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Lebanon Police Officer To Retire After Off-Duty Incident

December 4, 2019 Comments Off

Lebanon Police Chief Chad Morgan suspended Captain James R. Miller on September 19, 2019, pending an internal investigation into an off-duty incident. Late in the evening on September 18, 2019, Chief Morgan was notified of […]

IU Health Celebrates One Phase of New Hospital Being Done

December 2, 2019 Comments Off

Indiana University Health Frankfort Hospital held a Topping Off Ceremony Monday afternoon which means a new hospital is one step closer to becoming a reality. Topping Off is a construction project tradition marking the placement […]

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I-65 Lane Closures in Boone County Scheduled

December 2, 2019 Comments Off

The Indiana Department of Transportation announces I-65 traffic under the State Road 39 (S.R. 39) Bridge in Lebanon will have one to two lanes closed, weather permitting. The lane closures will occur between 10 p.m.- […]

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Western Boone Wins Second Consecutive Class 2A State Title

December 1, 2019 Comments Off

Robby Taylor scored three touchdowns and Connor Hole added two more scores as Western Boone won the Class 2A state football championship for a second consecutive season with a 44-7 victory over Eastbrook Saturday at […]

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Zonta’s 16 Days of Activism Continues Through December 10

December 1, 2019 Comments Off

Zonta Says NO To Violence Against Women, it’s 16-day campaign began Monday, November 25 and runs through Tuesday, December 10. We will be running the campaign in three different sections (November 25-30, December 1-5 and […]

Dry Cleaning Pick-Up And Delivery Coming To Frankfort

November 28, 2019 Russ Kaspar Comments Off

Genda Funeral Home will become a pick-up and delivery point for Royal Dry Cleaners based in Lebanon. Royal Dry cleaners and Laundry Manager Neil Hollingsworth informed Kaspar Media that Genda Funeral Home will begin pick-up […]

State Championship Football Results

November 28, 2019 Comments Off

Sagamore Conference State Championship Western Boone (13-1) vs. Eastbrook (12-2), noon Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium Friday’s Semi-State Results Western Boone 35, Triton Central 13 Heritage Hills 33, Danville 17 Hoosier Conference State Championship Lafayette […]

Holiday Festival of Lights Begins Thanksgiving Night

November 26, 2019 Comments Off

The Holiday Festival of Lights is not just well known in the City of Frankfort and Clinton County. It’s known all over the State of Indiana and then some. “We hover around a million lights […]

Boone County Under High Wind Warning Wednesday

November 26, 2019 Comments Off

The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a High Wind Warning from 4 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday for portions of central, east central, north central and west central Indiana, including Boone County. Southwest […]

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Extra Troopers Will Be Patrolling Highways During Holiday

November 26, 2019 Comments Off

he Thanksgiving holiday period is traditionally one of the busiest travel periods of the year. Indiana State Police want to remind every motorist the importance of driving responsibly during this holiday period, which officially starts […]