Jun 06 2025
By ALBERT VILLEGAS Special to the NEWS The San Benito High School Soccer Program’s future looks bright based solely on the commitment, and, in some instances, the skill levels of the girls who participated in a camp this week. Participating in the camp under the hot late afternoon sun was not as much of a …
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May 30 2025
By TRINA “INDI” JOHNSON A stark warning about a public health crisis quietly brewing in the Rio Grande Valley will be unveiled on June 6, 2025, when filmmaker Joshua Moroles hosts an exclusive private screening of his latest documentary, Before We Drowned, at the Texas Conjunto Music Hall of Fame & Museum in San Benito. …
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May 30 2025
By RAY QUIROGA publisher@sbnewspaper.com Isabella Gamez is far from a typical sixth grader. Indeed, this precocious Riverside Middle School student is a contemplator, an observer, a writer, and most recently, a published poet. In significant ways, Gamez is fortunate to have people around her who not only identified her penchant for the written word early …
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May 30 2025
NEWS Staff Report HARLINGEN, TEXAS—In coordination with the Texas Division of Emergency Management [TDEM], the Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA] and U.S. Small Business Administration [SBA], four Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) opened locally on May 28, offering in-person help to residents of the four South Texas counties affected by the severe storms and flooding that …
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May 30 2025
Special to the NEWS BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS —U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Brownsville Port of Entry detained a fugitive from San Benito at the Gateway International Bridge who had an outstanding felony warrant for two counts of indecent liberties with a child. “The apprehensions of persons wanted in connection with alleged felony sexual …
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May 30 2025
By ARABELLA SERRATA Special to the PRESS A legal battle between San Benito resident and former San Benito Economic Development Corporation [EDC] Chair Julian Rios and the City of San Benito—along with Mayor Ricardo Guerra—appears to be nearing its conclusion. On May 16, 2025, the Texas Court of Appeals denied Rios’s request for a rehearing, …
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May 30 2025
By TRINA “INDI” JOHNSON Special to the NEWS HARLINGEN, TEXAS—On May 22, 2025, a new sign along I-69E in Harlingen transformed a quiet stretch of Rangerville Rd into a beacon of inspiration: the Bobby Morrow Memorial Highway. Spanning both directions from FM 1479 to FM 802, the dedication honors Bobby Joe Morrow, San Benito High …
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May 30 2025
By ALBERT VILLEGAS Special to the NEWS More than 100 youths are expected to attend two summertime camps hosted by the San Benito CISD’s basketball program next month. Each of the camps scheduled Monday, June 2 through Thursday, June 5 are age age-appropriate and will be run by varsity coaches of both the San Benito …
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May 30 2025
Special to the NEWS HARLINGEN, TEXAS —When a powerful March storm swept through the Rio Grande Valley, six inches of rain flooded every room in the home of U.S. Navy veteran Tomas Vasquez. Vasquez, a Building Construction Technology student at Texas State Technical College’s Harlingen campus, received support from some of his classmates in the …
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May 30 2025
By RAY QUIROGA publisher@sbnewsper.com Year in and out, without fail, a hardy stack of scholarship applications arrive at the San Benito News office for the staff to undertake the task of choosing a recipient of its annual scholastic award. Year in and out, without fail, the task proves emotionally daunting for rare is an applicant …
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