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Boone County Prosecutor Kent Eastwood shared his thoughts on the justice center and explained how it would benefit his office as well as all related county governmental departments. The prosecutor’s office currently houses 30 members of Eastwood’s staff, and they are officially out of space. Additionally, the prosecutors’ caseloads have …

As Boone County Coroner Justin Sparks explained, the role and duties of a coroner consist of a great deal more than writing death certificates—the coroner is responsible for many services that impact the entire county. And now that the [county] population is on an upward trajectory, Sparks is sharing what …

As part of a series of articles that will be focused on Boone County leadership’s intent to build a justice center onto the existing county jail, this article will first focus on the need for the justice center with input provided by key stakeholders as the expansion relates to their …

At the time of publishing this article, Boone County had been recently upgraded back to “orange” status regarding positive COVID-19 cases. The county color code advisory map is based on the seven-day average of positive cases and rate of cases per 100,000. Please note that test positivity is calculated by …