Nov 03 2023
MELISSA DE LOS SANTOS Special to the NEWS On October 17, 2023, the City of San Benito City Commission held its regular meeting. One of the items up for discussion was to rezone a property located at the intersection of Williams Rd. and Russell Lane from AO Agricultural to SSF Two Duplex Residential. There was …
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Nov 03 2023
By MELISSA DE LOS SANTOS Special to the NEWS Trevor “Tha Rift” Donnelly is an independent singer/songwriter living in the Rio Grande Valley. His daughter, Mariana “That’s So Mariana” Donnelly is a singer and dancer and attends Step By Step Dance Studio in San Benito. They will both be opening for Lil Wayne later this …
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Nov 03 2023
By DR. ELAINE DISPO-RENDÓN ANAK KO founder RIO HIONDO, TX—ANAK KO, a nonprofit organization, now sells products to fund its cause to serve grievers. Rosaries can be purchased as tax-deductible donations to help bereaved families through memorial expenses, CARE packages and Marigold Scholarships. ANAK KO publishes grief guides written by founder Dr. Elaine Dispo-Rendón based …
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Nov 03 2023
NEWS Staff Report On Saturday, October 28, 2023, the Rotary Club of San Benito held the chapter’s first Walk for Polio Plus at the W.H. Heavin Resaca Trail in San Benito and then had a fundraiser Pie-in-The-Face event where San Benito Mayor Ricardo “Rick” Guerra and San Benito City Commissioner Pete Galvan volunteered to have …
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Nov 03 2023
By MELISSA DE LOS SANTOS Special to the NEWS On October 11, 2023, the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees held its regular board meeting. Item 5 on the agenda was a District Safety Update, presented by Safety Director Rene Flores. Flores began his presentation by explaining the Intruder Audits conducted at Veteran’s Memorial Academy, …
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Nov 03 2023
Fred Neuman Booth was a local business man born in Hillsboro, Texas on February 6, 1878. Booth was a former school board member and owner of Mont Meta Memorial Park. Booth named the cemetery after his wife Margaret Chadwick “Meta” Jackson Booth after she passed away on August 17, 1925. Fred Booth was also president …
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Nov 03 2023
By PETE BANDA Special to the NEWS LOS FRESNOS, TX—After efficiently disposing of another contender, the San Benito Greyhounds gridiron warriors are one victory away from completing the second undefeated regular season under Dan Gomez and just their third in the last 30 years. Last week’s 38-14 shellacking of the 6-3 Los Fresnos Falcons pushed …
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Nov 03 2023
By PETE BANDA Special to the NEWS MISSION, TX—The historic run by the 2023 Lady ’Hounds’ volleyball team added another chapter this past Monday when the squad captured a rare bi-district championship with a clean sweep of Mission High. The victory adds to an unprecedented hot streak for San Benito, who has now won …
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Oct 27 2023
By RAY QUIROGA publisher@sbnewspaper.com San Benito residents continue to mourn the loss of longtime San Benito police officer, and native, lieutenant Milton Resendez, who was killed in the line of duty last Tuesday night, October 17, 2023 in San Benito during a vehicular pursuit on Sam Houston Blvd. (see last week’s edition of the San …
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Oct 27 2023
By LESLIE MOODY CASTRO Our capacity to love is far more significant than anything we are capable of expressing in our lifetimes. It comforts me to know that our hearts are shared amongst so many others and that we all become responsible for sharing that love. I think comfort becomes a shared responsibility, a shared …
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