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Police: Gas station employee set himself ablaze

Police: Gas station employee set himself ablaze

The man injured in a recent gas station fire in Lebanon set the fire intentionally in an apparent suicide att…

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Killer dogs return home after dismembering woman

Killer dogs return home after dismembering woman

All five dogs implicated in the death and partial dismemberment of an elderly Lebanon woman have been release…

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Man charged in two drug overdoses

Man charged in two drug overdoses

An Indianapolis man accused of mixing a batch of heroin that killed two Boone County men has been charged in …

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Why fentanyl matters

Why fentanyl matters

Fentanyl is a legal synthetic opioid that is 50-100 times more potent than morphine and used by medical profe…

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LFD and CTFD meet: Mayor says ball is in their court

LFD and CTFD meet: Mayor says ball is in their court

Center Township Fire and Lebanon Fire Department officials met to discuss unification of the two Friday morni…

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Police: Victims died of gunshot wounds

Police: Victims died of gunshot wounds

Autopsies determined that the victims in a triple homicide each died as the result of a single gunshot wound,…

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Report: Ern K. Hudson Justice Center cost more than expected but came in on budget

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By Maria Flora Verified
| The Lebanon Reporter Verified
Construction of the Ern K. Hudson Justice Center came in on budget at $59 million, according to a recent report. It cost another $8.6 million for infrastructure, furniture, equipment, upgrades and related costs to make the building functional. Extra expenses were anticipated in the original plan and do not represent overages, Boone County Council President Jennifer Hostetter and Commissioner Don Lawson said this week. kAm{2HD@? :D E96 @?=J 4@>>:DD:@?6C @7 E9C66 H9@ H2D :? @77:46 H96? E96 ;2:= 6IA2?D:@?
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Highway closures challenge Western Boone County

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By Maria Flora Verified
| Pharos-Tribune Verified
The state this month is closing two main thoroughfares that connect the Western half of Boone County to Lebanon and Indianapolis. Both will remain closed through November while crews improve them to accommodate increasing traffic expected as a result of unprecedented commercial growth. Ind. 32 to close Ind. 32 at County Road 200 W. in Lebanon will close Aug. 3, for installation of a roundabout, the Indiana Department of Transportation announced.
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Highway closures challenge Western Boone County Original

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By Maria Flora Verified
| The Lebanon Reporter Verified
The state this month is closing two main thoroughfares that connect the Western half of Boone County to Lebanon and Indianapolis. Both will remain closed through November while crews improve them to accommodate increasing traffic expected as a result of unprecedented commercial growth. kAmkDEC@?8mx?5] ba E@ 4=@D6k^DEC@?8mk^Am kAmx?5] ba 2E r@F?EJ #@25 a__ (] :? {632?@? H:== 4=@D6 pF8] b[ 7@C :?DE2==2E:@? @7 2 C@F?523@FE[ E96 x?5:2?2 s6A2CE>6?E @7 %C2?DA@CE2E:@?
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I wrote briefs for my college newspaper. Then I went straight into the cops, courts and government beat at my hometown newspaper.

How is social media changing news?

Social media isn't news. But people think it is, and that's making society dumber and more vulnerable.

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

My social skills, digital SLR camera, iPhone camera and recorder, reporter notebooks, Sharpie 1 mm rollerball gel ink pens, Word for Windows,