Apr 15 2022
By TONY VINDELL Special to the NEWS The mandate ordering everybody to wear a mask inside the boundaries of the San Benito school district has been removed. The board of trustees approved the action during Tuesday’s, April 12, school board meeting, making it effective immediately. However, the trustees agreed to let district staff, employees, students …
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Apr 15 2022
Special to the NEWS When Freddy Fender rode his Harley Davidson motorcycle, he was living his dream. He was at the top of his career; he’d won two Grammys and earned two Gold Records. He played his vintage Fender guitar and rode a top-of-the-line motorcycle, a Harley Davidson. For 16 years after his death, his …
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Apr 15 2022
By ANDI ATKINSON Special to the NEWS Rio Hondo Independent School District (RHISD) will present on Pathways in Technology Early College High Schools (P-TECH) at the Texas College & Career Readiness School Models (CCRSM) Leadership Summit on June 14. The Texas Education Agency (TEA) invited the district to share its P-TECH model after receiving an …
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Apr 15 2022
By PETE BANDA Special to the NEWS Lonnie Riek can still remember hearing his dog bark in the middle of the night. It was that barking that woke him up from his sleep just in time to escape the flames without injury. Riek managed to grab his phone before darting for the door, but wasn’t …
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Apr 15 2022
By AMANDA SOTELO Special to the NEWS From karate mom to a martial arts black belt, Anastacia Ortiz found herself in an unlikely place nearly nine years ago as a martial artist, and is now the owner of Metamorphix Martial Arts, Harlingen’s up and coming martial arts training and mentorship center. “It was martial arts …
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Apr 15 2022
By PETE BANDA Special to the NEWS Palmville Homes has been a fixture in San Benito since 1966 when the first tenant moved in. At that time, it was only the third public housing community in San Benito and consisted of 50 apartments. While the complex soon doubled in size to 100 apartments, the construction …
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Apr 08 2022
By PETE BANDA Special to the NEWS Despite a rough start to its season, the San Benito baseball team has managed to put themselves in the driver’s seat for one of the four playoff spots in District 32-6A. The ’Hounds pushed their winning streak to five games with an 8-1 rout of Harlingen High on …
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Apr 08 2022
By RENE TORRES Special to the NEWS Kyle Rote, a Southern Methodist University All-American back in 1949-50, was well known for his football feats, but far less recognized for his baseball ability. After his college football career, Rote was the number one overall pick of the National Football League’s New York Giants, with whom he …
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Apr 08 2022
By ANDI ATKINSON Special to the NEWS RIO HONDO—This spring, Rio Hondo Independent School District is refreshing and modernizing its school libraries with new collections to rekindle the students’ passion for reading. “Our ‘new’ middle school library is now open to students,” said Raul Trevino, assistant superintendent of academics at RHISD. “Our elementary collection just …
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Apr 08 2022
Special to the NEWS A popular eatery located just outside the San Benito city limits on Business 77 and frequented by many San Benitians was the site of an early morning shooting on Wednesday. According to a press release issued by the Harlingen Police Department, which is investigating the incident, on April 6, 2022, at …
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