Jul 26 2011
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com A number of San Benito CISD construction projects continue to progress while others have been scheduled for completion. Work on a new cafeteria and three additional classrooms at Frank Roberts Elementary – a $1.5 million project paid for by IFA (Instructional Facilities Allotment) monies – is nearing completion but …
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Jul 26 2011
NEWS Staff Report Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio reported Tuesday the arrest of a San Benito man for allegedly molesting an 11-year-old boy. Lucio confirmed reports that 20-year-old Roberto Atkinson Reyna of San Benito had been arrested Friday by deputies with the Cameron County Sheriff’s Department for allegedly fondling and kissing the child on his …
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Jul 22 2011
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com A San Benito stepmom is still in custody on two counts of injury to a child, charges which stem from accusations that she used pliers to pull her stepdaughter’s tongue. Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio said 34-year-old Gloria Emilia Gonzalez of San Benito was arrested Tuesday and charged with …
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Jul 22 2011
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Eighteen-year-old Hugo Ramos played his cards right in a three-year basketball stint at San Benito High School, where he lettered for as long and averaged 15 points a game, not to mention five assists and as many rebounds. So what is a Greyhound to do after successfully ending his …
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Jul 22 2011
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Cramped inside a small kitchen that could fit no more than a few people at a time, the Boys & Girls Club of San Benito have often struggled – especially this summer – to meet the demand of preparing meals for as many as 220 children. It wasn’t a …
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Jul 22 2011
Special to the NEWS Notice of special meeting of the City Commission and Joint Workshop will meet with the Utility Board on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 5:30 p.m. at San Benito Municipal Building (Cesar Gonzalez Meeting Hall), 401 North Sam Houston, San Benito. During the course of this meeting, the City Commission may retire …
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Jul 22 2011
The Fonseca home, located on the 500 block of South Fannin, was named the San Benito Chamber of Commerce Pride Committee Pride Home of the Month for July. Seen here (l-r) is Pride Committee representative Bertha Wilson, Maria Fonseca, Apolonio Fonseca, Eddie Fonseca, Derrick Layton and Pride Committee representative Debbie Layton. (Staff photo by Michael Rodriguez)
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Jul 19 2011
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com It was over three years ago when the San Benito News published an article exposing gang life in the city. The story was accompanied by photos of teens as young as 15 brawling in an unrelenting display of raw brutality – this while on-lookers shouted instructions on how to …
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Jul 19 2011
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The City of San Benito Zoning Board of Adjustments approved Thursday, July 14, a conditional use permit for a business specializing in the open storage of scrap or used materials. City officials also confirmed that the approval does not have to go before the city commission. According to a …
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Jul 19 2011
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com It’s been nearly three decades since Lt. Col. Amando Ruiz III has had the opportunity to live anywhere for more than six years. As such, life in the United States Marine Corps has its challenges, and moving 11 times, rotating between five different states, staying two or three years …
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