Penelope News

Hispanic entrepreneurs play a vital role in the El Paso economy and account for about 80 percent of small businesses in the Sun City, said organizers and participants at the first Celebrating Hispanic Entrepreneurship Conference at UTEP Tuesday.

Mike Farmer has spent about a month now in West, searching for pieces of the meteor that blazed a fiery trail in the Central Texas skies and broke apart over southern Hill County and northern McLennan County ...

When people in northern Texas saw debris burning up the sky yesterday, some quite understandably thought it might be shrapnel from last week's unfortunate game of chicken in space between U.S. and Russian ...

A burglary suspect was arrested Thursday afternoon, February 5, after a homeowner returned while the break-in was in progress.

The State Fire Marshal was in Hill County Thursday, January 15, to investigate two recent fires.

The 2009 Hill County Fair queen and her court were selected Saturday night, January 10, following the annual contest at the Vara Martin Daniel Performing Arts Center on the Hill College campus in Hillsboro.

Members of the Hillsboro City Council approved participation in the Alliance of TXU/Oncor Cities during their Tuesday, January 6, council meeting.

The Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Hillsboro will vote on a proposed amendment to the city's zoning ordinance Monday, January 12.

Investigation of an assault-family violence case led to the arrest of a 33-year-old Hillsboro man Saturday night, January 3. The Hill County Sheriff's Office had been called to a residence on HCR 2424 about ...

A fatal house fire was reported in the 200 block of West College Street in Penelope Saturday evening, January 3. The initial call was received at 10:19 p.m., and the Penelope Volunteer Fire Department was ...

Authorities say medical aids found in the bedroom where 64-year-old Anton "Tony" Frank Michalek Jr.

The identity of the person who was killed has not yet been released, but the body was sent for autopsy.

Officials continue to investigate a house fire that killed a Hill County man. The fire broke out around 10 p.m. Saturday in a house in the 200 block of College Street in Penelope, a Hill County Sheriff's Office ...

Christmas in Waco for many years has meant the Jaycees' Christmas Parade, tree lighting ceremonies at Heritage Square, Jingle Bell runs and holiday light tours.

Nicole "Niki" Lee Janowski, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bradley M. Janowski of Kingwood, Texas, married Michel Klus, son of Mr.