Joe Martinez Joe Martinez, Ed.D., is a Doctor of Curriculum & Technology, a U.S. Military Veteran, and a native of San Benito ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — We don't know who you were thinking of last night, but Sunday morning was all about Freddy Fender as we celebrated the Tex-Mex Country icon's legacy on Domingo Live. We were ...

Freddy Fender’s music career had all but expired when he scored his biggest success. That it came with a song that the performer didn’t think was all that special only makes this story even more ...

The now-iconic Freddy Fender water tower is undergoing a major overhaul. City of San Benito officials warn that residents may experience lower water pressure while crews work ...

Sep. 27—The San Benito Cultural Heritage Museum celebrates their new Freddy Fender exhibit, which opened to the public on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, in San Benito. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville ...

Apr. 9—Freddy Fender has been inducted into the 2025 Class of the National Recording Registry for his English/Spanish hit "Before the Next Teardrop Falls," which shot to the top of Billboard's pop and ...

The Freddy Fender water tower in San Benito is getting a facelift. According to a spokesperson for the city of San Benito, the water tower featuring the famed ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — An outpouring of support for Freddy Fender has the legendary musician and his wife fending off well-intentioned visitors and phone callers to their home after news of his ...

The original Broadway recording of “Hamilton” by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Vicente Fernández’s enduring ranchera song “El Rey” and Freddy Fender’s breakthrough song “Before the Next Teardrop Falls” have ...

SAN BENITO, Texas — Freddy Fender, the "Bebop Kid" of the Texas-Mexico border who later turned his twangy tenor into the smash country ballad "Before the Next Teardrop Falls," died Saturday. He was 69 ...

SAN BENITO, Texas -- Freddy Fender, the "Bebop Kid" of the Texas-Mexico border who later turned his twangy tenor into the smash country ballad "Before the Next Teardrop Falls," died Saturday. He was ...

SAN ANTONIO – Each year since 2000, the Library of Congress has selected influential songs and albums to be preserved in the National Recording Registry. This year, three Latino artists were inducted ...