Hillsboro Free Press
Salmonella alert affects local tomato sellers
Sales of tomatoes from Arkansas and California slowed at Vogt's Hometown Market following the salmonella alert. |
With one strain of salmonella making national news by causing trouble in 23 states, including five cases of infection noted in Kansas, local grocers and restauratuers faced a time without tomatoes as their suppliers awaited FDA certification this week.
Pack of wild dogs kill cattle
A pack of six wild dogs attacked cattle owned by Bradley Backhus…
Pit bull attacks passing horses
Deputy Duane McCarty of the Marion County Sheriff?s Office was dispatched June…
Hillsboro takes 2nd place at Hesston swim season opener
The Hillsboro swim team opened the 2008 season Saturday at Hesston, scoring 443 points and placing second to Lindsborg (511). Peabody (315) placed third and Hesston (191) finished fourth.
14 & under Hot Rods off to a hot start this summer
The Hot Rods, a Hillsboro-based 14-and-under fastpitch softball team, is off to…
Gottsch adds 19, ups Tabor’s football signings total to 54
Tabor?s list of off-season signings continues to grow, with the football program alone bringing its recruiting class total to 54.
Coach Mike Gottsch has signed 19 players in the past four weeks, almost all of whom will come to Hillsboro from beyond state lines.
Brandon Langston, a 5-8, 167-pound fullback from Oskaloosa, was Tabor?s only in-state signing last month. But with 10 other in-state recruits inked, Kansas remains the most represented state in the Bluejays 2008 recruiting class.
Tabor teams with ex-NFLer for skills combine
The Tabor College football coaching staff and former NFL player Darnell Walker…
TC offers 7-on-7 camp
The Tabor College football program will host its second annual ?7-on-7 Bluejays?…
USD 410 board thanks HHS administrators
On behalf of Unified School District 410 Board of Education, President Rod Koons presented plaques to administrators Dale Honeck and Max Heinrichs for their years of service at Monday?s regular meeting.
?We appreciate the past and are excited by the future,? Koons said about their work.
He presented a plaque to Honeck, who will retire June as principal of Hillsboro High School after eights year with the district.