Tag: Joe H. Hernandez

2014 ELECTION RESULTS: Voters elect first female mayor; call for sweeping change on school board

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com In an overwhelming call for change in leadership, unofficial results of Saturday’s general elections in San Benito saw citizens elect the community’s first female mayor and institute a shift in power on the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees. According to uncanvassed votes in the San Benito City Commission …

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ELECTION FEVER: Voters to decide hotly-contested races

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Election Day has finally arrived. From 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, May 10, citizens who did not partake in early voting will have the opportunity to cast their votes for their candidates in both the San Benito City Commission and San Benito CISD School Board elections. As …

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SAN BENITO MAYORAL RACE: Hernandez, Sanchez share opposing views on bettering city

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito mayoral race is already one for the ages – incumbent Joe H. Hernandez, who has never lost an election for mayor, faces challenger Celeste Zepeda Sanchez, who for three terms served on the City Commission alongside Hernandez and now looks to be elected the town’s …

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BACK IN COURT: Mayor’s arraignment set in terroristic threat case

Mayor Joe H. Hernandez

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito Mayor Joe H. Hernandez is scheduled for arraignment Wednesday on the terroristic threat charges filed last year by a former city commissioner. Hernandez’ case is the 81st listed on a criminal docket for hearings slated Wednesday, July 31 in Cameron County Court at Law No. 1. The …

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