By CATHERINE DONNELLY Special to the NEWS The San Benito Consolidated Independent School District (SBCISD) hosted a ribbon cutting for a long-awaited sensory room for special education students on Thursday, April 12, at La Paloma Elementary School. According to district administrators, La Paloma was the third school in the district to receive a sensory room ..read more

Cameron County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) Investigators continue to probe a number of unrelated, yet serious incidents which resulted in separate recent arrests. STEPCHILD ASSAULTED Cameron County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested a man accused of assaulting his stepchild. On Monday, April 8, 2024, at about 7:45 p.m., Cameron County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to Valley Baptist Medical Center ..read more

RIO HONDO, TX—A local woman was recently arrested here accused of an alleged assault. According to the Cameron County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO), on Sunday, April 14, 2024, at around 4:30 a.m., Cameron County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to a residence in Rio Hondo regarding a family disturbance. Upon arrival, sheriff’s deputies made contact with a ..read more

A San Benito mother made the difficult call to 911 after she was allegedly assaulted by her own son. According to the Cameron County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO), on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at around 4 p.m. Cameron County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a residence just outside the San Benito City Limits regarding the alleged assault ..read more

On Monday April 15, 2024, Cameron County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the 29000 block of Iowa Gardens Rd., located just outside the San Benito City Limits, in reference to possible illegal dumping. Upon arrival, deputies made contact with a 63-year-old witness who informed them that he was driving down Iowa Gardens Rd. when he saw ..read more

WESLACO, TX—Native Plant Project’s (NPP) guest speaker for its April 23 meeting is San Benito’s own Drew Bennie. Bennie is a retired social worker from San Benito who has had a lifelong interest in the natural world, according to Jann Miller, NPP’s President/Acting Vice President. After attending the Telluride Mushroom Festival in 2001, Bennie developed ..read more

By TSTC COMMUNICATIONS Special to the NEWS HARLINGEN, TX— April promises to be a thrilling and competitive challenge for more than 80 students from Texas State Technical College’s (TSTC). The students are preparing for the 2024 SkillsUSA Texas Postsecondary Leadership and Skills Conference, which is slated April 18-20 in Houston. SkillsUSA is a professional organization ..read more

RANCHO VIEJO, TX —The Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority (CCRMA) recently announced that it’s the recipient of the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for its annual comprehensive financial reporting for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2022. On December 7, 2023, the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and ..read more

By RAY QUIROGA publisher@sbnewspaper.com Berkley Surety, the underwriter of the construction company accused of defaulting on San Benito CISD’s troubled multi-million-dollar bond-funded faculties, is refuting remarks made during March 20 school board meeting and attributed to an attorney representing the school district. That portion of the meeting was then the basis of an article which ..read more

San Benito Consolidated Independent School District notified the public last week Thursday that it has fully responded and cooperated with the Cameron County Public Health Department notification of a single confirmed Tuberculosis case at San Benito High School. In a press release, the SBCISD noted that the Cameron County Public Health Department is solely responsible ..read more