Jul 11 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com City of San Benito officials remain tightlipped regarding the current state of Water Plant No. 2, a $17 million facility that leaders have long-touted as a game-changer in municipal water treatment. Despite being hailed as a state-of-the-art facility, the now-inoperable plant has not served the community without assistance …
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Jul 11 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees selected a firm at a special meeting on Tuesday to search for a new superintendent. Trustees hired Austin-based Waterford and Associates via a 4-3 split vote. Opposing the motion for Waterford were trustees Yliana González, Hector Leal and …
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Jul 11 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com At a special joint meeting of the City Commission and the San Benito Parks and Recreation Board on Tuesday, July 8 at the San Benito Municipal Building, San Benito officials voted in favor of investing city funds to establish a park on the south side of San Benito. …
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Jul 11 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com At a special Tuesday, July 8 meeting of the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District, the Board of Trustees approved three action items that may mean possible termination of three of the district’s medical and pharmaceutical providers. SBCISD Board President Arnold Padilla said, “The Trustees felt we needed …
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Jul 11 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com A second suspect in the alleged murder of a San Benito man has been apprehended by authorities and currently awaits trial, according to Cameron County court records. Lee Roy Hernandez, 20, of Harlingen was arrested Friday, July 4, by deputies with the Cameron County Sheriff’s Department for the murder …
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Jul 11 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com May produced a 4.21 percent decrease in sales tax collections for San Benito after the city generated a 4.62 percent increase in April. According to the Texas Comptroller’s Office, San Benito collected $290,956.98 in May, which is less than the $303,763.30 reported at the same time last year. Year-to-date, …
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Jul 11 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com If Rio Hondo should ever escape the dark cloud of controversy that has long been cast over the sleepy community, it’ll happen because its leaders embraced challenges rather than running from them. Take, for instance, Rio Hondo City Administrator Ben Medina, who expressed anger Friday when San Benito News …
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Jul 11 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com If we listen to society, no matter how successful someone becomes, a person can do no right. From the restaurants we visit to the way we dress, absolutely everything we do is subject to someone’s scrutiny. But those who scrutinize us from their soapboxes of self-admonition are rarely …
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Jul 11 2014
By PASTOR MARK MOLINA Living Waters Church This month we will be writing on the topic of Christian freedom. What is Christian freedom? How do we obtain this freedom? America is called the “Land of the free.” Is this the same concept as the Christian freedom described in the Bible? Let’s look at some scripture …
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Jul 08 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com At a special board meeting of the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District on Tuesday, July 8, two consulting firms were enlisted to make presentations to the board regarding how each firm will service the district in its quest to hire a new superintendent. The Board was expected …
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