Aug 30 2024
By RAY QUIROGA editor@sbnewspaper.com The scorching heat, which resulted in a few attendees collapsing, did little to discourage the public from converging upon Bobby Morrow Stadium, the home of the Mighty Greyhounds, for the unveiling of a Historical Marker posthumously honoring the stadium’s namesake, Bobby Morrow, a San Benito High School Track & Field star …
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Aug 30 2024
Special to the NEWS The San Benito area kept Cameron County Sheriff’s Deputies busy in recent weeks as they responded to a flurry of calls, many of which led to arrests in separate incidents. WANTED SUSPECT ARRESTED On Monday, August 26, 2024, Cameron County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to Los Indios International Bridge regarding a wanted …
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Aug 30 2024
By ARABELLA SERRATA editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito City officials are accusing VARCO, the development company overseeing the construction and management of Resaca Village, an embattled commercial shopping center off of Business 77 and Sam Houston Blvd., with theft after officials say authorities noted an onsite contractor allegedly using backflow water without proper permission, according to a …
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Aug 30 2024
By ARABELLA SERRATA editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito is set to see the construction of a new Chick-fil-A location for the area. Chick-fil-A’s official website indicates the chain only opens a set number of new locations in a year, making the San Benito location much more lucrative. The website also notes that the franchise chooses locations based …
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Aug 23 2024
By RAY QUIROGA publisher@sbnewspaper.com HARLINGEN, TX—San Benito brothers Ricardo “Kid Dynamo” and Eduardo “The Assassin” Camacho are set to fight on the same card in Laredo next week, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. Dubbed Fight Fest 2024, the night of boxing marks Eduardo’s professional debut and Ricardo’s fourth pro match — Ricardo enters the ring boasting …
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Aug 23 2024
By RAY QUIROGA publisher@sbnewspaper.com The brother of San Benito Mayor Ricardo “Rick” Guerra was “cited” Tuesday evening for allegedly assaulting a reporter as the broadcast journalist was interviewing the Mayor and City Manager Fred Sandoval after a City Commissioners’ meeting. The incident was caught on camera and witnessed by San Benito Chief of Police Mario …
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Aug 23 2024
By ARABELLA SERRATA editor@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito Consolidated Independent School District is slated to unveil its new bus system with the new school year. This is done to increase bus safety and minimize errors during bus pick up and drop off. The system is called SMART-TAG. The system will work with each student being issued …
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Aug 23 2024
By ARABELLA SERRATA editor@sbnewspaper.com The City of San Benito held a regular meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 20. An announcement was made for Aug. 28. A food distribution event is set to take place from 9-11 a.m. on San Benito Fairgrounds. The grounds are located at 551 Cesar Gonzalez Parkway. The event is open to …
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Aug 23 2024
By RAY QUIROGA publisher@sbnewspaper.com A group of San Benito schoolchildren are starting the school year literally on the right foot, compliments of the First United Methodist Church of San Benito. What has now become an annual project, the church, in a joint effort with the San Benito CISD’s Family and Community Engagement (FACE) Program, which …
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Aug 23 2024
By ARABELLA SERRATA editor@sbnewspaper.com Sight Savers America [SSA] recently held an event at the Region One Education Service Center to provide legally blind persons of all ages with life-changing visual aids. 14 children and seven adults across the Rio Grande Valley [RGV] received the visual aids. One of those recipients was a San Benito local, …
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