Jul 31 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito Mayor Joe H. Hernandez is scheduled for arraignment Wednesday on the terroristic threat charges filed last year by a former city commissioner. Hernandez’ case is the 81st listed on a criminal docket for hearings slated Wednesday, July 31 in Cameron County Court at Law No. 1. The …
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Jun 21 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The case against Alfonso Benavides involving allegations that he harbored a runaway has been dismissed by Cameron County Court-At-Law No. 1 Judge Arturo McDonald Jr. The County Clerk’s Office confirmed the June 17 dismissal via telephone on Thursday. Benavides, 59, was arrested May 7, 2012, after officers with the …
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By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in the Laguna Madre area. Laguna Vista Police Department officer Noah LeBlanc died early Monday, Sept. 12, morning after being hospitalized with COVID-19 two weeks ago. He leaves behind a wife and two young children. On the same day LeBlanc was hospitalized, Sept. 1, Anthony … Continue reading [...]
By Constancio Martinez Jr Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons came away with a 41-7 win over the Aransas Pass Panthers this past Friday night. Despite coming in with an 0-2 record the Panthers were eager for a fight. The Panthers had two 6’-2” quarterbacks rotate throughout the game. Panthers QB Zachary Brou, … Continue reading [...]
Photos and words by Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Though the now-named Queen Isabella Memorial Causeway collapsed 20 years ago, for many it might as well have been yesterday. That’s how it feels for Robert Espericueta and Tony Salinas, two of the four men who saved the three survivors of the collapse. On the twentieth anniversary of … Continue reading [...]
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Laguna Madre community gathered at Roloff Park, in Laguna Vista this past weekend to spiritually support a local police officer fighting COVID-19. Organized by Cameron County Constable Pct. 1 Norman Esquivel and Brownsville Police Department officer Eric Castillo, a candlelight vigil was held for friends and family of Officer Noah … Continue reading [...]
By R. Lewis Special to the PRESS Well it’s finally time to get active with the fall garden now. Hopefully you have been getting your garden areas ready to plant, because now’s the time to get started with tomato plants and pepper plants. Actually, it’s a little late on some varieties of tomato plants, especially … Continue reading [...]
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