GUS PEARCY
THE LEBANON REPORTER
Justin Sparks deals in data.
“The data doesn’t lie,” he says. “I collect as much data as I can so I can be responsible and prudent in making decisions for the office. I want to back up everything I say with data and science.”

The Boone County Coroner has many spreadsheets detailing non-natural deaths his office investigates.
“So in 2020, we did a total of 131 cases,” he said. “As of last night, I did 133.”
That’s compared to 97 cases in 2017.
To read the full story: Boone County Coroner Investigations Rise