May 31 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A San Benito man was transported to a local hospital Wednesday after he fell into a manhole while doing yard work behind his Reagan Street home. Paramedics were called to an alleyway on Otho Street behind 57-year-old John Garcia Sr.’s residence, which is located on the 800 block …
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May 31 2014
Special to the NEWS Coastal Cameron County residents have a dangerous mindset going into Hurricane Season, Cameron County Emergency Preparedness Director Humberto Barrera has warned. “Complacency is a dangerous mindset, and most of us are guilty of that, especially during hurricane season,” Barrera told City of San Benito employees Friday morning during a hurricane preparedness …
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May 31 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com It’s amazing what we’ve become accustomed to tolerating – atrocities committed against children, public corruption that has infiltrated nearly every aspect of law and government, paralyzing prejudice the likes of which has quietly oppressed the inflicted as well as the inflictor, and the suffocating apathy that allowed it all …
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May 28 2014
NEWS Staff Report A new Justice of the Peace was elected Tuesday by one of the closer races in Election Day Primary runoffs. By a difference of four ballots, and according to uncanvassed votes, Guadalupe Ayala won the Precinct 3, Place 1 Justice of the Peace race over incumbent Manuel Flores Jr., 864 to 860. …
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May 28 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com In the course of a few days, much of what remained in question for more than a year’s time regarding the suspension and investigation into San Benito CISD Superintendent of Schools Antonio G. Limón reached closure. SBCISD Board President Arnold Padilla confirmed Tuesday that Limón’s investigation is officially …
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May 28 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com With one more foreseeable month remaining for Guerra and Farah PLLC to invoice San Benito CISD for investigating recently reinstated Superintendent of Schools Antonio G. Limón, figures as of April 28 indicate that the school district may have incurred legal fees in excess of $22,000. Specifically, the district has …
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May 28 2014
Special to the NEWS President Barack Obama mentioned Los Fresnos CISD campus Resaca Middle School and the “Hello Navi” team during his speech at the White House Science Fair Tuesday. At his press conference about the event, the President mentioned seven schools and their projects, first mentioning Resaca Middle School and Los Fresnos. The speech …
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May 28 2014
NEWS Staff Report Election Day results in the State and Cameron County runoff races were pending additional counting at 16 precincts as of presstime Tuesday. According to uncanvassed votes with 11 precincts reporting as of 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, Democratic runoffs had Jim Hogan leading Richard “Kinky” Friedman, 5,246 to 3,903, for Commissioner of Agriculture. Ruben …
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May 28 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com RIO HONDO – A Rio Hondo ISD police officer may soon be back to work after he was struck by a vehicle on Monday. Ezequiel Rios, an officer with the RHISD Police Department, was directing traffic at Rio Hondo Elementary School, located at 700 N. Reynolds St., when …
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May 28 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito CISD Afterschool Program has once again exhibited a strong showing at the National Chess Tournaments, including one individual who earned a first place rating. Frank Roberts Elementary, Rangerville Elementary, Fred Booth Elementary, Ed Downs Elementary, Dr. Garza Elementary and Dr. Cash Elementary competed at the …
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