Feb 24 2023
By PETE BANDA Special to the NEWS RIO HONDO—After a spectacular 28-win season last year, the Rio Hondo Lady Bobcats entered this season with more question marks than they’ve had in recent memory. Fourth-year Head Coach Victor Sauceda was tasked with replacing six of his top contributors and Rio Hondo was forced to change districts …
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Feb 24 2023
By PETE BANDA Special to the NEWS A season that could already be called the greatest in school history just added another milestone. The Greyhound basketball team captured its first bi-district championship in more than 15 years Tuesday night, Feb. 21, with a 21-point blowout over the Economedes Jaguars in Edinburg. It was a wire-to-wire …
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Feb 24 2023
By PETE BANDA Special to the NEWS A Cinderella season for the Lady ’Hounds basketball team came to screeching halt last week when San Benito fell to the Laredo United Longhorns, 81-44. Despite the loss, the Lady ’Hounds can celebrate one of the most successful seasons in school history after capturing their first Bi-District Championship …
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Feb 24 2023
By RENE TORRES The Valley still has its share of large, sprawling ranches, which makes South Texas an area one Western writer described, “As the place where the Mexican Vaquero and the Virginia Cavalier blended to make the American Cowboy.” Most Valley ranches began with Spanish land grants, as the King of Spain decided that …
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Feb 24 2023
By LEO RODRIGUEZ RGV History Not even the legendary Edgar Allan Poe could have written a script as bizarre as this one that occurred over the skies of San Benito, in February 1933. This incident was the first aerial murder on record in the United States. The tragedy shocked the great state of Texas and …
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Feb 24 2023
By RAY QUIROGA Publisher@sbnewspaper.com The Texas Conjunto Music Hall of Fame & Museum now has a new home, and it’s the historic Aztec Building located in the downtown Robertson Street District of San Benito. State and local dignitaries, as well as conjunto music royalty, the genre’s fans, well-wishers and the community, in general, joined organizers …
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Feb 24 2023
By DAVID LOPEZ Special to the NEWS The City of San Benito and the San Benito CISD have both accepted applications from candidates for the May 6 general election. Rene Garcia, a Social Security Administration claims specialist and current commissioner for Place 1, is resigning from his position to challenge incumbent Rick Guerra, a retired …
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Feb 17 2023
Special to the NEWS On Wednesday, February 15, 2023, at about 4 p.m., San Benito Police Department (SBPD) officers responded to East Business 77 near PFC Juan Garza Road in relation to an automobile crash. According to a City of San Benito/SBPD press release, upon arrival, officers discovered a white Chrysler Pacifica had crashed into …
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Feb 17 2023
By DAVID LOPEZ Special to the NEWS LOS FRESNOS—The 33rd Annual Los Fresnos rodeo kicks off today and runs through Sunday, featuring the acts we all know and love plus new musical performances, including a show from headliner Michael Ray. The Los Fresnos Rodeo Committee received a $50,000 Hometown Grant from T-Mobile late last year, …
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Feb 17 2023
By DAVID LOPEZ Special to the NEWS While San Benito residents on Robertson Street are accustomed to waking up to the smell of fresh bread from La Especial Bakery, this week they were welcomed by the smell of fresh paint. The Texas Conjunto Hall of Fame and Museum commissioned Rio Grande Valley artists Alexander “Alexandro” …
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