Hill County News

Faina Lushtak, distinguished artist and professor of piano at Tulane University, will present "Musical Treasures: A Program of Favorite Encores" at 6 tonight in Baylor's Roxy Grove Hall.

John W. Watson of Cleburne, known as the "Texas Traveler," will be guest speaker at the Monday, Nov.

HILLSBORO a 'A 10-year-old boy who was attacked by a stray dog Tuesday evening near Itasca was in a Fort Worth hospital Wednesday, the Hill County Sheriffa TMs Office said.

After Texas became a part of the Union in 1846, the U.S. Calvary started establishing military forts along the Western frontier of Texas to protect the settlers from the Indians.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BOSQUE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS CORYELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS EASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS WESTERN HILL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS LAMPASAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS NORTHWESTERN MCLENNAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL ...

Share + Oct 19, 2009 10:01 pm US/Central By Melissa Newton BLUM A small Hill County town is rattled after a soldier, home on leave from Iraq, is shot and killed.

The woman charged with manslaughter in the death of a Blum soldier home on leave from Iraq told Hill County sheriff's deputies that his death was an accident.

A West Texas woman has been charged with manslaughter in the weekend shooting death of an Army soldier on leave from Iraq, authorities said Monday.

Odessa Woman Charged in Shooting Death of Soldier 10/19/09 Lindsay Martin October 19, 2009 Odessa- An Odessa woman is behind bars in the Hill County Jail, charged in the murder of a soldier, home on a two-week leave from Iraq.

The Hill County Sheriff's Office has released the name of the woman arrested in the weekend slaying of a Blum soldier who was home on leave from Iraq.

The Hill County Sheriff's office is investigating the shooting death of a soldier home on leave from Iraq.

Share + Oct 13, 2009 11:37 am US/Central Reporting Jeff Jamison NORTH TEXAS Heavy rainfall led to flash flooding in parts of North Texas Tuesday morning.

A Corsicana man was killed and a Hill County man injured in a head-on collision Friday afternoon in Hill County.

By JASON TRAHAN / The Dallas Morning News jtrahan@dallasnews.com / The Dallas Morning News FBI agents found a pistol, two loaded clips and a box of ammunition in a Hill County house where 19-year-old Hosam "Sam" Smadi had moved days before he was arrested trying to detonate an inert bomb under a Dallas skyscraper, according to newly released search ...

The City of Hillsboro held their Go-Texan Cotton Pickin' Fair on Sept. 25-26. At one time Hill County was the top cotton producing county in the state.

Share + Sep 30, 2009 6:22 pm US/Central Reporting Stephanie Lucero NEAR HILLSBORO The U.S. Attorney's Office is staying tight-lipped about what was confiscated from Hosam Smadi's residence after he was arrested.

For Brenda Speer, superintendent of Bynum Independent School District , striking a balance between cutting expenses, but not eliminating important programs and services, lit up the light bulb over her head: Would it be possible to save the district more than $700 a month in postage expenses alone by implementing a tech-based parental notification ...

A March 8 trial date is set for the 32-year-old nursing student accused of slashing her daughters' throats, and prosecutors say it is likely that the woman's surviving daughter will testify.

Three student athletes are in the Hill County Jail facing charges in connection with the alleged rape of an 18-year-old woman at a campus dorm room party.

The Community Race Relations Coalition, KWBU and Tiempo newspaper are sponsoring a dinner, movie and a discussion event featuring the movie Walkout from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the Cen-Tex Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, 915 LaSalle Ave.