Boone County News

Local officials want victims of domestic abuse in Boone County to know they have a place to turn.

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, JULY 2 9:38 a.m. - Michael L. Clodfelter, 25, Veedersburg, failure to appear and probation violation, no agency listed.

Marin J. Davis, 5, of Zionsville smiles while participating in the 2009 Little Miss Boone County Contest on Saturday, June 20.

The Lebanon Public Library commemorated the end of the top floor construction project with a ribbon cutting and Grand Opening Ceremony.

The Indianapolis Executive Airport in Union Township held its third annual Fly-In/Open House Saturday, June 20, but this year's event held special meaning.

A top drug enforcement cop for Boone and Hamilton counties expects the number of heroin-related arrests this year may triple last year's number.

Sen. Connie Lawson announced Thursday that the Ronald Reagan Parkway project will receive $533,520 from the federal governmenta s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Brittany Hicks, left, and Robert Battson, right, put the sashes on their children - the 2009 Baby Boone winners - Curtis Hicks and Shelby Battson named Saturday at Lebanon Memorial Park.

The Boone County Family YMCA is offering a variety of programs this summer for children and for adults.

Beautifying Lebanon's entry points - also known as "gateways" - is an excellent idea.

Dozens of "giant white ghosts" could arise from Boone County farmland because of a renewable energy resource hundreds of feet above the ground.

The start of a new tradition is coming to Zionsville's Brick Street this weekend that will surely be a "barking" good time.

Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against a Boone County Man accused of murdering his ex-wife. Prosecutors say Michael Stayer used a hammer to beat his ex-wife Beth last week inside her Whitestown apartment.

Allowing fundraising groups to collect money at city intersections may be restricted or banned because the process is too dangerous.

Michael Stayer pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and battery charges Monday stemming from the death of his ex-wife in Whitestown.

Indiana Farm Bureau Inc. and the Indiana Agricultural Law Foundation will be hosting a meeting in Boone County on June 23 to provide information about commercial wind energy development to landowners, local officials and other interested citizens.

Foot-long hot dogs, root beer floats, and a live '60s' band will be featured at a new Boone County Cancer Society event set for June 20.

WHITESTOWN -- An ex-husband was charged today with attempted murder after his ex-wife was found beaten bloody with a hammer in her new townhome.

A Zionsville man faces four charges, including attempted murder, after a violent domestic dispute with his ex-wife Thursday.

Jeff Wolfe of Lebanon was named to the Boone County Board of Commissioners for the Third District, and Gene Thompson to the County Council, at separate Republican Party caucuses Thursday.