Bane L. Spurlin, 21, Hillsboro, was charged Nov. 22 with 10 counts of sexual exploitation of a child for having child pornography on his computer. According to a complaint filed against him, Spurlin ...

Ground was broken Tuesday for a Hillsboro housing development a year and a half in the making. Orchard Ridge will be a 24-unit affordable-housing project south of Dollar General. It is being developed ...

A Tabor football player who crashed his car south of Hillsboro, killing two passengers, has reached a plea agreement in a criminal case filed against him. At the time of the accident Feb. 27, 2022, ...

The clerk will notify taxpayers by mail or email of all taxing subdivisions exceeding the revenue neutral rate at least 10 days before to the first budget hearing in the county. A public hearing must ...

The oldest living former governor of Kansas, John Carlin, was elected to two terms. He concluded his second term in January, 1987. By that August, he was my professor at Wichita State University.

Loose dogs are a difficult issue to discuss. But like wind farms and DUIs, the issue is persistent, an itch that won’t go away. Two weeks ago, five separate incidents involving loose dogs were ...

After serving as ambulance director for a year and interim director repeated times, Chuck Kenney is glad county commissioners appointed a new interim ambulance director Monday. Commissioners appointed ...

Quarter-sized hail fell Saturday at Hillsboro, damaging cars at dealerships there. Randy Hagen, office manager and former owner at Hillsboro Ford, said an insurance adjuster already has inspected car ...

Salem Home in Hillsboro will see its heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system upgraded after city council members approved up to $2.5 million in industrial revenue bonds Monday. Salem ...

New as well as used balers and swathers are doing well at KanEquip. “I hope it keeps raining for the soybeans and corn crops,” he said. Both G&R Implement and KanEquip sell an assortment of brands and ...

In 2024, Hillsboro reported 18.3 crimes per 1,000 residents, nearly twice the 9.9 crimes per 1,000 residents reported for the county as a whole. Statewide, the crime rate was more than double the ...

Kansas City lawyer Kevin Case met with county commissioners behind closed doors to discuss a wrongful death suit filed after a Marion woman committed suicide in jail Dec. 5, 2020.