The Hillsboro City Coun­cil accepted a bid to address structural “emergencies” at the Schaeffler House Museum during its April 17 meeting. At a previous meeting, Steve Fast, museums director, reported the city had been awarded a grant to restore the Schaeffler House foundation. At this meeting, Fast said ground movement has caused the foundations to be out of plumb, with […]

Sophomore Addie Berens competes in the 100-meter hurdles at the Conrad Nightingale invitational track meet in Halstead on Friday. She placed eighth overall. The Hillsboro track and field team competed Friday at the Conrad Nightingale Track and Field Invitational in Halstead, its first invitational meet of the season. The Trojan boys’ team placed ninth among 14 schools competing while the […]

The Hillsboro golf team placed first at a junior varsity tournament hosted by Hesston Thursday. The Trojans turned in a team score of 361, which put them ahead of Hoisington at 365, Hesston 400, Great Bend 428, Sterling 454 and Marion 459. “Due to scheduling, and with the CKL tournament being at Hesston in May, I made the decision to […]

The Hillsboro softball team was in position to win on the road at Pratt, but Mother Nature intervened when lightning warnings ended Game 1 in the top of the sixth inning with the Trojans trailing 11-10. “We had 12 hits and I know we had a good chance to win,” coach Stephanie Sinclair said about the outcome. Whether Game 2 […]

The Hillsboro baseball team jumped in front early in its game at Pratt on Friday, but the good start slipped away as quickly as it arrived in a 11-5 loss to the Green­backs. Hillsboro didn’t get a chance to avenge the loss, however, as Game 1 was called after five innings because of lightning; the second game of the scheduled […]

Confusion over whether local service providers were given an opportunity to submit bids for an $118,480 safety-related project led the USD 410 Board of Education to delay a vote on the project until more information was gathered. The board met via phone for a special meeting Friday to approve the project that will provide a new intercom, clock and bell […]

CLIFFORD J. JANTZ, 97, a retired postmaster of Can­ton, died April 18. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday, April 23, at the Canton Christian Church. Interment will be in Canton Township Cemetery. Friends may call from 10 a.m. until service time Monday at the church. A memorial has been established with Canton Christian Church in care of Olson’s […]

Another commencement season will soon be upon us. While most high school and college graduates yearn to be free of lectures, homework and exams, some of us watching from the sidelines wish we were back in what looks to us now as a relatively carefree life of inquiry and discovery compared to the daily grind of job, family and responsibilities. […]

Kaden Ward prepares to plant his pole on the way to clearing 12 feet to win the pole vault at Marion. Four Hillsboro Trojans competed Friday at the Shocker Pre-state at Wichita State University. Sienna Kaufman won the pole vault by clearing 9 feet, 6.25 inches in the Class 1A-3A division. Kaufman also placed sixth in long jump with a […]

Battling a cold, blustery north wind may have been the toughest battle for the Hills­boro baseball team Friday at Hoisington. On the field, the Trojans defeated the Card­inals with a 15-2 blowout to improve to 3-4 for the season and in Central Kansas League play. However, Mother Nature prevailed in Game 2 when the two teams agreed to give in […]