Digging up the dollars in Hillsboro through TIF designations
Two businesses under construction in the northern part of Hillsboro will bring revenue back into the area for infrastructure improvements through Tax Increment Financing,...
Street, enhancement committees meeting Tuesday on FOB permit denial
Hillsboro City Council’s Street and Safety Committee and the Community Enhancement Committee will meet jointly on Tuesday to discuss the denial of an event...
Public hearing on DRD, special council session on Paint Creek both set for Oct....
A public hearing on two proposed Downtown Redevelopment Districts in Hillsboro and a special session of city council to discuss whether the city will...
‘The Flagman’ cometh
Being from an Illinois town of with a population of 364, Larry “The Flagman” Eckhardt knows a thing or two about small towns. He...
Hillsboro Festival of the Bells: Uptown or not?
Hillsboro Mayor Drew Hastings and safety and service director Mel McKenzie said Wednesday that the city administration’s decision not to approve a permit for...
Sinkhole discussion grows heated at Highland County Commissioners meeting
Discussion at a Wednesday meeting of the Highland County Board of Commissioners regarding sinkholes in the Lynchburg area was cut short after an area...
Council hears Hillsboro Downtown Redevelopment ordinance
Hillsboro City Council on Tuesday heard the first reading on an ordinance creating two Downtown Redevelopment Districts within the city, and made arrangements for...
Snubby the crow ruled the roost in New Market
When Carol Barrera was a little girl growing up in New Market, a neighbor gave her a baby crow. It turned out to be...
One transported to hospital after rollover wreck south of Hillsboro
A two-vehicle accident on SR 247 south of Hillsboro on Tuesday afternoon sent a 17-year-old to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. According to trooper...
6th Barktoberfest
It is perhaps the lesser known of two neighboring facilities that provide temporary homes for dogs, and its biggest fundraiser of the year will...
