Boone Beat is a hyper-local news site for Boone County, Indiana — Lebanon, Zionsville, Whitestown, Thorntown, Jamestown, Advance, Ulen, and the rural townships in between.
What we cover
- Government — county council and commissioners, city and town councils, planning commissions, school boards, public meetings, ordinances, and elections.
- Schools — Lebanon Community Schools, Zionsville Community Schools, Western Boone, and the families and students they serve.
- Business — local economy, openings and closings, chambers of commerce, the Boone County Economic Development Corporation, and major investments like Meta’s data center and NewCold’s Lebanon expansion.
- Events — fairs, festivals, library and parks programs, the Boone County 4-H Fair, and the everyday community calendar.
- High School Sports — schedules and scores for Lebanon Tigers, Zionsville Eagles, and Western Boone Stars.
- Obituaries — death notices and remembrances of Boone County residents, with links to the funeral homes that have been entrusted with their care.
How Boone Beat works
We monitor public sources continuously: city and county press releases, school-board agendas, sheriff’s media releases, town meeting calendars, funeral-home obituary listings, and high-school athletic schedules. When something is published, we summarize it in plain English, attribute it clearly, and link back to the original.
A few principles we hold ourselves to:
- Always link to the source. Every story carries a link back to the press release, agenda, or document it summarizes. If you want the unedited original, it’s one click away.
- No paywall. Boone County deserves civic information that isn’t gated.
- Fix what we get wrong. When a source corrects something, we mark the post with an Update note and the date. Full corrections policy.
- No comments. We don’t run an open comment section. Tips, corrections, and feedback come in by the contact form below.
For more detail on what’s automated, what we attribute, and what we won’t take money for, see our editorial standards.
Get in touch
Got a news tip? See something we should cover? Notice an error in a story?
Use the contact form. We read every note.
We’re especially interested in:
- Council, school-board, and planning-commission decisions that aren’t getting attention
- Local business openings and closings
- Community events and fundraisers
- Obituary notes and remembrances we can include
- Photos from local games and events
Coverage area
Boone County, Indiana — including the towns and townships of:
Lebanon · Zionsville · Whitestown · Thorntown · Jamestown · Advance · Ulen · Center Township · Clinton Township · Eagle Township · Harrison Township · Jackson Township · Jefferson Township · Marion Township · Perry Township · Sugar Creek Township · Union Township · Washington Township · Worth Township