Hondo Anvil Herald

PHOTO / LINDA PERKINS During the market swine show in the City of Hondo Show Barn arena at the 2026 annual Medina County Junior Livestock Show Thursday, Jan. 22, youngsters put their Durocs through their paces in hopes of catching the judge’s eye. The total number of swine entries, representing eight different breeds, was 198 market barrows and 154 gilts (breeding swine). Each year, young exhibitors enter their animals for competitive judging, ribbons and the hope for further

By Rosanne Fohn Anvil Herald Reporter Hondo City Council passed a new contract with South Texas Refuse Disposal (STRD) that will provide bulky item pick up every day, effective March 1.  The contract includes a monthly charge of $2.75 per customer to initiate the change in service. Vice President Blake Caesar waived the $1.77 consumer price index fee that would have been charged this year. He explained that the annual CPI “covers the (annual) increase in cost. That

By Joe and Rosanne Fohn Anvil Herald Reporters Medina County, four city governments and four water supply districts serving unincorporated areas are seeking to become a public utility agency to make it easier to obtain state funding for additional water supplies and storage capacity. The proposed Medina County Utility District would include Medina County itself, the cities of Hondo, Castroville, Devine and La Coste, plus water districts that serve unincorporated are

A citizen committee has been meeting for the last couple of months to come up with ideas and weigh the possibilities of scheduling a bond election for the Hondo Independent School District on the designated May election date. Approximately 20 committee members have met seven times to discuss the HISD’s needs for the near future.  Many of the items discussed in the committee meetings are upgrades, renovations and replacements, rather than new construction. If a bon

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