By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer [email protected] The man allegedly behind a standoff from nearly four months ago has been arrested again. The San Benito Police Department apprehended ...

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer [email protected] A wanted man from San Benito, his father and girlfriend are behind bars following a near four-hour standoff with law enforcement ...

By TRINA “INDI” JOHNSON Special to the NEWS The San Benito Consolidated Independent School District [SBCISD] Board of Trustees and the City of San Benito City Commission met for a special joint ...

BROWNSVILLE, TX—On Tuesday, May 6, 2025, the Cameron County Commissioners’ Court took a significant step toward addressing regional drainage infrastructure by unanimously voting to submit an ...

As the summer of 1937 approached, the crack of the bat and the smell of leather were in the air. America’s game became the center point of almost every community in the Rio Grande Valley, which played ...

For the third time, Cameron County voters nixed a plan that would have allowed what is commonly known as hotel/motel tax dollars to be used on a proposed entertainment venue. As a result of the ...

The San Benito Lady Greyhounds, in soundly defeating the Edinburg North Lady Cougars, in the first round of the Class 6A playoffs, also eradicated bad memories of not advancing to the second round a ...

Not many family-owned businesses in San Benito can say they’re approaching the 100-year mark, yet San Benito’s lone Ford dealership is quietly approaching that feat. In 1937, L.T. Boswell, living in ...

Despite a valiant effort to advance to the second round of the postseason, the San Benito Greyhounds lost their bi-district bid to the Weslaco Panthers last Thursday. Their foes needed three games to ...

The City of San Benito held a joint meeting between the City Commission and the Economic Development Corporation [EDC] on April 22, with no public comments recorded. During the meeting, the ...

RIO HONDO, TEXAS —Federal agents raided an area business last Wednesday, charging the owner and family members with five counts of allegedly importing fraudulent crude oil, all felony offenses.

Julian Rios has filed a motion for a rehearing in his ongoing legal case against the City of San Benito and Mayor Ricardo “Rick” Guerra, reigniting a dispute over whether city officials violated ...