January 23, 2013 archive

UPDATE: Controversial Santa Muerte statue found destroyed at cemetery

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com It appears as though someone may have taken the removal of a controversial statue of the Santa Muerte at the San Benito Municipal Cemetery into their own hands. The remains of the destroyed statue were discovered early Wednesday morning approximately 30 feet from its previous location. Also found …

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BREAKING: Police say elderly man robbed by people he tried to help

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com San Benito police have reported that a 65-year-old disabled man was allegedly assaulted and robbed by the same people he was trying to help. According to a San Benito Police Department press release, 53-year-old Eduardo Reyes Valladares of San Benito was arrested on the 1000 block of West …

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’Hounds give Warriors all they can handle

By ANDREA MOSQUEDA Special to the NEWS “Nikki Rowe may be number one in District, but the boys know that if we just focus on our own game, everything else will fall into place,” said San Benito Greyhounds head basketball coach, Eddie Abrego, before Tuesday night’s game against the Warriors. Abrego’s sentiments rang true in …

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