The reservoir’s blue-green algae watch, originally issued May 24, was extended Thursday for another week by Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

Fourteen work as cashier-bagger duos. The store places one person at each register solely to bag. It may look a bit silly on slow days but improves transaction speed significantly when the store is ...

Loose dogs are a difficult issue to discuss. But like wind farms and DUIs, the issue is persistent, an itch that won’t go away. Two weeks ago, five separate incidents involving loose dogs were ...

Quarter-sized hail fell Saturday at Hillsboro, damaging cars at dealerships there. Randy Hagen, office manager and former owner at Hillsboro Ford, said an insurance adjuster already has inspected car ...

New as well as used balers and swathers are doing well at KanEquip. “I hope it keeps raining for the soybeans and corn crops,” he said. Both G&R Implement and KanEquip sell an assortment of brands and ...

In 2024, Hillsboro reported 18.3 crimes per 1,000 residents, nearly twice the 9.9 crimes per 1,000 residents reported for the county as a whole. Statewide, the crime rate was more than double the ...

Torrential rains and flooding June 17 to 18 have severely threatened at least four county bridges, but the county may be eligible for a grant to pay for clearing the jams. Commissioners voted Monday ...

Services for rural Hillsboro farmer and stockman Jerry D. Suderman, 80, who died June 18 at his home, will be 3 p.m. July 12 at the Big Shed Birthing Suite at his farm, 1333 Kanza Rd. Visitation will ...

Peabody’s 104th annual ground display fireworks extravaganza may be the most dramatic display in the county, but it’s not the only fireworks show people can see this weekend.

Ground was broken Tuesday for a Hillsboro housing development a year and a half in the making. Orchard Ridge will be a 24-unit affordable-housing project south of Dollar General. It is being developed ...

A Tabor football player who crashed his car south of Hillsboro, killing two passengers, has reached a plea agreement in a criminal case filed against him. At the time of the accident Feb. 27, 2022, ...

The clerk will notify taxpayers by mail or email of all taxing subdivisions exceeding the revenue neutral rate at least 10 days before to the first budget hearing in the county. A public hearing must ...