Dec 09 2016
Cameron County Department of Health and Human Services announced today four additional locally transmitted Zika virus disease cases have been confirmed. All of the cases were identified as a result of the door-to-door surveillance activities conducted by the department last week as a response to the first locally transmitted Zika virus disease case in Brownsville. …
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Jul 31 2015
By PETE BANDA REPORTER REPORTER@SBNEWSPAPER.COM A botched home invasion on Thursday night resulted in one San Benito man in jail and another armed man expected to still be on the loose. Sherriff Omar Lucio confirmed at a press conference that Manuel Martinez Duenas, 25, of San Benito, is in custody after a 9-1-1 call …
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Jun 09 2015
By STEVEN RAY HERNANDEZ Marco Daz Alaniz Blas Villasana Editor Editor@sbnewspaper.com Two suspects have been arrested in connection …
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Jan 28 2015
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) have confirmed the presence of cattle fever ticks on Cameron County premises, located outside of the permanent quarantine zone. Cattle fever ticks are the most dangerous cattle ectoparasites in the United States, and have reportedly …
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Nov 07 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com San Benito has seen yet another rise in sales tax revenue as September produced a 19 percent surge in collections, making it the fourth consecutive month the city has seen an increase. Revenue increased by 19 percent with September 2014 sales tax revenue, totaling in $368,592.34, which is up from …
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Nov 05 2014
Editor’s Note: The following story on Tuesday’s Election Day results, which was first published in the Nov. 5 edition of the San Benito News, has been updated to reflect the final tally. By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Texans awoke Wednesday morning to a familiar sight as the state remained red, coinciding with a big …
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Nov 04 2014
By ESTEVAN MEDRANO San Benito News editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Voting polls will remain open until 7 p.m. in the Cameron County area to determine a string of hotly-contested races this Election Day. An issue that remains of concern in every election, however, is voting fraud, and perhaps the most vulnerable to this are those races involving write-in …
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Oct 28 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Early voting in Cameron County, state and federal elections is scheduled to close on Friday, Oct. 31. The San Benito Community Building saw 127 early voters on Monday, Oct. 27. That’s down from last week’s 127. The Riverside Middle School polling location is now closed as is the Rio Hondo …
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Oct 25 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Results for the first four days of early voting are in. The San Benito Community Building reported 761 early voters between Monday, Oct. 20 and Thursday, Oct. 23. Riverside Middle School saw 14 voters in those four days, all of whom showed up Thursday. The Los Fresnos Community Building had …
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Oct 21 2014
NEWS Staff Report The numbers are in for the first day of early voting. In San Benito, the Community Building saw 253 early voters while Riverside Middle school reported none on Monday – the first day of early voting in Cameron County, state and federal elections. The Los Fresnos Community Building had 125 early voters …
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By KREIG KOHL Special to the PRESS September 15 saw a special meeting of the Point Isabel Independent School District School Board. The meeting was held to go over board member safety training and a presentation and update on the student dress code. The board began the meeting with public comments, which can be on … Continue reading [...]
By AMANDA SOTELO Special to the PRESS A product of South Texas College and its Valley Scholars Program, Deisy Perez is leading successful careers as a real estate investor, actress and most recently, travel advisor. The 41-year-old Valley native has even recently ventured into the world of real estate marketing and sales and has targeted … Continue reading [...]
Special to the PRESS So many years have passed and still LMWD remembers that 21 years ago, friends and family members were lost because of a horrific accident. However, since then, the community has continued to grow, build, and flourish, beginning with the rebuilding of the Causeway itself. Last week on the special day of … Continue reading [...]
By Rene Torres Although lipstick admittedly contributed on a small scale to the war effort, women, in those times, were expected to be as feminine during the World War II era as they did prior to the conflict. Perhaps lipstick did not untangle the knots of despair of the afflicted soldier, but it provided hope … Continue reading [...]
By Steve Hathcock Editor’s Note: Moments in Time is a collection of recovered newspaper briefs and other publications that offer a look back at the history of the Rio Grande Valley and the rest of the world. Sigmund Freud dies at home in London London. Professor Sigmund Freud, originator of psychoanalysis, died at his Hampstead, … Continue reading [...]
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