Dec 03 2020
By HOMAR HERNANDEZ Special to the NEWS After last week’s thrilling loss against the Cardinals, the Greyhounds hosted the Harlingen Hawks at the Bobby Marrow Stadium this past Friday and cemented a spot in the postseason with a 42-7 victory over their other Harlingen rivals. The Hawks were first to receive the ball to kick …
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Dec 03 2020
By JONATHAN LEIJA editor@sbnewspaper.com Authorities confirmed a double murder and suicide early last Tuesday morning on the outskirts of San Benito. The suspect was identified as 83-year-old Jesus Villareal, who also took his own life, according to authorities. The victims are identified as 74-year-old Maria Alaniz Villareal, the wife of the suspect and their daughter, …
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Dec 03 2020
By JONATHAN LEIJA editor@sbnewspaper.com Six San Benito residents were involved in a catastrophic accident which resulted in the death of five of those individuals. One, the sole infant involved in the accident, is hospitalized. According to the Wharton Police Department (WPD), in Wharton, TX, at approximately 3:56 a.m., a driver in a black Cadillac SUV …
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Dec 03 2020
By JONATHAN LEIJA editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito resident was born Nov. 28, 1918, which made him just an infant when one of the deadliest pandemics the world has ever witnessed, the Spanish Flu (H1N1), claimed an estimated 50 million lives worldwide. According to Mares, at that time, the Spanish flu was similar to today’s COVID-19 …
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Nov 24 2020
By HOMAR HERNANDEZ Special to the NEWS HARLINGEN—The San Benito Greyhounds faced the Cardinals in the annual Battle of the Arroyo this past Friday at Boggus Stadium in what proved to be one of the most memorable games in BOTA history. This year’s edition was quite different as there was limited seating due to COVID-19, …
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Nov 24 2020
By JONATHAN LEIJA editor@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito Consolidated Independent School District (SBCISD) recently received the approval from Texas Education Agency (TEA) to proceed with its two-week phase-in preparing to the return of Pre K – fifth grade classes as part of its elementary phase-in for face-to-face schooling and fifth-eighth as part of their middle school …
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Nov 24 2020
By JONATHAN LEIJA editor@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito CISD is mourning the loss of an esteemed colleague and friend to many, Assistant Superintendent Hilda Garcia-Rendon; who had been with the SBCISD since May 2016, according to previous reports, and passed away Sunday evening. Rendon’s formal title was Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Operations. In a …
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Nov 24 2020
By JONATHAN LEIJA editor@sbnewspaper.com On the heels of hosting a monumental Halloween trick-or-treat drive-thru event alongside the San Benito Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club of San Benito is gearing up for another community event to help families in San Benito have a memorable Thanksgiving. “We contacted the principals and counselors of 10 elementary …
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Nov 24 2020
By JONATHAN LEIJA editor@sbnewspaper.com David A. Perez and his wife have been feeding families on Thanksgiving for eight consecutive years now, and what started as a handful of volunteers has evolved into a community-based effort on all fronts. Volunteer, donate and nominate are the three calls of actions that Perez calls for at Free …
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Nov 19 2020
By JONATHAN LEIJA editor@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito CISD held its Regular Board of Trustee Meeting on November 16, at the Administrative Building spotlighting Miller Jordan Middle School received the Texas Education Agency’s Purple Star. This is an acknowledgement of the school’s …
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October 29, 2020
October 23, 2020
Special to the PRESS After over 5 years of planning, funding, and construction, the new terminal at the Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport is ready to debut. The unveiling ceremony is open to the public online and will begin at 6 pm December 11, streaming live at www.flybrownsville.com, rain or shine. Also, Brownsville South … Continue reading [...]
Special to the PRESS The City of Port Isabel will kick off the 2020 holiday season with their 13th Annual Hometown Christmas Holiday Parade on Saturday, Dec. 12 starting at 6 p.m. Participants and spectators will be asked to follow all COVID-19 safety precautions for this event. Attendees should be socially distancing themselves. Float participants … Continue reading [...]
Staff report Laguna Vista will embrace the new and old this Friday, Dec. 4, during their annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony. Visitors will notice that Roloff Park has gotten more colorful than last year, thanks to a mural painted by Christina Salazar. The mural, featuring a green jay and humming bird surrounded by … Continue reading [...]
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Texas Supreme Court has denied to hear the City of Port Isabel’s case in an ongoing lawsuit with former city manager Edward Meza. Meza, who is now the city manager of neighboring Laguna Vista, sued the City of Port Isabel in 2015 after not receiving a severance package when he … Continue reading [...]
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Hundreds of cars lined Port Isabel’s schools last Friday to receive much-needed help for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. Point Isabel ISD gave 1,100 meal bundles for the Thanksgiving holiday break, to feed students each day they are not on campus, spanning from Monday Nov. 23 to Friday Nov. 27. The meals … Continue reading [...]
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