Hillsboro Free Press

The Hillsboro Free Press is a community weekly newspaper based in Hillsboro, Kansas. It comes out every Wednesday. This publication is one of the two newspapers serving the city, alongside the Hillsboro Star-Journal.

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Colle selected for Kansas Horizon Award

Mar 23, 2025 | hillsborofreepress.com | Laura Fowler Paulus

USD 410 Durham-Hillsboro-Lehigh band teacher, Jasmine Colle was recently selected as a Kansas Horizon Award winner for the state of Kansas. The Kansas Horizon Award Program, sponsored by the Kansas State Department of Education, identifies and recognizes representatives of excellent teaching in the elementary and secondary classrooms of the state.
USD 410 BOE hears MCSEC and other updates

Mar 19, 2025 | hillsborofreepress.com | Laura Fowler Paulus

The USD 410 Board of Education met on Monday, March 11 for their monthly meeting and heard from Stacey Parks, the director of the Marion County Special Education Cooperative (MCSEC). Parks told the board that she has been with MCSEC for over 25 years and previously served as a speech pathologist. She said her goal as director is to ensure that employees feel equally supported by the cooperative and their respective districts.
Yoder wins Kansas 6U State Girls Wrestling Championship

Mar 19, 2025 | hillsborofreepress.com | Laura Fowler Paulus

Tanynn Yoder is the Kansas 6 & Under state champion for girls wrestling after winning the Kansas 6U State Championship on Sunday, March 9 in Salina. She started wrestling when she was five. “This was her second full season. She’s got a lot of fire, and she’s got that competitive spirit. That definitely plays a big part in her success,” said dad Jacob. Jacob also serves as one of Tanynn’s coaches at Hillsboro Wrestling Club where Tanynn wrestles. “I wrestled since I was five.
St. Luke’s adopts new mission statement

Mar 12, 2025 | hillsborofreepress.com | Laura Fowler Paulus

St. Luke Hospital and Living Center in Marion recently changed their mission statement after months of working through what they wanted the statement to say. The new statement is “Our mission is to serve our communities by providing excellent healthcare with compassion”. CEO Alex Haines said the decision to change the statement came from the board’s strategic retreat this past summer. “The question was is our mission statement still valid? Are we happy with it?
Marion couple enjoys working with people

Mar 12, 2025 | hillsborofreepress.com | Wendy Nugent

Learning people’s stories is what Patricia Enos of Marion enjoys about her job. Patricia and her husband Daryl own River Mill Woods at the Chisholm Trail Center (CTC) in Newton. She gets to know people’s stories through her side of the business, which is framing pictures and taking orders for shadow boxes used to display various items like snakeskins or family heirlooms. Other items they bring to Patricia include family photos, memorabilia from trips and their kids’ high school sports medals.
Hillsboro City Council meeting target of cyber attack

Mar 12, 2025 | hillsborofreepress.com | Laura Fowler Paulus

The Hillsboro City Council meeting was interrupted on Tuesday, March 4 on the Zoom side when a pornographic image began flashing across all of the screens.
County discusses wind farm lighting system

Mar 11, 2025 | hillsborofreepress.com | Laura Fowler Paulus

The Marion County Board of Commissioners met on Monday, March 10 to discuss the Aircraft Detection Lighting System (ADLS) lighting in the Sunflower Wind project area, which is located between Marion, Peabody and Florence.
Marion County Health Department settles into new building

Mar 5, 2025 | hillsborofreepress.com | Laura Fowler Paulus

The Marion County Board of Commissioners met on Monday, March 3 where they learned from Marion County Administrator Tina Spencer that the Marion County Health Department is open in their new building at 1220 E. Main St. in Marion. “They served their first client over there this morning,” said Spencer. Spencer said that there were still a few pieces of furniture at the old location that the county needs to get rid of. The board agreed to post it for anyone who might be interested in it.
Tabor student’s directorial debut leaves an emotional mark on audience

Mar 5, 2025 | hillsborofreepress.com | Laura Fowler Paulus

Over the weekend, Tabor Music and Theatre presented Bright Star, a musical written and composed by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. “It takes place between two different time periods. It goes back and forth between 1923 and then 1946 after the war. It’s set in North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge Mountain,” said Director London Eichelberger, a Tabor Student with an individualized theater major and a psychology minor. “It goes through the story of a girl named Alice and her experience growing up.
Tabor offers dining options for the community

Mar 5, 2025 | hillsborofreepress.com | Laura Fowler Paulus

Even though Marion County recently lost a favorite local eatery spot when Wendy’s closed in November, the county has many dining options. And there are two great options in Hillsboro that many do not even think about when choosing a spot to grab a bite. “For the most part two, we have two places for the community to eat— our Courtside Grill and the cafeteria,” said Tabor College Director of Food Service Dino Diaz.