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A search is underway for a boy who appears to have walked away from his Springbrook neighborhood home about 2 a.m. Wednesday.

What we know about 3-year-old Abdul Agboola, who walked away from his Madison County home Jen Guadarrama and Lawrence Andrea, Indianapolis Star © Madison County Sheriffs Office / contributed Abdul Agboola Update: The missing 3-year-old boy has been found safe and alert, the Madison County Sheriffs Office confirmed on social media at 11:45 a.m. He was found curled up in a ditch across from the entrance to his subdivision, officials said. “It appears he is healthy,” the cou...

Here are the latest updates into the disappearance of 3-year-old Abdul Agboola, who went missing early Wednesday.

Anyone with information on the child asked to contact the Madison County Sheriff's Office at 765-642-0221.

Christopher M. Smith  ANDERSON — An Anderson man, accused of stabbing a man in a Lapel bar, turned himself into authorities overnight, according to Madison County Sheriff Scott Mellinger. Christopher Michael Smith, 34, is charged with Level 2 felony robbery resulting in serious bodily injury and Level 3 felony aggravated battery. A warrant was issued for Smith’s arrest on April 15. According to authorities, Smith and Matthew Pope, 46, also of Anderson, are accused of stabbing Steven Hender...

Scott Mellinger The Madison County Detention Center in Anderson was built in 1984 with a capacity of 207. Don Knight, file | The Herald Bulletin ANDERSON — Almost 50% of the inmates at the Madison County Jail are either in isolation or quarantine because of the coronavirus pandemic. Of the 249 inmates at the jail Tuesday, 51 were in isolation and 73 in quarantine for 14 days, according to Sheriff Scott Mellinger. “We are at a very critical stage in terms ...

Apr. 16—ANDERSON — Because of a decline in diversion money received by the county prosecutor's office, the Madison County Council has agreed to cover the shortfall. The Council on Tuesday approved $59,196 from the county's general fund to cover the budgeted salaries for 17 positions in the prosecutor's office. "The money for the salaries was coming from the diversion program funds," Prosecutor ...

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Feb. 16—ANDERSON — Madison County Highway Department crews are having a tough time keeping the county roads open Monday night. "We're not making any headway," Scott Harless, superintendent of the Highway Department, said Monday evening. "The wind is blowing the roads shut within 30 minutes of plowing them." The wind blowing from the northeast is causing the east/west roads to drift, he said, ...

Madison County Highway Department crews are having a tough time keeping the county roads open Monday night. Elwood mayor declares weather emergency.