COMMENTARY By VICTOR TIZOC TREVIÑO Victor Tizoc Treviño is a Rio Grande Valley-born, San Benito native who has been working ...

By ALBERT VILLEGAS Special to the NEWS Angelina Reyes will continue her hoops career as a member of the Mount Mercy ...

At just 25 years old, Andres Vasquez Jr. is facing a diagnosis no one expects with a faith that has yet to waver. The young ...

By ALBERT VILLEGAS Special to the NEWS With the start of the 2025-26 school year, the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District will begin educating small children ages 3 to 4 in a ...

Cameron County Judge Eddie Treviño, Jr. officially announced his candidacy for re-election last week. A press release described his decision to run as ...

BY INDI “TRINA” JOHNSON Special to the NEWS In the thick of a sweltering South Texas summer, relief came not from a cold front or an air-conditioned building, but from the quiet hum of a simple ...

By ALBERT VILLEGAS Special to the NEWS The San Benito Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees is still ...

By ALBERT VILLEGAS Special to the NEWS The San Benito Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees held a board workshop, which dealt with training and development to update ...

By ALBERT VILLEGAS Special to the NEWS City leaders have answered the call regarding inadequate restroom facilities at San Benito’s Landrum Park, hosting a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, ...

BY TRINA “INDI” JOHNSON Special to the NEWS On Tuesday, July 29, the wail of San Benito’s outdoor warning siren echoed from behind City Hall, marking its first test in nearly 20 years.

COMMENTARY By RAY QUIROGA The Valley, the county, San Benito, and I’ll go as far as to say the state, lost a juggernaut on Wednesday with the passing of Lionel Betancourt. May he Forever Rest in ...

By TRINA “INDI” JOHNSON Special to the NEWS Registration is now open for the San Benito Greyhounds’ 2025 Texas Youth Football ...