Aug 03 2012
By MONICA ZUÑIGA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com RIO HONDO – Other, more disturbing details have surfaced in the case of a man accused of sexually abusing two small children in Rio Hondo and forcing them to drink his bodily fluids. Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio said that 19-year-old Juan Henoch Mejia allegedly confessed to the abuse …
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Aug 03 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Special to the NEWS A San Benito man is fighting for his life after he was struck by a car in an apparent hit-and-run on Thursday. It was the evening of August 2 when Ruben Saldaña, 51, was hit by a car at the corner of S. Frontage Rd. and Hidalgo. …
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Aug 03 2012
By MONICA ZUÑIGA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Call this a story of love and patience, enduring hard times and drawing near to family. It’s not about the number 60, but what the 60-year wedding anniversary of Luciano and Maria Buenrostro represents. It began in an old house in San Benito where two mothers visited over coffee …
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Aug 03 2012
By MONICA ZUÑIGA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Major changes to the enrollment for pre-kindergarten students in the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District have occurred due to cuts made to offset a $3 million budget shortfall. Although the changes will have an impact on approximately 140 students, SBCISD Planner/Evaluator Ruben Franco reported Thursday there will no …
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Aug 03 2012
By COLE AVERY San Benito News Captain Rudy Garza, Jr. is known for his high-profile fishing charters in the Laguna Madre and beyond. His crews have won first-places in divisions of the Texas International Fishing Tournament for the last three years, and this week he plans to make it a fourth year of winning. But …
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Aug 03 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Special to the NEWS This investigation is far from over. San Benito police officers discovered Thursday that more items were taken from a local church, where a woman who claimed to be homeless was charged with the crime of theft. Janet Castro, 22, is currently incarcerated at the Carrizales-Rucker Detention Center …
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Aug 03 2012
By MONICA ZUÑIGA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Eleven illegal aliens were found “stashed” inside a mobile home located on the 1600 block of W. Business 77 in San Benito. According to Nina Pruneda, spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, eight males and three females were found after being tipped off by local authorities of “suspicious activity.” …
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Aug 03 2012
By MONICA ZUÑIGA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com They’re only a couple feet tall with cute purple ribbons in their hair, but don’t let these tiny girls fool you. Members of the South Texas Thunder Shetland team are national champions of the south zone. The native San Benito girls, age 6 and under, have competed in several …
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Aug 03 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Special to the NEWS A man is fighting for his life after being run-down in an apparent hit-and-run Thursday. Ruben Saldaña, 51, of San Benito was the victim of a hit-and-run incident on the evening of August 2 at the corner of S. Frontage Rd. and Hidalgo in San Benito. Police …
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Aug 03 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com RIO HONDO – Officials with the Cameron County Sheriff’s Department and Precinct 4 Cameron County Constable Robert Lopez’s Office have confirmed this morning that two bodies found in a home east of Rio Hondo are being investigated as a murder-suicide. According to authorities with the constable’s office, law enforcement …
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