May 22 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com The hot south Texas humidity was out in full effect Friday morning, but that didn’t stop a determined group of athletes from shining at the first ever San Benito Special Olympic Games. With middle school and high school students competing in events such as the softball throw, standing broad …
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May 20 2015
By STEVEN RAY HERNANDEZ Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Local concerned citizen Jaclynn Dawnn Pope’s reaction to the event that she witnessed last week told it all. “I thought to myself, Wow! Did that really just happen! I was in shock and appalled that at 1:30 in the afternoon, this lady had the audacity to throw her animals …
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May 20 2015
By STEVEN RAY HERNANDEZ Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com FSA Learning Center Director Guadalupe Herrera didn’t have the heart to tell her students what happened to their television set last week. “When they came in, they were like, what happened to the TV? You should have seen their little faces,” Herrera explained with a heartbroken look on …
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May 20 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com For some folks, even thinking about making a transition from San Benito to Alaska might seem unbearable. For 74-year old George Short, who moved to the “Last Frontier” back in 1961 with his family, the shift brought out the best in him, to say the least. “It was the …
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May 20 2015
By PETE BANDA AND STEVEN RAY HERNANDEZ SAN BENITO NEWS Street conditions are undoubtedly one of the most talked about issues within the local community. Debates over which streets need more attention than others can constantly be found across message boards all over the internet. Well, now there’s another street causing some well-deserved debate. Utex Drive, …
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May 15 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com A La Feria man is being held on a $100,000 bond after being charged with three separate offenses stemming from an altercation with his girlfriend. Santos Montes was originally arrested for domestic violence in La Feria, but upon being detained, picked up a resisting arrest charge as well as an …
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May 13 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com All his life, J.c. “kid” Guzman has been what most would call a go-getter. He played through a middle school football game with a cracked rib, made the San Benito varsity football team as a sophomore, and at about 140 pounds, became one of the top wide receivers in …
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May 11 2015
By ARMANDO GARZA SPECIAL to the NEWS A night after a hard-earned win at home, the San Benito Lady ’Hounds did it again Friday night, taking a 2-0 game over McAllen Memorial to sweep their Class 6A area round best-of-three series. San Benito (25-1) now will face either Laredo LBJ or Brownsville Veterans Memorial …
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May 10 2015
NEWS Staff Report In the wake of all the San Benito CISD budget controversy over the past few months, this election season had turned into one of the most heated this city had seen in quite some time. Well, it’s all over and now it’s time to see if the new candidates can help reform …
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May 08 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com Another SBCISD employee was terminated this week, however this time it was immediate and not for reason’s concerning the district’s budget. After making what she referred to as just an “honest mistake,” Human Resource Clerk Minerva V. Lopez, who had been with the district for over 20 years, was fired …
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