Pictured from left: Asst. Coach Marcia Brubaker, Chris Strecker, Daniel Uhlig, Nathan Impson, Jan Wolters, Edel Miller, Head Coach Braden Unruh, Annalise Miller. The Goessel Scholars Bowl team took 4th at the 2A state meet on Sat. Feb. 9 at Inman Elementary School.

On the first concert of its 2019 season, at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 17, MidAmerica Productions, as part of its 36th annual concert season, will present the Carnegie Hall debuts of three choirs from Kansas, the geographic center of the contiguous United States. Dr. Bradley Vogel, Director of Choral Activities at Tabor College in Hillsboro, will lead an ensemble […]

From left are Austin Rempel,Jacob Denholm and Paul Glanzer who have qualified for the Kansas VEX State Robotics Tournament in Hutchinson on March 2. Teams competing last Saturday at the Derby Robo Challenge were teams 4101A Trojans, consisting of Noah Bartel, 4101C The Other Guy, consisting of Austin Rempel, 4101D Top Gun, consisting of Paul Glanzer and 4101J Circuit Overload, […]

The American Legion Boys State of Kansas Leadership Academy is now taking applications for its 2019 session. The event, which will be in its 82nd year, will be held June 2-7, at Kansas State University in Manhattan. The ALBSKLA is for young men who will enter their senior year of high school in the fall of 2019. It provides a […]

Fourth-grader Tripp Peterson dives headfirst into the fun. He and his peers enjoyed the carnival that the Marion Elementary School provided. Marion Elementary School students play a game at one of the many booths volunteers put together and ran at the school carnival on Friday.

Dr. Michael Cherenkov, wife Nina and their four children will inform and perform as they present their family’s transition from Russia to Hillsboro at the first spring semester session of Tabor College Lifelong Learning. The program will begin at 9:45 a.m. Friday, Feb. 8, in the Heritage Lobby of the Shari Flaming Center for the Arts. The family will share […]

Max Caldwell & Taylor Wallace Ronald Perrymore & Nicole Williams Tyler Entz (Escort only) & Justina Chen Candidate Games and Homecoming Pep Rally will be at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 8. The crowning will be around 7:00 p.m. between the HS Girls and HS Boys games. Pep rally and candidate games are open to the public and everyone is […]

From left: Jerusalem Driggers, Landry Duerksen, Karley Loewen, Bailee Gawith, Makenna Reed, Annaliese Jorgenson, Riley Driggers and Zaylee Werth pose after announcing that they have reached a goal of $1,000. They are some of the Hillsboro Middle School girls who are raising funds to provide wells in Sudan. Laura Fowler Paulus / Free Press An ambitious group of Hillsboro middle […]

Tabor College will present “The Romantic Ballade,” the faculty recital of pianist J. Bradley Baker at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 5, in the Richert Auditorium of the Shari Flaming Center for the Arts. Baker is an accomplished artist whose performances have been heard in concert halls throughout the United States and Canada. He has earned degrees from North Dakota […]

Centre FFA Members who participated in the South Central District Public Speaking Contest in Buhler, KS on Jan. 16. From left to right Back Row: Quinten Bina, Tanner Stuchlik, Dillon Knepp, Kyle Peterson. Front Row Left to Right: Cailey Barney, Mikey Silhan, and Emily Casey. Courtesy Photo Centre FFA Chapter members attended the South Central District Speech Contest in Buhler, […]