Apr 25 2025
By ALBERT VILLEGAS Special to the NEWS The longtime connection between poet Erika Marie Garza and Aleida L. Garcia paved the way to a San Benito event called Poetry as Ofrenda: An Evening with Erika Marie Garza, held last Thursday evening at the San Benito Cultural Heritage Museum on Heywood in San Benito. Garcia, Director …
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Apr 25 2025
By ALBERT VILLEGAS Special to the NEWS The San Benito Lady Greyhounds earned an opportunity to extend softball play beyond their District 32-6A schedule following their district finale against the Harlingen Lady Cardinals. They now focus on the Edinburg North Lady Cougars in a one-game bi-district playoff at home Friday, April 25, beginning at 7 …
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Apr 25 2025
By ALBERT VILLEGAS Special to the NEWS BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS—The one-run, extra innings victory against the Brownsville Veterans Memorial Chargers that the San Benito Greyhound Baseball Team earned a few weeks ago didn’t repeat itself the second go round. Both pitchers turned in a stellar performance when they dueled in San Benito, but the second time …
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Apr 18 2025
By RAY QUIROGA publisher@sbnewspaper.com When it came time for the San Benito Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors to hire a new Executive Director to replace the departing Michelle Guerra Velez, the board didn’t have far to look. Included among the applicants was someone within their ranks, and someone homegrown. On paper, Alma Flores, a …
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Apr 18 2025
By RAY QUIROGA publisher@sbnewspaper.com Freddy Fender’s country music classic, Before the Next Teardrop Falls, was added to the Library of Congress National Recording Registry [NRR]. The announcement was made last week after Congressmen Julian Castro of San Antonio and Vicente Gonzalez Jr. of the Rio Grande Valley championed the song and Fender earlier this year. …
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Apr 18 2025
NEWS Staff Report A federal agent residing in San Benito was indicted on child pornography charges this week on the heels of his arrest at his Resaca City home in late March. On March 25, and as previously reported by the NEWS, federal authorities raided the San Benito home of a U.S. Border Patrol Agent …
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Apr 18 2025
NEWS Staff Report BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS—Friends and family of 30-year-old Christian Jay Guerra, a San Benito High School graduate and military veteran, continue to mourn his loss after he was killed in an accident here involving his motorcycle late last month. In a heartfelt press release, Cameron County District Attorney Luis V. Saenz announced that motorcycle …
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Apr 18 2025
Special to the NEWS McALLEN, TEXAS —A Mexican woman residing in San Benito was arrested for allegedly falsely claiming to be a U.S. citizen, according to the Office of U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. A Mexican citizen illegally residing in San Benito was indicted on charges related to using someone else’s identity to pose as …
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Apr 18 2025
By STEVE HATHCOCK Moments in Time is a collection of recovered newspaper briefs and other publications, compiled by local historian, Steve Hathcock, offering a look back at the history of the Rio Grande Valley. Steve Hathcock is a local historian and a regular columnist for the Port Isabel South Padre Press. He has spent many …
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Apr 18 2025
Special to the NEWS AUSTIN, TEXAS—As severe weather season approaches, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar reminds Texans they can purchase certain items, tax free, during the state’s sales tax holiday for emergency preparation supplies, which begins at 12:01 a.m. on Sat., April 26, and ends at midnight on Monday, April 28, 2025. “While we can’t know …
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