Hillsboro News

Born Sept. 12, 1919, in Hillsboro, Kan., Malinda Elizabeth Frank, 92, died peacefully in her home in Cape Coral Feb.

Charlotte Kennedy Takahashi will be spending the spring semester at Tabor College in Hillsboro as Entrepreneur in Residence.

Several years ago, Jan Frantz said she would never go into the flower business again.

Birch, Cedar, and Date streets in Hillsboro will get a major facelift thanks to a $400,000 grant from the Kansas Department of Commerce, through the Community Development Block Grant program.

The American Red Cross will have a blood drive from 1 to 6 p.m. Feb. 20 at Parkview Mennonite Church, 610 S. Main St., Hillsboro.

Dorothea Franzen and Ruth Franzen, sisters who grew up in Hillsboro and spent their lives involved in academia, made an estate gift of more than $1 million to Bethel College in North Newton, the college recently announced.

Animated discussion took place during a work session of the Hillsboro City Council Tuesday, when members aired opinions about the sharing of skilled services between city and county government entities.

Full-service gas stations are few and far between in a hurried society facilitated by gas cards, quick stops, and super-size options.

The Hillsboro High School boys' basketball team defeated Hesston 47-40 Tuesday in Hillsboro.

Linda Miller loves her dairy goats. She loves others' dairy goats too, and will not hesitate to rescue them, and their owners, from difficult situations, should the need arise.

Hillsboro Middle School seventh- and eighth-grade science teacher Darlene Bartel did clinical lab and x-ray work in Hillsboro for 13 years before she became a teacher, but even then she often found herself teaching in a way.

A man was airlifted Thursday to Wesley Medical Center after his tractor was sent rolling into a ditch on U.S. 56 in Hillsboro, when a semitrailer collided with a farm trailer he was towing.

Wooden Cross Cattle Company is home to five generations of Schlehuber family members west of Hillsboro, and it is a destination point for buyers from around the country looking for top quality Charolais cattle.

In October, the Hillsboro water tower No. 2 received special recognition from the Kansas Historical Society as one of six nominations for National Register status.

Chad Carr briefly appeared Tuesday morning before Judge Richard Walker in Harvey County District Court for sentencing in the death of 19-month old Vincent Hill.