Jun 24 2022
By TONY VINDELL Special to the NEWS The new City of San Benito water and sewer rates have been approved by the city council. Some of the new rates will take effect on October 1 of this year for commercial and multi-family dwellings in and outside city limits, while residential and single family tenants will …
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Jun 24 2022
By PETE BANDA Special to the NEWS As the San Benito Downtown committee continues its work to revitalize the once thriving downtown area, committee members have focused their efforts on a new project – a mural program. According to Pct. 3 Constable and Downtown committee chairman Adrian Gonzalez, who helped to conceive the idea, the …
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Jun 17 2022
By TONY VINDELL Special to the NEWS The two San Benito CISD athletic trainers who died in an accident were remembered by the school district board of trustees. Robert Garza and Raul Ramos were killed Friday, June 10, after the vehicle they were riding in was struck by a delivery truck while making a U-turn …
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Jun 17 2022
By TONY VINDELL Special to the NEWS Whenever a new subdivision is on the horizon, it brings a sign of progress, growth and revenues to a city or municipality. But for the residents of a decades old San Benito neighborhood, this could mean trouble. That is how some dwellers from Resaca Shores are viewing a …
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Jun 17 2022
By PETE BANDA Special to the NEWS After 12 long years, the San Benito Greyhounds are heading back to the 7-on-7 tournament in College Station later this month. While the Greyhound football team has been one of the most consistently successful programs in the Valley since Head Coach Dan Gomez was …
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Jun 17 2022
By CHRISTINA R. GARZA Special to the NEWS Jessica Ann Morales is familiar with the statistics of Latinas in higher education. Only 4.6 percent of Latinas hold a Master’s degree, and she wants to increase those numbers. Jessica’s parents Jose and Deborah Morales were joined by family and friends at the Live Oak Event …
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Jun 17 2022
By DAVID LOPEZ Special to the NEWS The San Benito CISD community lost two of its members last Friday morning after athletic trainers Robert Garza and Raul Ramos, both 32 years old, were tragically killed in an auto collision. At about 7:30 a.m., a delivery truck traveling northbound struck the car in which Garza and …
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Jun 17 2022
By CHRISTINA R. GARZA Special to the NEWS When Stacey Garcia and her husband David decided to take a leap of faith and open Vida Nueva Creations, a home décor and furnishing business in 2019, the San Benito Economic Development Corporation (EDC) helped give them a hand. Now after serving as the Director of …
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Jun 17 2022
Cameron County Sheriff ’s Deputies had a busy week in San Benito as they executed a number of unrelated arrests in the area. On June 10, 2022, CCSO Deputies alongside CCSO SWAT, executed a narcotics search warrant at 100 Elena St, in San Benito. The residence was suspected of being used to house and …
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Jun 17 2022
By DAVID LOPEZ The June 14 Runoff Elections saw spectators shocked at the special election for U.S. Representative District 34, where Republican Mayra Flores defeated leading Democrat Dan Sanchez by over 2,000 votes. Flores garnered 50.98 percent of the vote, flipping a seat long held by Democrat Filemon Vela, who resigned in March. Vela …
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