San Benito News

Rene Torres is a retired University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College assistant professor. He has a long history in the Rio Grande Valley as an educator, sports historian, and humanitarian, with a wealth of community service to his credit. In 1936, the best rural school students from Cameron County gathered in Olmito …

By ALBERT VILLEGASSpecial to the NEWS The San Benito Greyhound Varsity Baseball Team fought tooth and nail during its bi-district series against the Edinburg Economedes Jaguars last week only to fall after taking the series to its full tilt. The Class 6A best-of-three series went the distance as SBHS made the most of its lone …

By ALBERT VILLEGASSpecial to the NEWS PORTLAND, TX—In their Class 6A area game at Gregory-Portland High School last Friday, the Lady ‘Hounds played a one-game series against the Buda Johnson Lady Jaguars and lost 13-2. The game was delayed by an hour and a half due to inclement weather. Under much cooler conditions, however, the …

Abel Fonseca is a San Benito native and a longtime San Benito CISD ACE Program Site Coordinator at Miller Jordan Middle School and Collegiate Academy. He can be reached at [email protected]. What would happen if you turned it all off? For just 24 hours, there would be no phone, no notifications, no scrolling, and no …

Joe Rodriguez is a San Benito resident, a local citizen watchdog, and a former candidate for the San Benito City Commission. Remember when Donald Trump promised that his new White House ballroom would not cost American taxpayers a dime? Well, in the words of the great TV commentator Maury Povich, “That was a lie!” Trump’s …