HHS presents Hello, Dolly! Nov. 8-10 Hillsboro High School presents Hello, Dolly! on Nov. 8, 9 and 10 in the HHS Auditorium. To purchase tickets, please go to www.usd410.net. The link should appear on the front page. GHS presents Beauty & the Beast Nov. 9-10 Goessel High School presents Disney’s Beauty and the Beast at 7 p.m. on Nov. 9 […]

HILLSBORO senior center We hope you fell back on your clocks so you will be on time to places. We will have our jamm session on Thursday, Nov. 8. At that time, we want to thank all our wonderful vetrans as Sunday, Nov. 11 is Veterans Day. Monday, Nov. 12 will be the holiday. We will be open at the […]

◼ Ron G. Kelsheimer, 80, rural Cedar Point, died Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018, at St. Luke Hospital in Marion, Kansas. There will be a visitation held from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Tuesday at the Brown-Bennett-Alexander Funeral Home in Cottonwood Falls. A celebration of life service will be 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday at the Flint Hills Community Church in Cottonwood Falls with […]

Bea Gaeddert stars as Belle and Chris Strecker as the Beast in Goessel High School's upcoming musical Beauty and the Beast. Tickers are available now or can be purchased at the door.Courtesy photo Goessel High School will perform Disney’s Beauty and the Beast at 7 p.m. on Nov. 9 and 10, in the Goessel High School Auditorium. This timeless classic […]

Josiah Driggers pushes forward after catching a pass from Jorge Hanschu in the fourth quarter in Pittsburg last week. Karrie Rathbone / Special to the Free Press Hillsboro traveled over three hours to Pittsburg to play St. Mary’s Colgan in the second round of the playoffs last week. After getting down early, 31-0, the team came up short, losing 45-20 […]

Tabor College has hired Bryan Howard as head coach of the Bluejay softball program. Howard will inherit the defending Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference regular-season and tournament champion team that returns several key players, including Madison Byrd, an honorable-mention All-American and first team All-KCAC pitcher; Madison Primrose, All-KCAC second team; and Hannah Jones and Taylor Kather. Karen Harris, the Bluejays’ assistant […]

Our November fundraiser will be November 12th at 5 p.m. We will serve chicken and noodles for a free will offering. Net profits will be shared with the John McKay Legion Post 308 of Florence this month. Thank you to everyone who attended our September fund raiser. We will be sharing our net profits with the Florence Fire Department. We […]

Old fashioned paper delivery boy Owen Dalke, was seen handing out Free Press editions up and down Main Street on Halloween at the annual Trick or Treat Main Street. His costume was one of many creative ones seen that night. Laura Fowler Paulus / Free Press Lane and Clarissa Peterson took daughter Lakelyn trick or treating in her own custom […]

Members of the Marion/Florence FFA Chapter traveled to Indianapolis, IN to attend the 91st National FFA Convention from Oct. 25 -27. Over 69,000 students, parents, and advisors attended the annual convention. The theme for this year’s convention was “Just One”. Members watched at convention sessions as awards were presented to national winners, listened to retiring addresses from the national FFA […]

Fifth and sixth grade boys flag football teams showed off some plays during half time of the Hillsboro football game on Friday, Oct. 19. Seth Driggers, center, gets ready to catch the ball. He almost scored a touchdown before Makai Baugh, far left, pulled his flag.