Henderson News

Within a decade span in the late 1960s and '70s the Henderson City Commission passed five alcohol-related ordinances which, nearly a half-century ago, were apparently viewed as necessary, but in 2013 should be due for extinction because they are woefully outdated or were based on state laws that have long since been amended.

This year's free workshop will take place at 1 p.m. June 6. The planning organization for the W.C. Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival has announced the scheduled for the 24th-annual festival that opens June 8 in downtown Henderson.

As the sun set Friday, authorities were still looking for an escaped Henderson County Detention Center inmate who went missing from the jail that morning.

Henderson Community College, in partnership with Owensboro Community and Technical College, with funding provided by a grant from the National Science Foundation, will hold a Lego Summer Academy next month.

May is National Bike Month - a perfect time for our community Henderson, Ky., to recognize and celebrate all the benefits of bicycling.

The Family Foundation has filed response briefs with the Kentucky Supreme Court laying out its argument for allowing discovery in the instant racing case.

Photographs by JASON CLARK / COURIER & PRESS LPGA golfer Pernilla Lindberg hits a drive off the first tee for participants in the Deaconess Classic for Women's Health on Monday at Evansville Country Club.

United Way of Henderson County's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program was honored for its work earlier this month in Owensboro at the Green River Asset Building Coalition Volunteer Appreciation Banquet.

Darrin Phegley / The Gleaner Scott Davis accepts the award for Citizen of the Year at the annual Chamber awards Thursday night, May 9, 2013.

The Depot Community Room and the River Heritage Day Committee will host the third-annual River Heritage Day this Saturday on the downtown Henderson riverfront.

One of three design consultant firms affiliated with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet will work on the renovation of the old Cadiz Masonic Lodge.

Photographs by KEVIN SWANK / Courier & Press Sean McGruder deals with the mud as he moves another raised bed garden form in place at the East End Community Garden at 1016 Washington St.

Remember when Madonna, while filming "A League of Their Own" here in 1991, likened Evansville to Prague? Just goes to show how much she knows about the culture of the Czech Republic.

After 40 years away, the Henderson, Ky., native and lifelong member of the United Church of Christ has returned to take on the job as Associate Conference Minister for the Indiana/Kentucky Conference of the United Church of Christ.

Crushing a mammoth three-run homer into a tree beyond the left field fence, he set the tone for an offensive explosion that carried the Henderson County Colonels to a 16-5 victory in five innings.

For one of the few times since it opened in 1985, some motorists are going to have to act as though the Kentucky 425/South Bypass doesn't exist.

Mark Chumbler, who since 2005 has been executive director of St. Anthony's Hospice here, has been named executive director of Redbanks Skilled Nursing Center.

Kim Childers, owner and operator of Kaci Productions, of Owensboro, visited Harlan on Thursday to talk with local historians and visit places of interest she intends to film in June for her documentary entitled: "Harlan County-A Road To Change." The documentary will document Harlan County beginning in the 1900s with the history of coal and progress ... (more)

They will also be collecting nonperishable donations as part of the National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.

In late February and early March, Hugo Chavez - the bombastic socialist president of Venezuela - lay dying in a military hospital in the capital Caracas.