Hillsboro News

Of this year's 10 finalists for Illinois Teacher of the Year, four are Eastern graduates.

Christopher Barclay Hamm and Leslie Ann Lorton, both of Machesney Park, Ill., announce their engagement and upcoming winter wedding.

Sydney and Annette Blankenship, of Hillsboro, Ill., announce the engagement of their daughter, Anna Jean Blankenship, of Hillsboro, to Brian David Limbaugh, of St.

Tabor College announced 16 new faculty and staff appointments for the 2009-10 school year.

State officials say there are 10 finalists for Illinois Teacher of the Year. The winner will be announced at a banquet next month.

Teachers from Edwardsville and Brussels are among the 10 finalists for the 2009-10 Illinois Teacher of the Year, The Illinois State Board of Education announced today.

Lynee Diane Epp of Roeland Park and Mark Edward Rigdon of Overland Park were married at 6:30 p.m. April 4 at Prairie Village Baptist Church in Prairie Village with pastor Brian Wright officiating.

The Livingston Parish Chamber of Commerce has hired Vester "Jack" Stewart as executive director.

More than 40 area police and sheriff's departments will join almost 16,000 communities nationwide today in observing the 26th annual National Night Out, a big variety of local anti-crime gatherings.

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In what seems like a blink of an eye, a family's life went from normal to scary uncertainty.

Staff from the Marion County Appraiser's office will start work in Hillsboro the week of June 22.

Jun 6, 2009 2:56 pm US/Central HILLSBORO A 32-year-old Hillsboro woman is in the Hill County Law Enforcement Center after calling 9-1-1 to say she had "just killed her children." The womanA is being held on one count of murder and one count of attempted capital murder.

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Officials of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plan a public meeting on Wednesday to explain a proposed interim cleanup plan for the former Eagle Zinc smelter.

Sara Buller and Kurtis Shaw both of Augusta were married Oct. 25. The double-ring ceremony took place at Parkview Mennonite Brethren Church in Hillsboro with pastor Stephen Humber officiating.

The building was destroyed by fire March 7. n Matt and Judy Krebs, and daughters Landry, 5, and Anika, 6 months, are preparing to leave Hills boro next week to serve in a mission setting in violence-torn Kosovo.

The Optimist Club of Belleville is sponsoring its third annual bass tournament June 6 at Rend Lake in Ina to benefit its youth programs.

Two people are dead after a car crash in Montgomery County. The sheriff's office says Derek R. Boas was driving West on Butler Lane, two miles North of Hillsboro, when he ran a stop sign and hit another car with his truck.