By ALBERT VILLEGAS Special to the NEWS Boys’ and girls’ basketball teams for San Benito and Rio Hondo high schools are ...

By ALBERT VILLEGAS Special to the NEWS As a football player in various levels of competition, Frank “The Tank” Medina knows ...

HILL Special to the NEWS For families facing food insecurity in Cameron County, a new commercial freezer at the San Benito Food Pantry represents more than upgraded equipment — it ...

By ALBERT VILLEGAS Special to the NEWS The San Benito Consolidated Independent School District’s first day for the 2026-27 school year is Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, and San Benito High School’s ...

By ALBERT VILLEGAS Special to the NEWS San Benito Commissioners unanimously acted on two city utility concerns involving funding, one of which garnered a warning from the State of Texas citing a ...

HILL Special to the NEWS Enrique L. Ornelas Jr., 87, longtime owner and steward of La Especial Bakery, widely known as Ornela’s Bakery, passed away over the weekend, marking the ...

This week's edition of the San Benito News is out now in racks, stores, and online at www.sbnewspaper.comhttps://publisher1.etype.services/San-Benito-News ...

HILL Special to the NEWS San Benito Consolidated Independent School District has created a new Fine Arts Director position, ...

A 24-year-old man reported missing from his home was found dead earlier in the week, announced Cameron County Sheriff Manuel Trevino. Trevino said that sheriff’s ...

By ALBERT VILLEGAS Special to the NEWS Hundreds of people were in attendance to watch the San Benito High School wrestling ...

By STC COMMUNICATIONS Special to the NEWS In 2014, South Texas College (STC) alumnus Michael Cortez made history as the first-ever graduate of the college’s Law Enforcement Associate of Applied ...