Feb 07 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The recurring cold weather has forced many in the region, as well as the country, to struggle to stay warm. For many in San Benito, that struggle is more of a challenge. For one family in need, the struggle to stay warm will be a little easier to …
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Feb 07 2014
The San Benito “Anti-Selection Committee” Committee is a group of citizens formed to hold accountable the actions of San Benito CISD administrators during their search for a new head football coach and athletic director. And if you haven’t figured it out yet, we’re not fans of selection committees doing the job that the aforementioned administrators …
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Feb 04 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ & ANDREA MOSQUEDA San Benito News And just like that, San Benito CISD has a new consultation firm to head up the search for an athletic director and head football coach. During a special meeting on Monday, Feb. 3, the SBCISD Board of Trustees approved via a 4-3 vote Jacksonville, Texas-based Champions …
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Feb 04 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com A Harlingen man and registered sex offender was arrested Monday at the San Benito Public Library where he allegedly exposed himself to two children. Detective Rogelio Banda Jr. of the San Benito Police Department said that Harlingen resident Gregorio Gonzalez Jr., 60, was apprehended at the library and later …
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Feb 04 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Little activity has transpired since Jan. 29, the first day to file for candidacy in races for the City of San Benito, the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District and the City of Rio Hondo. According to San Benito City Secretary Lupita Passement, the only candidates that have …
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Feb 04 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Guadalupe “Lupe” Maldonado, a three-time veteran of the Iraq War, died on Saturday, Feb. 1, following a hard-fought battle with Stage 4 colon cancer. He was 36 years old. Lupe, who graduated in the Top Five percent and number six of his class from …
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Feb 04 2014
By ARMANDO GARZA Special to the NEWS EDINBURG – Among the hurrying and short-lived panic at Region One Education Service Center on Monday morning, San Benito-area coaches were among the most calm and collected. As the UIL’s biennial realignment was unveiled just after 9 a.m., the packets in sealed boxes revealed what local coaches thought …
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Jan 31 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Just like that, Rusty Dowling will not be consulting the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District in its search for a new athletic director and head football coach. According to SBCISD Interim Superintendent Dr. Ismael Cantu, the Board of Trustees will meet in executive session during a special …
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Jan 31 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com LOS FRESNOS – A Brownsville man was killed here Thursday morning after losing control of the motorcycle he was riding. The driver, identified as 27-year-old Juan Jose Vallejo Jr., was operating a Kawasaki Motorcycle at an “unsafe speed” as he traveled southbound on FM 803 in Los Fresnos, …
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Jan 31 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito Police Department is still investigating an incident which left a man with a gunshot wound to the neck in mid January. According to SBPD Assistant Chief of Operations Michael Galvan, the investigation has been marred by what he described as “conflicting stories.” The investigation stems …
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