American Legion posts: the men behind the names
By Joe Fohn Anvil Herald Reporter Hal Jones Aguinaldo Pruneda Joseph W. Weiss Oscar Wurzbach American Legion posts in Hondo and Castroville have adopted those four names to honor the memory of deceased local service members from World Wars I and II. Veterans’ graves are specially marked at almost all Medina County cemeteries (Hondo’s Oakwood Cemetery honors 90 of them on a special commemorative stone), but the four honored warriors named above – three soldiers, one sail
All state, charter measures pass; McCollum elected to Hondo council
Every measure on the ballot passed, both in Medina County and – in the case of the 17 state constitutional amendments – across the State of Texas. In addition to the passage of the constitutional amendments and the nine City of Hondo Charter amendments, Hondo voters also elected B.J. McCollum as its new councilman for Place 2. McCollum won the seat against two other candidates, Angela Saathoff and Raul “Bigg” Ytuarte, garnering 51% of the vote to serve the remainin
Back to State
Hondo, D’Hanis bands march in Alamodome next week Beeville -- Hondo’s Mighty Owl Band locked down its fifth consecutive trip to the UIL State Marching Contest, thanks to a third-place finish Saturday at the 3A Area E Contest, held at Beeville’s Veterans Memorial Stadium. Overall, it’s Hondo’s 11th trip to the state contest, which, for Conference 3A, will be held again this year at the Alamodome in San Antonio, next Wednesday, Nov. 12. As one of 26 bands in th
