Maria Flora

4 days ago | reporter.net | Maria Flora

Lebanon Mayor Matthew Gentry has backed off of a plan to close an alley to traffic after public outcry over Big Brother-type authority vs. small business rights. Four alleys lead away from the Boone County Courthouse square, one in each direction. Three are not thruways for traffic but blocked at the point they would enter the square. kAmp AC@A@D2= E@ 4=@D6 E96 2==6J 36EH66? $2>D@? w:DE@C:42= E@ E96 ?@CE9 2?5 E96 {632?@?

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Maria Flora

Motorists may struggle with highway closures throughout Boone County for the foreseeable future. Ind. 32 is closed west of Shannondale in Montgomery County for bridge repair. The closure is causing traffic headaches at the intersection of Ind. 32 and Ind. 75 at Dover. That’s the intersection Western Boone Schools students and their families use to access the high school.

1 week ago | reporter.net | Maria Flora

Motorists may struggle with highway closures throughout Boone County for the foreseeable future. Ind. 32 is closed west of Shannondale in Montgomery County for bridge repair. The closure is causing traffic headaches at the intersection of Ind. 32 and Ind. 75 at Dover. That’s the intersection Western Boone Schools students and their families use to access the high school. kAm%C277:4 :D 2=C625J 962GJ E96C6[ 3FE D6>: 5C:G6CD 92G6 366? :8?@C:?8 56E@FC D:8?D 2?5 E96? ECJ:?8 E@ 324< E96:C C:8D FA :?

1 week ago | reporter.net | Maria Flora

Boone County Commissioner Don Lawson sounded the alarm Monday on a lack of funding for a $50,000 information technology contract. And he asked Commissioners Scott Pell and Tim Beyer to cancel the contract with Exos, but they did not. kAm%96 4@F?EJ DF776C65 2 52E2 =@DD :? 2FEF>? 2?5 2? :?DFC6C 2D<65 @77:4:2=D E@ 9:C6 2? @FED:56 4@>A2?J E@ AC@G:56 2 4J36CD64FC:EJ 6G2=F2E:@?]k^Am kAmr@>>:DD:@?6CD 42==65 7@C 3:5D[ 2?5 EH@ 4@>A2?:6D C6DA@?565] tI@D’ 3:5 :?4=F565 E96 4J36CD64FC:EJ 6G2=F2E:@?

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Maria Flora

Boone County Commissioners have honored a beloved former sheriff by naming the county’s new justice center after him. The new, $59 million justice complex will be called the Ern K. Hudson Justice Center. Hudson hired Sheriff Tony Harris, who requested the name change from the Boone County Justice Center. “I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for Sheriff Hudson,” Harris told commissioners. “He is a legend,” Commissioners President Scott Pell said.