Mar 28 2025
By ALBERT VILLEGAS Special to the NEWS EDINBURG, TEXAS —The San Benito Greyhounds’ soccer season came to an end following a 6-3 playoff loss to the Edinburg Economedes Jaguars last Friday. There was no quit in the ‘Hounds’ bi-district match played at Economedes High School. Despite trailing by three goals at the half, San Benito …
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Mar 28 2025
By ALBERT VILLEGAS Special to the NEWS HARLINGEN, TEXAS—Treasure Hills Golf Course is a place that the San Benito Greyhounds golfers are all too familiar with. The course serves as the ’Hounds’ practice hub and the site of the District 32-6A Golf Tournament next week. This weekend, however, is the Pre-District Tournament, where exactly 12 …
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Mar 21 2025
By RAY QUIROGA publisher@sbnewspaper.com San Benito Police Department (SBPD) investigators are probing a shooting that occurred late last Thursday morning at a tire shop located on the 1800 block of E. Bus. 77. According to SBPD Detective Kathy Pardo, the confrontation between the parties occurred around 11 a.m. at Hermanos Tire & Service. According to …
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Mar 21 2025
By ALBERT VILLEGAS Special to the NEWS More than 100 people, many of them realtors or professionals in the housing industry, mingled with city, county, and state leaders, as they gathered last Friday to witness to a groundbreaking of the San Sebastian Subdivision. For those who are in the market of owning their own home, …
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Mar 21 2025
By ARABELLA SERRATA editor@sbnewspaper.com LAGUNA VISTA, TEXAS—Former San Benito City Manager and Resaca City native, Victor Trevino was recently hired as City Manager for a Laguna Madre-area community. Trevino was named Laguna Vista City Manager roughly three months after LVPD Deputy Greg Cruz was ushered in as interim city manager in December 2024, following the …
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Mar 21 2025
By ARABELLA SERRATA editor@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito Chamber of Commerce recently announced the departure of its director, Michelle Guerra Velez, who left the Chamber on March 7, according to Chamber leadership. She served the Chamber for a little over a year. “We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Michelle for her outstanding leadership …
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Mar 21 2025
By ARABELLA SERRATA editor@sbnewspaper.com Attorneys representing the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District (SBCISD) recently filed a lawsuit against Davila Construction Inc., Raba Kistner, Inc., and Brighton Group LLC for constitution issues at sites for the district. The suit relates to sited stemming from a $40 million bond proposal allowing the district to build a …
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Mar 21 2025
Special to the NEWS HOUSTON, TEXAS —In a press release reading more akin to a progress report to citizens, U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei referenced a local and high-profile bust, which took place in early February at a Los Fresnos Bakery. In the media statement issued last week, Ganjei cited that nearly 200 new cases …
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Mar 21 2025
By STEVE HATHCOCK Moments in Time is a collection of recovered newspaper briefs and other publications, compiled by local historian, Steve Hathcock, offering a look back at the history of the Rio Grande Valley. Boomerang feature aired locally March 7 on the 10 p.m. news: A videotape of the nationally televised program. Who’s Who by Charles …
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Mar 21 2025
By ALBERT VILLEGAS Special to the NEWS EDINBURG, TEXAS—The Lady Greyhound Powerlifting squad placed fourth as a team, with one athlete earning an individual title following Class 6A competition of the Texas High School Women’s Powerlifting Association State Championship Finals at Bert Ogden Arena. Two hundred thirty seven lifters competed representing 55 schools, some traveled …
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