Mar 22 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The City of San Benito is still researching applicants for city attorney. “There’s going to be a process on it,” said Mayor Jack Garcia. “The first thing is that Mr. (Manuel) Lara (city manager) is going to provide us with a set of questions based off of input …
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Mar 22 2011
Volunteers from the St. Benedict Catholic Church youth group and students from the San Benito High School STEMS (South Texas Engineering Math and Science) Club gave a helping hand Wednesday morning at the San Benito Food Pantry, helping bag and stock the non-profit organization’s supplies. Shown is April Treviño, Maria Jimenez, Sodelva Saldivar, Maritza Gonzalez, and Stacey Gonzalez. (Courtesy photo)
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Mar 22 2011
NEWS Staff Report Cameron County District Attorney Armando Villalobos stated Tuesday that the death of Assistant District Attorney Attorney Arturo J. Iñiguez was not related to an automobile accident. The district attorney emailed a response to inquiries regarding unconfirmed reports that Iñiguez may have been the victim of an automobile collision, dispelling any related claims. …
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Mar 22 2011
Special to the NEWS The National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) at South Texas Academy of Medical Technology (Med Tech) is hosting a Zumbathon this Saturday, March 26, from 9-11 a.m. at the Med Tech campus in San Benito. The dance-driven fitness event, led by certified Zumba instructor Homer Longoria is open to the public. Registration …
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Mar 22 2011
Special to the NEWS The Salvation Army is warning donors to beware of a bogus email appeal which asks for donations to The Salvation Army’s Relief efforts in Japan. The appeal, claiming to be from “Salvation Army National Corp.,” urges donors to send a donation to an email address which is not a valid Salvation …
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Mar 21 2011
Special to the NEWS HARLINGEN – “There was buried treasure in the backyard just waiting to be dug up and the family knew it. So one day the granddaughter decided to excavate what her grandmother, an escapee from an oppressive Russian tsarist rule, put in the dirt years ago. Turns out it was $57,000 worth …
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Mar 18 2011
By CHRISTY CORTEZ Special to the NEWS The San Benito Lady ’Hounds found themselves in what has been an unfamiliar situation thus far in district Friday night against the Weslaco Lady Panthers. After blowing away the past district competition and ending the past games in no more than four innings, the Lady ’Hounds started …
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Mar 18 2011
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Rulings on two high-profiled Civil Service hearings concerning previously suspended officers with the San Benito Police Department (SBPD) were made this week. Shortly after the San Benito News first reported Wednesday on sbnewspaper.com that one officer was reinstated from an indefinite suspension, another cop’s three-day suspension was upheld as …
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Mar 18 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The three-way race for Place 1 San Benito City Commissioner will be an interesting one, being that it features a sitting city commissioner, a former San Benito CISD board member, and a newcomer to the local political arena. Incumbent Tony Gonzales took office less than a year ago, …
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Mar 18 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito Parks and Recreation Board is proposing some changes to Stookey Park, including the decommissioning of the pool to make way for both a skateboard and a spray park. “We would really like to rename that park. We would like to the park after someone who …
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