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Historical Commission To Meet At Hill County Pioneer Home The Hill County Historical Commission will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 25, at the Hill County pioneer home of Drs. Jerry and Jana Burch in Brandon. In addition to regular business, members will hear a program on the home, located at 992 FM 1243. The home s history began in 1846, when Elisha Smith Wyman, a native of Maine who was recently affiliated with the United States Army, arrived in present-day Hill County with a 640-acre land grant from the State of Texas. The Wymans built a dog-trot cabin on the Old Government Road. This home still stands proudly as the oldest structure in Hill County and the home of Drs. Jerry and Jana Burch.
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County Commissioners Make Appointments To ESD Boards The Hill County Commissioners Court met in a regular session Tuesday, January 26, and appointed members to the Emergency Services District (ESD) 1 and 2 boards of commissioners. Reappointed to the ESD 2 board for two-year terms were Tad Duncan and Bob Stahl. No other applications were submitted to the court for those positions. Two positions held by Clarence Pressley and Ken Goins were expiring on the ESD 1 board, and two new applicants applied to be considered for the seats. Doreen Strickland of Abbott Volunteer Fire Department and Billy Heffner of Woodbury Volunteer Fire Department both applied to serve on the board.
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State Agrees To Continue Free COVID-19 Testing In Hillsboro The Hill County Commissioners Court met in a regular session Tuesday morning, December 8, and discussed the continuation of free COVID-19 testing in Hillsboro along with other county business. Hill County Judge Justin Lewis said that the regional testing center has been an important resource for the general public, nursing homes, schools and others who need access to testing. Hillsboro s location on the I-35 corridor also made it an attractive site to the state as a regional testing center. County officials were recently informed that the site, which is operated by a contractor for the state, would close at the end of the year. Lewis said that he had been in contact with state officials, including Department of State Health Services Commissioner John Hellerstedt, to request that the site stay open.