Nov 26 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The South Texas Adult Resource and Training (START) Center in San Benito held a workshop on Thursday, Nov. 21, in which the PTA (Parent Teacher Association) Comunitario was discussed. “The PTA Comunitario are a different family leadership model. They are a response to the challenges of effective family …
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Nov 26 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Here we go again. The Fifth Annual San Benito News “Best Tamales in Town” contest has been scheduled for noon on Friday, Dec. 13. The contest remains open to the public as contestants are required to bring just one dozen of what they consider their best tamales to the …
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Nov 22 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Cheergate is likely to continue well into the new year. At the pretrial hearing in the case of a San Benito High School varsity cheerleader with disabilities accused of assaulting the parent of a fellow cheerleader, a trial date was tentatively set for 10 a.m. on Jan. 28—this to …
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Nov 22 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A San Benito teen was arrested at a mobile home park after he allegedly slapped his mother. Authorities confirmed that it was at approximately 9:53 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13, when officers with the San Benito Police Department responded to a call in reference to a domestic disturbance …
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Nov 22 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Officials with the City of San Benito expressed disappointment Friday concerning the decision made by the South Texas Youth Stock Show committee to move its event elsewhere. City Manager Manuel Lara said Friday that STYSS directors had not previously expressed intentions to move the event and did not learn …
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Nov 22 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito Indian Cultural Powwow scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 23, has been moved indoors. “We changed the location of the powwow due to the bad weather coming in on Saturday,” said Ruben Cordova, one of the organizers of the event and a registered member of the Lipan-Apache …
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Nov 22 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com No action was taken Thursday at the special meeting of the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees, who were expected to vote on whether suspended Superintendent of Schools Antonio G. Limón would be reinstated or if an interim superintendent would be appointed to replace Alfonso Obregón. …
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Nov 22 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Would you call me a liar if I said that, upon winning a $500 million lottery jackpot, I’d keep only 0.1 percent of the winnings? Would you think me a fool? Maybe you’d wonder why on earth I’d even think of giving all that money away. Let’s look at …
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Nov 21 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Kathy Rike of the South Texas Youth Stock Show announced on Thursday the STYSS committee’s intentions to move the event held annually in San Benito to another city. She made the announcement on behalf of the committee, which is comprised of stock show directors and volunteers, via email that …
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Nov 19 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com With the bang of a gavel, the family of a San Benito Consolidated Independent School District bus driver killed last February received the closure they have long sought. Oralia Espinoza, 34, reacted Tuesday to the sentencing of Felipe Sanchez Jr., who pled guilty to intoxication manslaughter in the death …
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