Jan 17 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The Texas Education Agency has rated two San Benito CISD campuses academically unacceptable, according to data obtained from a previous school year, officials confirmed. Miller Jordan Middle School and Veterans Memorial Academy both received academically unacceptable ratings, and on Friday, SBCISD Interim Superintendent of Schools Dr. Ismael Cantu …
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Jan 14 2014
NEWS Staff Report The San Benito Greyhounds are officially looking for a new leader. At the regular meeting of the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees on Tuesday night, board members approved a resignation agreement with athletic director/head football coach Spencer Gantt, thus agreeing to end Gantt’s tenure–effective Jan. 27–with the Greyhounds …
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Jan 07 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The City of San Benito and the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District are gearing up for this year’s elections. The municipal race will see the seats of Mayor Joe Hernandez, Place 1 City Commissioner Tony Gonzales and Place 2 City Commissioner Rene Villafranco up for election. In …
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Dec 30 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Interim superintendent Dr. Ismael Cantu has not been with the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District long, but he already has a number of goals for 2014, which he hopes will have long-term positive effects. “Mostly, it’s goals related to instruction and education, which is why we’re here,” …
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Dec 27 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com As we wrap up another eventful year at the San Benito News, it’s important that we look back on the stories that helped shape the community as we know it today, and I can think of no better place to start than the obvious. Dominating the headlines in 2013 …
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Nov 26 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Dr. Raul Garza Jr., a longtime public servant and reputable physician who formerly owned a night clinic in San Benito, died Tuesday morning at the age of 82. The doctor’s family was in the process of making funeral arrangements at Thomae-Garza Funeral Home in San Benito on Tuesday, according …
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Nov 22 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Would you call me a liar if I said that, upon winning a $500 million lottery jackpot, I’d keep only 0.1 percent of the winnings? Would you think me a fool? Maybe you’d wonder why on earth I’d even think of giving all that money away. Let’s look at …
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Nov 19 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com With the bang of a gavel, the family of a San Benito Consolidated Independent School District bus driver killed last February received the closure they have long sought. Oralia Espinoza, 34, reacted Tuesday to the sentencing of Felipe Sanchez Jr., who pled guilty to intoxication manslaughter in the death …
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Nov 16 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Felipe Sanchez Jr., the driver of a vehicle involved in a February collision that left a San Benito CISD bus driver dead, will be sentenced on Tuesday after pleading guilty to charges stemming from the incident. According to Melissa Zamora, Public Information Officer for the Cameron County District …
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Nov 09 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito Consolidated Independent School District will be celebrating Veterans Day on Monday, Nov. 11, with ceremonies scheduled to be held at schools throughout the district. One school in particular will be Ed Downs Elementary, which will be holding its ceremony at 9 a.m. “A lot of …
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