May 25 2018
San Benito High School senior and honor student Leann M. Ramirez participated in the USA Powerlifting Meet on May 19, 2018 and brought home the Gold, winning first place with a total of 1,119 pounds (507.5 kg). 429.9 lbs (195 kg) Squat 281 lbs (127.5 kg ) Bench Press 407.8 lbs (507.5 kg) Deadlift Leann also set a new American Record …
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Mar 09 2017
By Pete Banda Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Over the past decade or so, the San Benito athletic program has become one of the most well-rounded and consistent in all of South Texas. While the Greyhounds have excelled in major sports like football, softball, and track and field, one of their most dominant athletes has flown mostly …
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Jun 11 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com Police are looking to question a San Benito man on possible charges of aggravated assault with a motor vehicle after the victim stated the man chased him down after trying to deliver Apollo Male Dancer tickets to the suspect’s sister and girlfriend. According to police, Mark Anthony Ramirez stopped by …
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By Robert Lewis Special to the PRESS Wow, was that one heck of a storm. I have spent today, Saturday Feb. 20, unwrapping plants, removing the Plumerias and Desert Rose out of the garage, picking up plastic sheeting and bed sheets and trying to get everything in the yard to not look like a freezing … Continue reading [...]
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPWD) biologists are assessing a large-scale fish kill across the Texas coast after a cold front froze the state. In the Laguna Madre, TPWD biologists are currently assessing the freeze’s impact on game and foraging fish and were not available for … Continue reading [...]
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Immediately after temperatures rose after last week’s freeze, the Laguna Madre’s cities and Point Isabel Independent School District (PI-ISD) came to aid. With school cancelled for the entirety of last week, and portions of the Laguna Madre area still without power, PI-ISD hand delivered meals to … Continue reading [...]
Curated by Steve Hathcock 30.05 CRIMINAL TRESPASS OF A HABITATION: On February 15th, 2021 at approximately 2 p.m., officers responded to the 100 block of East Ling Street in reference to possible trespassing. A male subject was issued a written criminal trespass warning and was advised to leave the location. A person commits an offense … Continue reading [...]
By Larry Gage Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High girls’ track program is off and running with a delayed start for the 2021 season due to last week’s onslaught of unpleasant weather. The Tarpon Relays, to have been held at P.I.’s own Tarpon Stadium last Saturday, had to be canceled. Next up on … Continue reading [...]
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