Garcia powers ’Hounds to sixth straight victory

By PETE BANDA Special to the NEWS The San Benito Greyhounds continued their dominant 2022 campaign with another shutout victory last Friday night, Oct. 7, at Bobby Morrow Stadium. While their victims in that game, the Hanna Golden Eagles, have struggled to get wins this season, they were boasting a high powered offense that was …

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Songwriter Tere Villarreal beats cancer, refuses to be defined by disease

Special to the NEWS What began as “black and white,” has now gone to “full color!” With a life-long dream of approximately 70 years in writing music (lyrics and melody), Tere Villarreal, an award-winning songwriter, now 85, sits back with a cup of coffee and smiles while she listens to the sounds of her beautiful …

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SB officers take part in high-level training

By AMANDA SOTELO South Texas College South Texas College and the UNT Dallas Caruth Police Institute have entered a first-of-its-kind partnership to offer law enforcement leadership training for departments across the Rio Grande Valley at the college’s Regional Center for Public Safety Excellence in Pharr. The first cohort of about 20 law enforcement agents – …

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Judge rules for officers in Treviño shooting

By DAVID LOPEZ Special to the NEWS A Brownsville federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the San Benito Police Department and Cameron County Precinct 5 deputy constables, claiming those who killed 21-year-old Ricardo Treviño III in December 2018 did not use “excessive force.” In his ruling filed last Wednesday, District Judge Fernando Rodriguez, Jr. …

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Bobcats gearing up for first district game

By PETE BANDA Special to the NEWS Despite a slow start to the season, the Rio Hondo Bobcats still have the chance to make some noise in the newly aligned District 16-3A. The Bobcats collected their first win of the season against the Grulla Gators before heading into their bye last week. Now, with a …

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San Benito hero survived ‘Bataan Death March’

By RENE TORRES By 1946, Cpl. Jose Maria Loya was home from the war and his experiences of the conflict, to a large extent, were much different than that of the regular soldier. His story was published in the Brownsville daily based on an interview and article written by Clarence LaRoche. The following is Loya’s …

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Region One distributes child ID kits

Special to the NEWS The Region One Education Service Center is serving as a distribution site for National Child Identification packets made available by Texas Senate Bill (SB) 2158. SB 2158 requires the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to provide inkless, in-home fingerprint and DNA identification kits for all school districts and open-enrollment charter school systems. …

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Free cybersecurity summit on tap

Special to the NEWS The Region One Education Service Center (ESC) Division of Technology Solutions is hosting its sixth annual Cybersecurity Summit October 20 from 8 a.m. — 5 p.m. at the Region One ESC Conference Center, located at 1800 W. Schunior St. The free conference connects educators, administrators, directors, and IT professionals who are …

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NMCAC celebrates Conjunto with weekend fest

Special to the NEWS LOS FRESNOS—The Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center (NMCAC) is bringing the public the always popular and highly anticipated annual Conjunto festival to be held, once again, in Los Fresnos this weekend. Celebrating its 29th event, the three-day festival will be held October 7-9, 2022, at Los Fresnos Memorial Park, 900 North …

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Majority lambasts past admin

By TONY VINDELL Special to the NEWS Denouncing the previous administration, defending their actions and asserting that transparency is the new norm, the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District (SBCISD) School Board of Trustees has now embarked on a new offensive. During four committee meetings held Tuesday, Oct. 4, two board members and SBCISD Superintendent …

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