Feb 13 2014
BY FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Former Cameron County District Attorney and 2012 Congressional candidate Armando R. Villalobos was sentenced to 13 years in federal prison on Tuesday, Feb. 11. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS E-edition by clicking here or call the news office at (956) …
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Feb 28 2013
PRESS Staff Report Authorities confirmed that the body retrieved from the waters near the area known as the Fingers was that of Port Isabel-based attorney Ray Roman Marchan. The discovery was made shortly after 5 p.m. after a nearly 12-hour search by local authorities, which included the Coast Guard and Texas Parks & Wildlife. According …
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Feb 28 2013
By CRAIG ALANIZ Reporter/Photographer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com Authorities were still searching for the body of Port Isabel-based attorney Ray Roman Marchan as of press time Thursday afternoon. According to reports, Marchan reportedly jumped off the Queen Isabella Memorial Causeway early Thursday morning. Cameron County Sheriff’s Department responded to a 9-1-1 call reporting that a person jumped from …
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By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito High School senior, Aaliyah Attebery, is the recipient of this year’s San Benito News scholarship. Born in Oklahoma, Attebery and her family moved to the Valley and have lived here for the past 15 years. Even though the COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented circumstances to school students across the … Continue reading [...]
By SANDRA TUMBERLINSON Special to the NEWS The Callandret Black History Museum of South Texas in San Benito was recently the site of a National Junior Honor Society project for STEM² Preparatory Academy’s seventh grader Leo Cantu of Harlingen. Cantu’s assignment concentrated on the cultural aspects of a group of people who lived in the … Continue reading [...]
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com On June 1, the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees held a committee meeting and discussed the 2021-2022 compensation plan. The 2021-2022 compensation plan was presented by Andrea Cruz, Assistant Superintendent of Administrative Services. The plan includes a new hire pay schedule for teachers, administrative, clerical, and auxiliary pay grades. The … Continue reading [...]
NEWS Staff Report With hurricane season upon us, the City of San Benito allowed citizens the opportunity to fill sandbags on June 4 and June 5. At the distribution station, five sandbags were allowed per household and 10 per commercial entity. The distribution took place at the Neuman Building at the San Benito Fairgrounds located … Continue reading [...]
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com On June 8, Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary student, Scarlet Cruz, received a surprise visit from the McDonald’s Play Van for her perfect attendance since kindergarten. The Play Van traveled from the McDonald’s on Sam Houston and visited Cruz’s house. They then set up arcade games and props and emerged … Continue reading [...]
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