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CITATION BY 
PUBLICATION/POSTING — 
Divorce with Children — 
TRC 109 & 114, 
FC 6.409 & 102.010, 

THE STATE OF TEXAS: 
Cause No. 24-04-8721-CCL 

TO: DEVON CATRIEST AUSTIN and to all whom it may concern, Respondent(s): GREETING 

NOTICE TO RESPONDENT: "You have been sued. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 am on the Monday next following the expiration of 20 days after the date you were served this citation and petition, a default judgment may be taken against you. In addition to filing a written answer with the clerk, you may be required to make initial disclosures to the other parties of this suit. These disclosures generally must be made no later than 30 days after you file your answer with the clerk. Find out more at TexasLawHelp.org." TRCP. 99

The petition of MARIA SIMONA AUSTIN Petitioner, was filed in the COUNTY COURT AT LAW of MEDINA, Texas on the 4TH day of APRIL, 2025, against DEVON CATRIEST AUSTIN, Respondent(s), numbered 24-04-8721-CCL, and entitled In the Matter of the Marriage of Maria Simona Austin and  Devon Catriest Austin and In the Interest of A.S.A., A Child. 

The suit requests: a divorce and all other relief requested in the petition.  as is more fully shown by the Petition on file in this suit.
 

The date and place of birth of the child/children who is/are the subject of the suit is/are: JULY 19, 2016 
 

"[*The Court has authority in this suit to enter any judgment or decree dissolving the marriage and providing for the division of property that will be binding on you.] The court has authority in this suit to render an order in the child's/children's interest that will be binding on you, including the term of the Parent-child Relationship, the term of paternity, and the appointment of a conservator with authority to consent to the child's/children's adoption." 

Issued and given under my hand and seal of said Court at Hondo Texas this the 31st day of JULY 2025. 

Atty. For Petitioner or Petitioner Francisco R. Ponce  
Law Office of 
Francisco R. Ponce, P.L.L.0  
411 W. Houston Street  
Carrizo Springs, Texas 78834  
 


Clerk of the Court: 
Cindy Fowler, District Clerk 
Medina County Courthouse Annex  1300 Ave M, Room 201 
Hondo, Texas 78861  
Medina County, Texas 

By Wyatt Diles
Deputy


Pub.: Oct. 2. 9, 16, 23, 2025
 

 

 

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE 
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
ZONE CHANGE

The City of Castroville City Council is considering the following request:

Applicant:                    Lance Rothe            
Property Owner:    Castroville Catholic Middle and High School
Legal Description:    CASTROVILLE RANGE 6 BLOCK 7 LOT 1-8
Location:                      North of Highway 90, East of Naples, and South of 
                                 Paris  St. in Castroville, TX
Current Zoning:    HE, Historic District (Residential)
Proposed Zoning:    CG, (Historic) Central Business District or CH-C, 
                                Central Commercial District 
   
A request for zoning change for approximately 2.318 acres located north of Highway 90, east of Naples, and south of Paris St., at 702 Paris St. Castroville, TX 78009. The current zoning of the property is HE, Historic District (Residential). The proposed zoning for the property is C-G, Historic Central Business District or CH-C, Central Commercial District.

The City Council will hold a public hearing during the meeting on October 28, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 1209 Fiorella, Castroville, Texas for the purpose of considering this request.  The public are invited to attend.

Pub.: Oct. 16, 23, 2025
 

 

 

City of Castroville – 
Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for Bond Counsel Services

The City of Castroville, Texas is soliciting Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) from qualified legal firms to provide Bond Counsel Services related to the issuance and sale of municipal debt instruments. Responses must be received by November 10, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. (Local Time), addressed to Debra Howe, City Secretary, 1209 Fiorella Street, Castroville, Texas 78009. Full RFQ details are available on the City website www.castrovilletx.gov.  Public Notices Section – Request for Qualifications, or by contacting the City Secretary’s Office at (830) 931-4070, or  email citysec@castrovilletx.gov.   


Pub.: Oct. 23, 30, Nov. 6, 2025
 

 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE

RCM Tondre Storage, at 2002 Avenue X, Hondo, TX 78861, will hold a public sale of property which is being sold to satisfy a contractual landlord lien.  The sale will be held at 10:00 AM on Saturday, November 1, 2025, at 2002 Avenue X, Hondo, TX 78861.  The property will be sold by public auction and awarded to the highest bidder.  All items are cash only—no  guarantees or warranties are implied, and all items are purchased “as-is”.  Property being sold includes the following:

Hortensia Torres, 
Household goods, etc.

Brandy Quayle, 
Household goods, etc.

Henry Alejandrez, 
Household goods, etc.


Pub.: Oct. 16, 23, 2025
 

 

Alsatian Attic Self Storage
P. O. Drawer 2006
2420 US HWY 90 East
Castroville, Texas 78009
Phone (210) 934-1031

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE


Alsatian Attic Self Storage at 2420 US HWY 90 East Castroville, Texas will hold a public sale of property, which is being sold to satisfy a contractual landlord lien. The sale will start at 10:00 A.M. on Monday November 3, 2025 and it will end at 10:00 A.M. on Friday November 7, 2025. The property will be sold online and awarded to the highest bidder. Bidding will take place at www.storageauctions.com. 

All items are cash only -- no guarantees or warranties are implied and all items are purchased “as is.”  Storage reserves the right to bid and refuse any bid.  Seller reserves the right to withdraw property from sale.  Property being sold includes the following:    


1. Nicholas Reyes A-121-232, Household Items


Pub.: Oct. 16, 23, 2025
 

 

 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Hondo will hold a public hearing on Monday, November 10, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. to discuss and consider the following:

A request from Ace Bail Bond Company, for a Specific Use Permit on a .16-acre tract of land, more or less, situated within the Corporate Limits of the City of Hondo, in Medina County, Texas, being Lot 10 & a portion of Lot 9, Hondo Block 21, of the City of Hondo.

The subject property is located at 1906 Ave K. The property is generally located north of 20th Street and west of Ave K and is identified as Assessor’s Parcel Identification No. 16430.

Ace Bail Bond Company requests a Specific Use Permit to allow the property to be used as a Bail Bonds Office.  

At this meeting, the Commission will make its recommendation and forward it to the City Council, who will then hold a separate public hearing on Monday, November 10, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. and make its final decision on this matter. Both public hearings will be conducted in the Council Chambers, City Hall, 1600 Avenue M, Hondo, Texas.

Information regarding this request is available at the Development Services Office, 1600 Avenue M, Hondo, Texas.  For more information, call (830) 426-4737.
 


/s/ Rebekah Dolphus
     City Secretary


Pub.: Oct. 23, 2025
 

 

 

 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Hondo will hold a public hearing on Monday, November 10, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. to discuss and consider the following:

A request from DKM Land Holdings LLC, for a Specific Use Permit on a 3.7-acre tract of land, more or less, situated within the Corporate Limits of the City of Hondo, in Medina County, Texas, being J. NEY SURVEY 160, ABSTRACT 729.

The subject property is located at 2903 HWY 90 W and is identified as Assessor’s Parcel Identification No. 7203.

DKM Land Holdings LLC requests a Specific Use Permit to allow the property to be used as an operational headquarters for a commercial paving and construction company.  

At this meeting, the Commission will make its recommendation and forward it to the City Council, who will then hold a separate public hearing on Monday, November 10, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. and make its final decision on this matter. Both public hearings will be conducted in the Council Chambers, City Hall, 1600 Avenue M, Hondo, Texas.

Information regarding this request is available at the Development Services Office, 1600 Avenue M, Hondo, Texas.  For more information, call (830) 426-4737.
 


/s/ Rebekah Dolphus
     City Secretary


Pub.: Oct. 23, 2025
 

 

 

 

 

CITATION BY PUBLICATION - 
TRC 109 & 114 

THE STATE OF TEXAS: 
Cause No: 25-07-29801-CV

IN THE 454th DISTRICT COURT OF MEDINA COUNTY, TEXAS

LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING LLC, PLAINTIFF 
v. 
CYNTHIA K BRYANT, JULIE M MOELLER, SUSAN P MOELLER, CHARLES R SADLER, THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF CAROL J BRYANT, AND 1207 25TH ST, HONDO, TX 78861, IN REM, DEFENDANTS

TO: JULIE M MOELLER AND THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF CAROL J BRYANT 

GREETING
 

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: "You have been sued. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 am on the Monday next following the expiration of 42 days after the date this citation was issued, a default judgment may be taken against you." 

You are hereby commanded to appear by filing a written answer to the Plaintiffs Petition at or before 10:00 o'clock A.M. on the Monday next after the expiration of 42 days after the date of issuance of this citation the same being Monday, NOVEMBER 17, 2025, before the Honorable 454th District Court of Medina County, at the Courthouse Annex in said County in Hondo, Texas. Said Plaintiffs Petition was filed in said court on the 21ST day of JULY 2025 in the above entitled cause. 

A brief statement of the nature of this suit is as follows, Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC ("Plaintiff"), its successors in interest or assigns, by and through its attorney of record, Bradley Conway or Marinosci Law Group, P.C., 16415 Addison Road, Suite 725, Addison, TX 75001, (972) 331-2300, brought suit Cynthia K Bryant, Julie M Moeller, Susan P Moeller, Charles R Sadler, and The Unknown Heirs of Carol J Bryant ("Defendants"), to enforce the Note on the property located at 1207 27th St, Hondo, TX 78861 and legally described as: as is more fully shown by Plaintiffs Petition on file in this suit. 

LOT 2, BLOCK 4, CHAS. METZGER SOUTH-END ADDITION, IN THE CITY OF HONDO, MEDINA COUNTY; TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE. MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 6, PAGE 65, OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF MEDINA COUNTY, TEXAS. 

Issued and given under my hand and seal of said Court at Hondo Texas this 1ST day of OCTOBER 2025. 

Attorney for Plaintiff: 
Marinosci Law Group, P.C. 
16415 Addison Road, Suite 725 
Addison, Texas 75001 
Phone 972-331-2300 

Clerk of the Court 
Cindy Fowler 
Medina County Courthouse Annex
1300 Avenue M, Room 201
Hondo, Medina County, Texas 78861

Cathy Pina, Deputy


Pub.: Oct. 9, 16, 23. 30, 2025
 

NOTICE TO CREDITORS
 

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Colby Joe Heyen, Deceased, were issued on October 16, 2025, under Docket No. 10462, pending in the County Court at Law Medina County, Texas, to: Colby Joe Heyen Jr.
 

Claims may be presented in care of the Executor for the Estate addressed as follows:

Colby Joe Heyen Jr., 
Independent Executor
Estate of Colby Joe Heyen, 
Deceased
c/o Wm. T. Tschirhart, Jr.
Attorney at Law, P.C.
1313 Lorenzo St. #1
Castroville, TX  78009
 

All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.
 

Dated this 16th day of October, 2025.
 

                                                                                               

BY: WM. T. TSCHIRHART, JR.

Pub.: Oct. 23, 2025
 

 

 

 

 

MEDINA COUNTY
SHERIFF’S OFFICE
NOTICE OF IMPOUNDMENT 
OF ESTRAY
#25-01875

On the 15 day of October 2025, I impounded the following Estray:
Kind of Animal: Bull
Breed: Red Angus
Color: Red 
Age: 2 years
Size: 600 lbs.
Brand, Earmark,: Call to Identify 830-741-6153, Ext. 7821
And, on the 16 day of October 2025, I filed NOTICE OF ESTRAY in the Estray Book of Medina County, Texas. I have made a diligent search of the register of recorded brands in Medina County, Texas for the owner of said Estray, but the search did not reveal the owner. Notice is hereby given that, if the ownership of said Estray is not determined by:

The 10 day of November 2025, said Estray will be sold at Public Auction/Sheriff’s Sale at the Union Commission Stockyards Hondo, Texas.

WITNESS my hand the 15 Day of October, 2025

By Edwin Casias,
Officer #7821

Pub.: Oct. 23, 30, 2025
 

 

 

 

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of ALMA L. LOPEZ-CAVAZOS, Deceased, were issued on October 13, 2025, under Docket No. 10463, pending in the County Court of Medina County, Texas to EMILIO CAVAZOS.

Claims may be presented in care of the attorney for the Estate addressed as follows:

EMILIO CAVAZOS 
Executor of the Estate of
ALMA L. LOPEZ-CAVAZOS, Deceased
c/o Raul X. Villarreal
4100 Northwest Loop 410, Suite 100
San Antonio, Texas 78229

All persons having claims against the Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

Dated this 16 day of October, 2025.


Pub.: Oct. 16, 2025
 

 

THE STATE OF TEXAS
 
CITATION BY PUBLICATION
 
CAUSE NO. 10470

In the Matter of the Estate of Angus Macmillan Hodgson
 
TO ALL UNKNOWN OR 
MISSING HEIRS
OF THE ESTATE OF 
Angus Macmillan Hodgson, DECEASED
 
IAN MACMILLAN HODGSON AND HEATHER JEAN COMER, in the above numbered and entitled estate, filed on October 16, 2025 an APPLICATION TO DETERMINE HEIRSHIP AND FOR LETTERS OF INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION in the estate of ANGUS MACMILLAN HODGSON, Deceased, requesting that the Court determine who are the heirs and only heirs of ANGUS MACMILLAN HODGSON, Deceased, and their respective shares and interests in said estate, and appoint IAN MACMILLAN HODGSON AND HEATHER JEAN COMER to serve as the Independent Co-Administrators of said estate and grant Letters of Independent Administration to same.

The Court may act on said Application and any opposition at any call of the docket on or after 10 o’clock A.M. on the first Monday next after the expiration of ten days from date of publication of this citation, at the Medina County Courthouse Annex, 1300 Avenue M, Hondo, TX 78861 in Medina County, Texas.

You are hereby cited to appear before said Honorable Court by filing a written contest or answer to said Application before the above stated time and date should you desire to do so.  To ensure its consideration, you or your attorney must file any contest, objection, intervention, or response in writing with the County Clerk of Medina County, Texas, on or before the above noted date and time.

Given under my hand and the seal of said Court at office in Hondo, Texas, on 17th day of October, 2025.

Gina Champion, COUNTY CLERK
Medina County, Texas
1300 Ave M, Room 163
Hondo, TX 78861

By: Leeann Quintanilla, Deputy        
                       

Plaintiff(s) Attorney:
Bill Tschirhart, Jr.
1313 Lorenzo No 1
Castroville, Tx 78009


Pub.: Oct. 23, 2025
 

 

 

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