Mar 24 2023
By DAVID LOPEZ Special to the NEWS Cross Church in San Benito is hosting its Texas Valley Peace Prayer Walk this Saturday morning. Anyone is invited to the march and no prior registration is required; however, participants are encouraged to wear a military green or white t-shirt. Starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Mar. 25, …
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Mar 24 2023
By TONY VINDELL Special to the NEWS Get ready to celebrate this Saturday. Music lovers will be entertained at the annual Hog Waddle Concert in the afternoon while children, parents and the community will be treated to goodies and other things at an Easter Hunt on the grounds of the Azteca Building. The concert is …
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Mar 24 2023
By TONY VINDELL Special to the NEWS Two on-going projects at the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District are not anywhere near completion, and the delay could well go into the middle of 2024, according to officials. The district’s board of trustees learned the latest during a project update given at Tuesday’s March 21 meeting. …
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Mar 24 2023
Special to the NEWS A 21-year-old Los Fresnos resident has pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Israel Flores Jr. admitted to possessing child pornography on a flash drive he obtained while a student at University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley. He had downloaded the child pornography via Kik …
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Mar 24 2023
By RENE TORRES In today’s opinionated society, a close call in baseball against the home team can bring instant chatter of “foul” play. But fans must have patience, as most umpires will make up the bad call as the game advances into later innings. It’s always the fans who know the least about the game …
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Mar 24 2023
By PETE BANDA Special to the NEWS With just one month left until the start of the post-season, the Lady ’Hounds softball team looks destined for another deep playoff run. San Benito opened district play with back-to-back blowout victories that had to be called early. The Lady ’Hounds needed just four innings to put a …
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Mar 24 2023
By PETE BANDA Special to the NEWS In the last few years, San Benito, once known solely as a football school, has gained a solid reputation as an all-around elite athletic institute. From wrestling to track and field, the ’Hounds have established themselves as a Valley powerhouse in most sports. Still, apparently being the best …
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Mar 17 2023
RENE TORRES It was 1922, when the Hunter family decided to venture to South Texas and join many other northerners to make the Valley their home. A visitor of then, described Brownsville, as the modern “Garden of Eden.” John H. Hunter was fresh out of the University of Texas with a physics and math degree …
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Mar 17 2023
By RAY QUIROGA publisher@sbnewspaper.com It’s been a long time coming, 10 years to be exact, since the family of the Resaca City’s favorite son — legendary songster, Freddy Fender — was awarded a Texas Historical Marker for Fender’s boyhood home located within San Benito’s El Jardin neighborhood. But for a number of reasons, the marker …
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Mar 17 2023
By DAVID LOPEZ Special to the NEWS Complaints about congestion on the bustling Business 77 have run rampant, as construction in the area forces one-lane roads with traffic stretching for blocks. The construction began in late February and is intended as a preventive maintenance paving project, which involves milling, overlay, and new pavement markings, according …
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