Jun 06 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com They’ve been battling for stardom since they first moved to Austin eight years ago. Since then, Vinyl Dharma, a talented indie-rock band with ties to San Benito and Brownsville, have been making huge waves around the local music scene including a more recent online competition for the X …
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May 13 2014
NEWS Staff Report A 1.73 percent drop in San Benito’s March sales tax collections represents one of four occurrences in which Cameron County communities also experienced a loss. Sales tax figures recently reported by the Texas Comptroller’s Office show that San Benito’s collections decreased from $379,144.76 in March 2013 to $372,574.06 in March of this …
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Apr 29 2014
NEWS Staff Report BROWNSVILLE – A man was arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at the Brownsville and Matamoros International Bridge on Sunday, April 27 for an incident that occurred in San Benito. According to the CBP, agents apprehended 42-year-old Onorio Ramos on an active arrest warrant for sexual assault from San Benito. …
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Mar 18 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito is one of only a few cities in the Rio Grande Valley that did not post retail sales tax gains during 2013—this according to the Texas Comptroller’s office. In 2012, San Benito collected $3.85 million in sales tax revenue but fell to $3.84 million the following year. …
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Sep 16 2013
Special to the NEWS Cameron County will be making available sand and empty sandbags for county residents to fill today until 7:00 PM at its County Precinct Warehouse Barns in Brownsville, San Benito, and Harlingen. Each vehicle will be allowed to pick up six (6) sandbags. Businesses are being allowed ten (10) bags. Residents are …
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Aug 27 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito Police Department is assisting the Cameron County District Attorney’s Office in its aggressive efforts to apprehend suspects accused of sex crimes against children. Together, along with several other law enforcement agencies, local authorities hope to bring accused child predators who’ve absconded to justice. Want the whole …
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Apr 25 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Federal authorities have joined the San Benito Police Department in searching for a man wanted on multiple counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child – a crime investigators believe was allegedly perpetrated by a minister who was also the former manager of the now-defunct Stonewall Jackson Hotel in …
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Feb 15 2013
SAN BENITO—Michael Justin Yates, 36, went home to be with the Lord February 12, 2013. He was born on February 25, 1976 in Brownsville, TX to Gary Wayne Yates and Merrimac McCarty. He graduated from James Pace High School Class of 1996. Michael was a member and attended In Our Fathers House Church. He worked …
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Feb 12 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com BROWNSVILLE – Local clergymen are reacting to news that Pope Benedict XVI will be resigning at the end of the month, February 28. With so many questions raised regarding the current situation with the Catholic Church, Bishop Daniel E. Flores of the Catholic Diocese of Brownsville released a …
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