Jun 27 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito CISD Board of Trustees will hold a budget workshop at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 1 at the John F. Barron Administration Building. On the agenda for the workshop are a review and discussion of the 2014-15 local maintenance budget recommendations and most recent financial audit. …
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Jun 27 2014
By CECILIA GONZALES Special to the NEWS The South Texas Thunder softball team will be rolling to Kissimmee, Florida to play for the United States Specialty Association (USSSA) National title, as they recently advanced by winning the USSSA Texas South Championship. “It’s a great accomplishment, it’s something we’ve been working on since last year,” said Coach …
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Jun 27 2014
Special to the NEWS LOS FRESNOS – Resaca Middle School students of Los Fresnos CISD received a standing ovation after a video about their “Hello Navi” app – which assists blind or visually-impaired people in navigating inside buildings – was featured at the Google I/O Developers’ Conference at the Moscone Center in San Francisco Wednesday …
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Jun 27 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com It’s been nearly a year since I issued a challenge to the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees, then-Interim Superintendent Alfonso Obregón and Miller Jordan Middle School Principal Mary Alice Leal to turn the oft-troubled campus around. Plaguing Miller Jordan at that time was yet another principal reassignment, the …
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Jun 24 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito CISD incurred more than a quarter of a million dollars in costs associated with the year-long suspension and investigation into Superintendent of Schools Antonio G. Limón, district records have shown. Of the approximately $335,983.43 spent by the district as a result of the superintendent’s suspension and investigation, …
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Jun 24 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The man allegedly behind a standoff from nearly four months ago has been arrested again. The San Benito Police Department apprehended 30-year-old Elidio Jesus Rodriguez and his common-law wife, 26-year-old Monica Rose Johnson on Monday, June 23. According to SBPD Assistant Operations Chief Michael Galvan, detectives with the …
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Jun 24 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The Area Business Owner’s Association – an organization created to serve in a similar capacity as the defunct San Benito Chamber of Commerce – plans to establish its mission at the next scheduled meeting. Set for 5:30 p.m. Monday, June 30 inside the Vega Professional Building, located at 216 …
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Jun 24 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Many in the community are mourning the death of local business owner Reynalda “Reyna” Flores, who died at the age of 76 on Sunday, June 22. Flores was the owner and operator of Isela’s Flower Shop, a well-known establishment located on East Powers Street, where for 39 years …
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Jun 20 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com San Benito CISD Superintendent of Schools Antonio G. Limón confirmed on Thursday that he would not be making any principal reassignments for the upcoming school year. “After long and hard consideration, after reviewing the data, after meeting with individual principals, I informed the board Tuesday night that I …
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Jun 20 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Preparations for setting the upcoming San Benito CISD budget for the 2014-2015 fiscal year will soon begin. “I have asked our superintendent and our business manager as to what their process is,” said SBCISD Board President Arnold Padilla. “I think Mr. (Antonio G.) Limón is trying to set …
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