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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Mar 17 2023
Special to the NEWS Hog Waddle 2023, featuring Tejano super sensation Grupo Siggno, is set for March 25, 2023, at the San Benito Fairgrounds. Tickets are $5 at the gate (children 10 and under enter for free), but can be purchased ahead of the event at the San Benito Public Library at 101 W. Rose …
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Mar 17 2023
Special the NEWS WASHINGTON, DC—Hannah Benavides, a student at San Benito High School, is an honorable mention prize winner in C-SPAN’s national 2023 StudentCam competition and will receive $250 for the documentary, “When the World Seems to Stop,” about gun laws and safety. C-SPAN, in cooperation with its cable television partners, asked middle and high …
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