Boone County’s historic drought is over, but consumers face a potential soaking from food prices.
Nearly 60 percent of Indiana, including Boone, had emerged from drought conditions, the U.S. Drought Monitor said Thursday morning in a weekly report based on information gathered the Tuesday before.
Moderate drou-ght continued to exist in only eight far northwestern Indiana counties, and in Posey and Vanderburgh counties in southwestern Indiana.
The week before, Boone was one of 16 counties, stretching from Illinois to Ohio that were all or substantially drought-free, the USDM said on Oct. 25. Just more than a quarter of the state was drought free, the USDM said.
Local News
November 2, 2012
Boone drought’s over; consumers face pain
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Parents learn more details of new LHS technology program
Parents of Lebanon High School students came filled with questions Wednesday evening to a parent meeting on the school’s new 1:1 technology initiative, which will place a new Macbook Air laptop computer in the hands of each student this fall.
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VIDEO: 12 taken to area hospitals after school bus rolls
Five elementary-aged special needs children and their caretakers escaped serious injury Thursday after the school bus that was carrying them drove into the median of I-65 and rolled before coming to a stop.
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Honoring the fallen
About 50 people attended the event.
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Co-creator of Thorntown gorilla prank recalls ruse
Dentists in Thorntown arrive and retire, but Asher Cones’ dental discipline remains unswayed.
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LPD investigates stabbing
Lebanon Police Det.-Capt. Maurice Hobson searches the front yard at 2110 Crimson Lane, Lebanon, where a man received what were described as “severe” stab wounds to the neck just before 1 p.m. Monday. Police said the man was taken to Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis.
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‘Stamp Out Hunger’ drive deemed a success
Dozens of volunteers gathered at Love in the Name of Christ (Love INC) and The Caring Center in Lebanon Saturday to sort, package and prepare for distribution 11 truckloads of food collected by Boone County mail carriers during the annual “Stamp Out Hunger” food drive.
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Local peace officer program is Wednesday
Three Boone County law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty will be among those honored Wednesday during local observance of National Peace Officer’s Memorial Day.
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DeLorean Display
Owners of the DeLorean DMC-12s meet for dinner at Arni’s each year.
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County council changes time of meeting
One of two evening meetings planned this year by the Boone County Council will begin at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
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Kiwanis hosts annual Fishing Derby May 18
More than 100 children are expected to crowd Lebanon’s Hot Pond on May 18 for Kiwanis’ annual Fishing Derby.
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Parents learn more details of new LHS technology program
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