Boone County News

Boone County residents Judy and Tim Christenson were welcomed into their new home Saturday afternoon, Oct.

Home health aide costs are a bargain in Boone County. A survey done for the MetLife Mature Market Institute found the per hour cost of a home health aide ranged from a low of $13, in Shreveport, La., to $30, in Rochester, Minn.

It's unlikely that the Wal-Mart Real Estate Business Trust and the Zionsville Plan Commission will come to a resolution any time soon.

Boone County residents Judy and Tim Christenson were welcomed into their new home Saturday afternoon by dozens of family members and Habitat for Humanity volunteers, who worked for the past four months to complete the Christenson's new Thorntown home.

The 12th annual Christmas with a Cop program is now under way, announced the Boone County Fraternal Order of Police Monday in a press release.

Here are trick-or-treat hours this evening in communities throughout the area: Boone County Lebanon: 6:30 to 9 p.m. Zionsville: 6 to 8 p.m. Hamilton County Carmel and Noblesville: 5 to 8 p.m. Fishers: 6 to 8:30 p.m. Sheridan: 6 to 9 p.m. Westfield: 6 to 8 p.m. Hancock County Cumberland: 6 to 9 p.m. Fortville, Greenfield and New Palestine: 6 to 8 ...

Three Boone County libraries have come together with a single program and purpose - to get residents across the county to read together.

The 32nd annual Boone County Toy Drive launched Monday. Contributions to the 32nd annual Boone County Toy Drive are being accepted, toy drive chairwoman Myrtle Bailey said Monday.

The following persons were booked into the Boone County Jail; charges are preliminary and may be changed by the Boone County Prosecutor's Office after review of arrest reports: SATURDAY, OCT.

Speed limits on two rural Zionsville roads should be changed, a traffic expert recommended, but no action is likely before next year.

A new bridge on Indiana 334 will open to traffic this weekend in Boone County. The road west of Zionsville, including a bridge over Irishman's Run, will open during the late afternoon on Saturday, according to a news release from the Indiana Department of Transportation.

Boone County's unemployment rate improved by three-tenths of a percent between August and September of this year, but is still 2.8 percent higher than it was at this time last year.

A standoff at the Marathon Village Pantry, 200 S. Ford Road, Zionsville, ended without incident Monday afternoon.

Ball State students named to summer dean's list Four Boone County students were named to the summer dean's list at Ball State.

"Modest" quantities of H1N1 vaccine continue to arrive at the Boone County Health Department, which is routing them to emergency and health care workers and some pediatricians.

The following persons were booked into the Boone County Jail; charges are preliminary and may be changed by the Boone County Prosecutor's Office after review of arrest reports: THURSDAY, OCT.

WHITESTOWN -- The first standalone emergency room in Boone County is set to open next week.

There's a possible break in the case of a missing Boone County girl who disappeared 23 years ago.

The national recession has stalled construction of more of the large industrial and warehouse buildings growing in Plainfield.

Lebanon Mayor Huck Lewis, served as emcee of the event Saturday at Anson. A portion of the proceeds from the night go toward the Helping Hands Emergency Women's Shelter in Lebanon.