Hillsboro 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.

Texas libertarians host first annual Government Sucks Day Source: Dallas Libertarian News Examiner Posted on 10.30.09 by R. Lee Wrights "Forget the Tea Party protests.

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.

East Texas Baptist University's Homecoming Parade brought current students and alumni together for music, entertainment and friendly reunions.

State transportation officials, even as they were declaring this week that plans to build a tollway twin to Interstate 35 had died, said it will take about $2.2 billion to "complete" Interstate 35 from San Antonio to north of Hillsboro.

Hillsboro Elementary School will be the site of the Texas PTA Centennial celebration, held on October 19, 2009, starting at 8:30 a.m. Texas PTA will not only be celebrating a milestone birthday...100 years of making every child's potential a reality...but celebrating in the actual birthplace of Texas PTA.

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 ...

My grandmother Eastland liked to talk, and she considered it her duty to share family history with me, her only grandchild.

A Marquette University basketball recruit was arrested Tuesday and charged with sexual assault following an incident Monday at Hill College in Hillsboro, Texas.

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.

Due to Labor Day being the first Monday in September and a holiday for most, the Hill County Genealogical Society will hold its next meeting on Monday, Aug.

Combined Agents of America LLC has added Hill County Insurance Agency Inc. in Hillsboro, Texas, as a member, bringing the group's agency membership total to 42.

A Sunday grass fire near Prairie Avenue appears to have started because a property owner was burning brush piles while clearing land in the southeast corner of Walnut Street, according to Cleburne Fire Department reports.

If you need help locating information on your Civil War ancestor, Bill Dollarhide has a wonderful new book which will be of help.

Hillsboro police are investigating a string of forgeries in which at least 11 men cashed more than $20,000 in forged checks.