Rene Torres is a retired assistant professor at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College. He has a long history in the Rio Grande Valley as an educator, sports historian, and humanitarian, marked by extensive community service. In 1918, Arthur Train wrote the novel, “The Earthquake.” A Wall Street trader and writer …

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By ALBERT VILLEGASSpecial to the NEWS Last Friday Night, the San Benito Greyhound Varsity Football Team made the road to the postseason much easier by beating the Brownsville Veterans Memorial Chargers 17-14 in San Benito’s District 32-6A opener at Bobby Morrow Stadium. San Benito won its third straight game, bringing its record to 4-2. Veterans, …

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By ALBERT VILLEGASSpecial to the NEWS RIO HONDO—A Coastal Bend team now knows firsthand what the Rio Grande Valley has known for weeks: the Bobcat Varsity Football Team is in a class of its own, having beaten the Bishop Badgers 63-25 last Friday. The victory improved the Bobcats’ District 16-3A Division I record to 2-0. …

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Special to the NEWS The South Texas Emergency Care Foundation (STEC) Board of Directors is promoting longtime Deputy Executive Director Leonard Callier to Executive Director. Callier has served the Foundation since 1986 and brings four decades of institutional knowledge, experience, and commitment. His promotion reflects his longstanding service to STEC and its mission throughout South …

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By ALBERT VILLEGASSpecial to the NEWS The inaugural San Benito Greyhound Ring of Honor Coronation Ceremony, which spotlights past high school student-athletes before an adoring crowd of family, friends, and Purple and Gold sports enthusiasts, is fast approaching. Former San Benito High School student-athletes Tony De La Cruz and Ray Saldana, who roamed the halls …

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Special to the NEWS On Wednesday, October 14, 2026, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced more than $9.18 million in federal funding has been allocated for Cameron County’s Los Indios Bridge Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) Parking Facility. The award is part of USDOT’s Nationally Significant Multimodal Freight & Highway Projects (INFRA) program, which is …

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By RAY QUIROGApublisher@sbnewspaper.com BROWNSVILLE—On Wednesday of last week, it took a Cameron County jury a mere three and a half hours to find Rogelio Martinez, Jr. guilty of Capital Murder after the state and defense concluded closing arguments in a trial stemming from the 2023 shooting death of a San Benito Police Lt. while he …

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By ALBERT VILLEGASSpecial to the NEWS San Benito Economic Development Corporation’s (EDC) legal counsel issued a social media response to address ongoing disputes with San Benito Mayor Pete Galvan, who appeared on a local podcast, amid a proposed censure resolution that the San Benito Commission tabled for later this month. Two commissioners, Daniel Cortez, Sr., …

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Abel P. Fonseca, II, a lifelong San Benito resident and community advocate, has served students and families for more than two decades. Through his “Heart of San Benito” series, he shares stories celebrating the people who make the Resaca City special. He can be reached at abelfonsecaii@hotmail.com. The other day, I got curious and asked …

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Abel Fonseca, II, is a lifelong San Benito resident and community advocate who has served students and families for more than two decades. Through his “Heart of San Benito” series, he shares stories that celebrate the people who make the Resaca City special. He can be reached at abelfonsecaii@hotmail.com. Over the past year, our community …

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