Apr 20 2012
Date: Thru May 11 Event: Angels Pet Rescue+ Raffle: Seven Sets of Pearl Earrings for Mother’s Day Where: Brownsville Animal Shelter, 416 FM 511 in Omito More Info: (956) 371-7320 or email llaneyll@aol.com Date: Thru April 22 Event: SBHS Class of 1997 15th Reunion Where: South Padre Isla More Info: ydcostilla@gmail.com Date: April 21 Time: …
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Apr 20 2012
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Upon first listen, it’s hard to believe that the music played by accordionists Zeth Lara, 12, and Candie Cerda, 17, is not coming from seasoned musicians. Interestingly, the San Benito youths, though recently named semi-finalists in the Sixth Annual Big Squeeze competition, do not appear to know just how …
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Apr 20 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The letter informing ousted San Benito Fire Marshal Henry Lopez of his indefinite suspension was released Thursday and tells of an altercation between the fire department veteran and Assistant City Manager Arturo Rodriguez, who is tasked with overseeing said department. Both parties released copies of the letter to the …
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Apr 20 2012
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com LOS FRESNOS – The man accused of killing three puppies turned himself in to authorities on Friday. According to Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio, Los Fresnos resident John Paul Nolan, 56, gave a voluntary confession on Thursday and informed the arresting officers that there was no need for a …
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Apr 20 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Forty-five years it is. Julio Cesar Perez, a local Pentecostal pastor convicted of orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot to kill his wife was sentenced Friday to 45 years in prison for his crime. Perez, 41, had pleaded guilty to murder Tuesday as part of a plea agreement, according to the …
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Apr 20 2012
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com San Benito police assigned to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Task Force arrested a man on Tuesday accused of smuggling marijuana from Mexico into the United States. Brownsville resident Sergio Gonzalez, 40, is accused of attempting to bring an estimated 42.4 pounds of marijuana hidden inside a spare …
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Apr 20 2012
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com On Wednesday, San Benito Police Department (SBPD) officers arrested a man believed to be carrying crack cocaine and marijuana. Police pulled over a maroon Monte Carlo for a moving violation on April 18, and the officer responding to the scene said he noticed the odor of marijuana emitting from …
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Apr 20 2012
Youngsters of the San Benito Youth Baseball/Softball Association are shown participating during a Shetland tournament held Monday, April 17 at Stookey Park. (Photos by Rodrigo Davila)
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Apr 20 2012
Shown (l to r) are Larissa R. Leal, Amelia Mendoza, and Mandi Gonzalez – all of the San Benito CISD Special Education Department – who visited the San Benito Rotary Club at Blanquita’s Mexican Restaurant Thursday to touch on Autism awareness in hopes to improve public and college school systems for children with the disorder. (Staff photo by Jerry Rodriguez)
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Apr 18 2012
Pictured are scenes from the annual Autism Walk, held Friday evening at the Heavin Resaca Trail in San Benito, which was reportedly well-attended. (Photos by Allison Lambright)
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