Sep 03 2011
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com RIO HONDO – The engineer contracted by the City of Rio Hondo to design a new water plant in 2003 said he has yet to be paid for his work. Noe Garza of Noe Garza Engineers, Inc. said he began work on a proposed multi-million dollar water plant several …
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Sep 03 2011
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito CISD Board President Yliana G. Rodriguez said the public hearing and special board meeting held Tuesday evening to discuss and approve the budget was held in violation of district policies. Specifically, at the onset of the meetings Rodriguez cited policies BE (Local), which states that the superintendent …
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Sep 03 2011
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Laura Marlene Garcia Nineteen-year-old Laura Marlene Garcia of San Benito is on a mission… well, along with about 50 other Longhorns. Garcia, a double major in Nutritional Sciences and Exercise Science at the University of Texas at Austin, is representing the LIVESTRONG Texas 4000 2012 team, which will embark …
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Sep 03 2011
By JOE BOCANEGRA Special to the NEWS Tuesday evening, the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees approved an interlocal agreement for an educational talent search program with Texas State Technical College (TSTC) in Harlingen. The program is a five-year grant designed to help about 250 students from middle and high school levels to become first …
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Sep 03 2011
Published Thursday, September 7, 1961 Editor’s Note: In observance of the 50th anniversary of the 1961 San Benito Greyhounds, the San Benito News will feature in each weekend edition the story that covered the game of that week 50 years ago. This is the prelude; the first game, the San Benito Greyhounds vs. the Brownsville …
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Sep 03 2011
By CRISTINA M. GARCIA Special to the NEWS WESLACO – Surprise, surprise. The San Benito Greyhounds, underdogs according to some Valley pundits, put on quite a show against a team they were supposed to lose against, the Weslaco East Wildcats, and won 28-16. The Wildcats, heavily favored to win District 32-4A, had defeated the ’Hounds …
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Sep 03 2011
By CARLOS GONZALES Special to the NEWS It was a loss, yes, but the Rio Hondo Bobcats walked away Friday night with their heads held high. After suffering a 34-13 loss at the hands of the Edcouch-Elsa Yellow Jackets, Rio Hondo Head Coach Rocky James said he was pleased with his team’s performance and expressed …
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Sep 03 2011
By STACEY GONZALEZ Special to the NEWS PHARR – The Los Fresnos hard-hitting Falcons stepped onto the field on a warm and breezy Friday evening with a mentality of winning, and so they did against the PSJA Bears. In a thrilling 25-11 victory, the Los Fresnos Falcons left fans breathless once it finally came time …
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Sep 03 2011
Mrs. Beulah Creswell Mason Kerr Noble passed from this life on August 26, 2011 in Kerrville, TX. Mrs. Noble was born in Chattanooga, TN on December 31, 1906. She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Mrs. Eleanor McConkey of Knoxville, TN and Mrs. Edna Byers of Brookline, MA; and her husband of …
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