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UPDATED: Hillsboro student taken into custody after being found with a firearm
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UPDATED: Hillsboro student taken into custody after being found with a firearm

  • By Leader staff
  • Apr 30, 2026

2 p.m. UPDATE: A Hillsboro High School student was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon, April 29, after being found with a gun.

Hillsboro High students to perform ‘Hadestown: Teen Edition’
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Hillsboro High students to perform ‘Hadestown: Teen Edition’

  • By Carrson McDaniel
  • Apr 22, 2026
  • 1 min to read

Starting Thursday, April 23, students from the Hillsboro High School drama department will be performing “Hadestown: Teen Edition.”

Special-education teachers hold event to sharpen employment skills
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Special-education teachers hold event to sharpen employment skills

  • By Tony Krausz
  • Apr 5, 2026
  • 3 min to read

A pair of teachers from Fox and Hillsboro high schools have started a job-skill event for their students who have developmental disabilities, …

Hillsboro High students to perform one-act plays Feb. 27 after delay
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Hillsboro High students to perform one-act plays Feb. 27 after delay

  • By Carrson McDaniel
  • Feb 22, 2026
  • 1 min to read

Hillsboro High School students will perform six one-act plays on Feb. 27 after the show was postponed due to illnesses.

Ruth Marie Rhodes, 87, formerly of Jackson
Obituaries

Ruth Marie Rhodes, 87, formerly of Jackson

  • Feb 10, 2026

Ruth Marie Rhodes, 87, formerly of Jackson, died Jan. 13, 2026, at Hillcrest Care Center in De Soto. Mrs. Rhodes was a 1956 Hillsboro High Sch…

Hillsboro High students write, direct and star in one-act plays
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Hillsboro High students write, direct and star in one-act plays

  • By Carrson McDaniel
  • Jan 21, 2026
  • 1 min to read

Hillsboro High School students will perform six one-act plays on Friday.

Hillsboro High School names new principal
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Hillsboro High School names new principal

  • By Carrson McDaniel
  • Dec 29, 2025
  • 1 min to read

William Reece will be the new Hillsboro High School principal for next school year.

Hillsboro High School principal to retire
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Hillsboro High School principal to retire

  • By Carrson McDaniel
  • Nov 9, 2025
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Hillsboro High School Principal Mark Groner will retire at the end of this school year, after 27 years with the district.

Hillsboro R-3 approves $8.7 million high school HVAC replacement
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Hillsboro R-3 approves $8.7 million high school HVAC replacement

  • By Carrson McDaniel
  • Nov 4, 2025
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Hillsboro R-3 school officials recently agreed to spend $8.7 million to replace the heating ventilation and air conditioning system at Hillsbo…

Kevin Dale Bishop, 60, Hillsboro
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Kevin Dale Bishop, 60, Hillsboro

  • Oct 14, 2025

Kevin Dale Bishop, 60, of Hillsboro died Oct. 13. 2025, at his home. Mr. Bishop was a sixth-grade teacher at Windsor Middle School. He coached…

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