Feb 19 2013
Special to the NEWS BROWNSVILLE – A jury in the 404th State District Court sentenced Abraham Jacob Proenza Tuesday to 40 years in prison for injury to a child that resulted in death. Proenza, 32, was found guilty Friday of injury to a child for intentionally or knowingly failing to feed and seek medical care …
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Feb 19 2013
Date: Thru Mar. 1 Time: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Tuesdays, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays Event: Annual Quilt Show featuring the top 2012 18 finalists from the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, KY Where: Harlingen Arts & Heritage Museum, 2425 Boxwood, Harlingen More Info: (956) 216-4901 Date: Thru Mar. 28 Time: …
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Feb 15 2013
Special to the NEWS BROWNSVILLE – Fourth-month-old Aiden Javier Valdez was pronounced dead weighing only 8 lbs. He had weighed 11 lbs. just two months prior. The only history of food in his system at autopsy was a slightly digested green pepper. A jury in the 404th State District Court found Valdez’s uncle, Abraham Jacob …
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Feb 15 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com It’s not uncommon for people to feel a little intimidated, even downright threatened by the media. This apprehension usually leads to miscommunication. Simply put, all too often have relatively harmless questions posed to interviewees by reporters elicited reactions that adversely affected the tone of an article. Case in point: …
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Feb 15 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com I am not a man of constant sorrow, though some people may disagree. It seems like not a day goes by in which somebody doesn’t ask me what’s wrong, or if I am alright. It is safe to say that I am constantly lost in a thick forest …
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Feb 15 2013
Date: Thru Mar. 1 Time: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Tuesdays, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays Event: Annual Quilt Show featuring the top 2012 18 finalists from the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, KY Where: Harlingen Arts & Heritage Museum, 2425 Boxwood, Harlingen More Info: (956) 216-4901 Date: Thru Mar. 28 Time: …
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Feb 12 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com A San Benito woman and her common law husband were arrested Tuesday on three counts of injury to a child, charges which stem from accusations that the couple was allegedly responsible for burning, biting and beating a 1-year-old girl. Detective Rogelio Banda Jr. of San Benito Police Department reported …
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Feb 12 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A San Benito woman is sitting behind bars after allegedly sending sexually explicit photos of an infant girl to a sex offender in Corpus Christi. Desiree Lee Padilla, 22, was arrested at her San Benito residence, located on the 2400 block of FM 803 on Friday, February 8, …
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Feb 12 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center will be hosting a Valentine’s Day event which will feature an acoustic performance by Alan Cavazos y Don Ramiro Cavazos entitled, Polkas, Redovas y Huapangos, on Thursday, February 14, at 7 p.m. Don Ramiro Cavazos, also known as the “Dean of Border …
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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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