested a man for the alleged sexual assault of a teenage male. According to Assistant Operations Chief Michael Galvan of the San Benito Police Department, the incident occurred around midnight Friday, Aug. 8, in the parking lot of the Canal Place …
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