Aug 30 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Authorities confirmed on Friday that the man accused of threatening to shoot police officers at a San Benito motel was not armed. The incident occurred around noon on Tuesday, Aug. 26, when deputies with the Precinct 5 Cameron County Constable’s Office – accompanied by Pct. 3 Constable’s deputies – …
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Jan 24 2014
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A father, son, his wife and her sister—all of whom reside in Harlingen—were charged with stealing various items form a local retail store in San Benito. San Benito police responded to a call on Tuesday, Jan. 21, in reference to a theft in progress at Walmart, located on …
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Dec 13 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The South Texas Youth Stock Show (STYSS) will go on at the City of San Benito Fairgrounds after all, but not exactly as planned. The STYSS is now set for a one-day event on Saturday, Jan. 18. “Normally we are a three-day full blown county fair livestock show …
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Dec 03 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The future of the South Texas Youth Stock Show remains in question as organizers of the event await an official response from the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District on the use of the Sonny Brazil Agricultural Complex at the San Benito Veterans Memorial Academy. According to Kathy …
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Nov 22 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Officials with the City of San Benito expressed disappointment Friday concerning the decision made by the South Texas Youth Stock Show committee to move its event elsewhere. City Manager Manuel Lara said Friday that STYSS directors had not previously expressed intentions to move the event and did not learn …
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Nov 21 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Kathy Rike of the South Texas Youth Stock Show announced on Thursday the STYSS committee’s intentions to move the event held annually in San Benito to another city. She made the announcement on behalf of the committee, which is comprised of stock show directors and volunteers, via email that …
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Jun 14 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A San Benito man is accused of attempting, and nearly succeeding, to steal a city vehicle from the City of San Benito Service Center early Friday morning. At approximately 2:44 a.m., an officer with the San Benito Police Department observed a white F-150 pickup truck exit the service …
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Mar 12 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com San Benito police arrested a man and his teenage stepson for theft by possession stemming from an incident that occurred in January. At approximately 9:02 a.m. on Wednesday, March 6, detectives with the San Benito Police Department arrived at the 1300 block of West Filmore in Harlingen to …
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Feb 01 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Two Berta Cabaza Middle School students have been arrested following numerous allegations of theft, criminal trespassing and arson, San Benito police reported Friday. “We received a number of different calls about these kids causing a ruckus all over town,” said Assistant Operations Chief Michael Galvan of the San …
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