Boone County News

With red the dominant color at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., last week, Indiana's Fourth District delegation featured plenty of Zionsville Eagle green.

For the last two weeks, I've written about my Italian ancestors, most especially "my cousin Rosa" - early 20th-century opera great Rosa Ponselle.

Property tax statements will be mailed by this Thursday, Boone County Treasurer Deanna Willhoite said.

Music. Food. Prizes. Skateboards. Skateboards? All those and more will be part of the annual Labor Day Festival in Advance Saturday and Monday.

Some drivers creeping along the southbound berm of Interstate 65 nervously glanced at the two gigantic wreckers hooked to an overturned semi-tanker. Others tightened fists on their steering wheels and focused ...

Boone County Sherrif's Department Deputy Matt Williams directs traffic Thursday at the scene of an accident at Indiana 32 and U.S. 421 while Tony Franco of Lebanon looks on.

Dog owners here have no excuses if their pet is without dog tags. Effective immediately, the city has stopped charging for dog licenses, Clerk-Treasurer Debbie Ottinger said at Monday's City Council meeting.

For more than 20 years, Mike Sherrill has wondered what happened to his daughter, Shannon.

Lebanon - Years after a businessman sued Boone County over the widening of Zionsville Road, the lawsuit remains unresolved.

Indiana and Purdue universities have waged epic battles over the years. Who can forget the heady 80s and 90s when Bobby Knight and Gene Keady went silver-head-to-bald-head on the basketball court? The two ...

Two people were trapped inside a burning home in Boone County Sunday night. Firefighters arrived at the home on North Market Street in Thorntown around 6:30 pm, finding the house full of smoke and flames.

State officials claim a rural salvage yard owner has violated legal agreements to clean up his property.

Florence G. "Jerri" Atkins, 78, Sheridan, died Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008, at Sheridan Healthcare Center.

A distributor of the world's most popular fire apparatus is moving to Boone County.

Mounds of gravel and road stone may remain among the first impressions of visitors entering Lebanon on Indianapolis Avenue for some time.

Three years ago, several people had the idea to build a monument in honor of all Boone County veterans, and to construct it in Lebanon's Memorial Park.

With challenges such as tax reform and huge enrollment leaps on the horizon, the Zionsville Community Schools Board of Trustees still expects to break even in 2009.

Boone County may be close to settling with local magnate Robert Carter for a yet-to-be-determined amount for damages to his property during a 1993 road project.

Come to the third annual golf outing in memory of Pete Paddock on Sept. 13 at Zionsville Golf Course.

Land that could become part of a trail from Lebanon to Noblesville was formally accepted by the Boone County Commissioners last week.