Avon News

As summer settles in, many Hendricks County residents will be frequenting local farmers' markets for the best homegrown produce the county has to offer.

People are often surprised when Brandon Hughes says he wears a kilt and garters and plays bagpipes in an 18th-century re-enactment band.

Brownsburg Police Department officers were ensconced in search efforts Tuesday morning when the Finer Things location in the Main Street Shoppes center was robbed around 10 a.m. This comes as the third in a string of county robberies where the suspect description is the same, that of a male anywhere from his late teens to early 20s with a thin ... (more)

Prosecutors in northern Indiana are dropping child neglect charges against a mother whose two young sons locked themselves in the trunk of her car and died.

On June 15, the eighth annual Indiana Blue Star Salute event was held at Lucas Oil Raceway in Brownsburg, Ind., to honor and support families of the men and women who are currently serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.

But before re-entering society, the men shared their artistic talents along a portion of the B&O Trail that runs through Hendricks County.

State Board of Education support for Common Core standards appears intact following four appointments announced Thursday by Gov. Mike Pence.

A red-haired Shaelyn Harloff, 7, Avon, missing her two front teeth, stepped up confidently and sang "You're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile," from the musical, "Annie."

Jean Kenny, Chicago, IL - "Can I count on your endorsement in 2016, slim?" Liz Guidry, Gueydan, LA - "We have definitely become the new Odd Couple."

Hendricks County police are investigating a reported shooting in Avon that sent one woman to the hospital Thursday evening.

Detectives from the Hen ricks County Sheriff's Department are on the scene of a shooting in the 5700 block of Ridgehill Way Thursday evening.

A man found dead inside a vehicle on U.S. 41 Tuesday afternoon died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The Indiana Blood Center today in a news release announced several efforts to reduce a $4 million budget shortfall as demand for blood components from hospitals decreased.

Greensburg Fire Chief Scott Chasteen confirms a fatal fire in the 600 block of N. Lincoln Street overnight.

With one-half of 2013 almost gone, there is still plenty of time to begin your at-home business.

New Zealand's Michael Pickens won his fifth consecutive start in the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series on Saturday, leading the final 29 laps in the opening round of 11th annual Sue Thiel Memorial co-sanctioned by the Badger Midget Auto Racing Association at Angell Park Speedway.

Just in time for Memorial Day, a mystery that started with a surprise discovery by Goodwill in Missouri had a happy ending.

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Two former Internal Revenue Service employees have been sentenced for unemployment insurance fraud as a result of an Indiana Department of Workforce Development investigation.