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Meet the candidates running for Boone County sheriff in Tuesday's special election
Ames Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe two candidates running for Boone County sheriff in a special election March 21 are both...
Boone County Sheriff's Office shifts operations for jail expansion
The Lebanon Reporter, Ind. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 9—The Boone County Sheriff's Office is digging in for the long haul as excavation begins at the site of what will be the new Boone County Justice Center in Lebanon. Some services, like ...
Boone County Prosecutor Dan Knight was a thorough but humble litigator, say colleagues
Columbia Daily Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoShock is the No. 1 reaction many community members have expressed after the sudden death of Boone...
Pastor Heather Boone, others ask Monroe County board to support Oaks Village Shelter
The Monroe News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA local pastor who has been fighting to keep a Monroe homeless shelter open appeared before the...
Lebanon mayor's threat to stop work on jail project brings Boone County Commissioners to the table
The Lebanon Reporter, Ind. via Yahoo News· 10 months agoJul. 19—Lebanon's mayor threatened to issue a stop-work order on the new Boone County Justice Center under construction on the city's south side. But he rescinded the threat July 13 after meeting ...
Illinois jail numbers were supposed to drop with the end of cash bail. Did they?
Rockford Register Star via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAdvocates for ending cash bail in Illinois are praising a 7.5% drop in the average number of people...
'On sacred ground': Black teen lynched in 1889 memorialized at Boone County Courthouse
Columbia Daily Tribune via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA note pinned to the body of African-American teenager George Bush as it dangled from the...
Demolition starts at the Boone County Jail
The Lebanon Reporter, Ind. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 6—Demolition began this week on the Boone County Jail façade in Lebanon. Crews are tearing up the parking lot in front of the building and will remove bricks from the main entrance, Boone ...
Jail death trial: Attorneys deliver opening statements in 2019 case
Mansfield News Journal via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA prosecutor said the case of a Richland County Jail inmate who died after being subdued by...
Remembering a Black Boone County teenager who was lynched at the old courthouse in 1889
Columbia Daily Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA ceremony conducted this week collected soil into jars to recognize the lynching death of Black...