Oct 11 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com I’m ashamed to admit that I never actually met retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Richard Williams; the two of us only ever communicated by email correspondence and telephone calls here and there. I have few regrets in this business, and this is one of them. Consider first that …
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Oct 10 2013
NEWS Staff Report A school bus accident reported early this morning led to numerous students of the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District being transported to a local hospital. According to SBCISD officials, the bus was carrying students from Riverside Middle School, San Benito Veterans Memorial Academy and San Benito High School. The incident was …
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Oct 08 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com RIO HONDO – A Rio Hondo Police Department reserve officer arrested for his alleged involvement in a recent burglary can expect to face additional charges when he’s extradited Thursday. Ernesto Yanez, 26, was arrested in Houston on Friday, Oct. 4, and is expected to face burglary and official …
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Oct 08 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A family is seeking answers after they said a City of San Benito- contracted landscaper ran over and killed their dog with a tractor. The incident occurred on Friday, Oct. 4, at around noon as a man contracted by the city was cutting the grass in an empty …
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Oct 08 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Thirty high school marching bands from throughout the Rio Grande Valley will converge at Bobby Morrow Stadium Saturday to perform in the annual Pre-Pigskin Jubilee. The event will begin at 9:15 a.m. on Oct. 12 in San Benito, thus making this the fourth year in which the event referred …
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Oct 08 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito Greyhounds have won two straight in District 31-5A, bringing their district total to 3-1 (3-3 overall), but a very tough Weslaco East Wildcats football team could spell trouble for the ’Hounds’ quest for a district championship. The Greyhounds are currently riding the momentum of Friday’s …
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Oct 05 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Two additional charges have been filed against Landrum Elementary School fine arts teacher Joe Mendez, who was arrested in September on five counts of assault, for the alleged sexual harassment of a fifth grade student. Mendez, 57, was arrested Friday, Oct. 4, and charged with two counts of class …
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Oct 05 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com OLMITO – A former officer of the Rio Hondo Police Department was arrested in Houston Friday and will soon be transported into the custody of the Cameron County Sheriff’s Office on suspicions that he was involved in a recent burglary, Sheriff Omar Lucio confirmed at a press conference here. …
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Oct 05 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com San Benito Consolidated Independent School District Interim Superintendent of Schools Alfonso Obregón has written a letter to parents addressing a number of recently implemented security measures at elementary campuses. As previously reported, new security measures implemented also include preventing parents from walking their children to class at certain …
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Oct 05 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Tropical Storm Karen is expected to have little to no impact on the South Texas coastline with the exception of a few waves for local boaters, hence the temporary closure of Cameron County Beach Accesses No. 5 and No. 6, on South Padre Island and Boca Chica Beach. …
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