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Henderson plans 4th of July celebration
Independence Bank and the Downtown Henderson Partnership are planning the 4th of July celebration for Henderson and the surrounding communities.
Blues lovers travel near and far for Handy Festival
She's in Kentucky visiting a friend who lives near Mammoth Cave. The friend has been raving about the Handy Festival, so they decided to travel to Audubon Mill Park in Henderson on Saturday to enjoy the music.
Arts Beat: Van Cliburn competition provides Evansville Philharmonic season's first featured soloist
Alfred Savia already knew the guest pianist for the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra 's season opener would come with sterling, international credentials.
Citizen Column: Henderson stations overcharging for gas
In my opinion, the price of gas in Henderson is greatly inflated. Facebook pages have been filled with complaints concerning this matter for the last several weeks.
Local Chamber defends alcohol proposal
Henderson Chamber of Commerce President Brad Schneider said Thursday that the business organization's proposal to revise city alcohol-related ordinances isn't intended to turn family-friendly festivals into open bars.
Donations being accepted for Oklahoma tornado victims
Local folks are being asked to pitch in with efforts to benefit the families of seven children who lost their lives when a tornado destroyed Plaza Towers Elementary in Moore, Okla.
Henderson police, Methodist Hospital holding citizen's academy
Weekly sessions will include an introduction to policing and HPD; training, fitness and healthy living; basic criminal law, emergency preparedness, patrol operations, criminal and drug investigations, crime scene investigations and home safety.
Yesterday's News: Deputy shot during 1902 union dispute on riverboat
A Henderson County deputy sheriff was shot in the crotch back in 1902 while attempting to keep the peace between union miners from Evansville and nonunion miners at Spottsville.
Weather forecast calls for heat index to hit 100 Wednesday
The W.C. Handy Blues and Barbecue Festival is known as a hot ticket in Henderson, but Wednesday will really be scorching according to the National Weather Service in Paducah.
State awards contract to repave U.S. 60-East
The state has awarded a contract for repaving U.S. 60-East in Henderson among other area road projects this summer.
Women's Honor Court kicks off with extremely notable group
Photo courtesy of Henderson County Public Library Schoolteacher Mary Towles Sasseen in 1887 first observed Mother's Day, beginning with her pupils at the old Center Street School at Center and Green streets, and obtained national observance in 1893.
Boyett: Deputy shot during union dispute on riverboat
A Henderson County deputy sheriff was shot in the crotch back in 1902 while attempting to keep the peace between union miners from Evansville and non-union miners at Spottsville.
June to bring sculpture, songs, stage events to Evansville, Tri-State
Mike Lawrence/The Gleaner Susan McVicar celebrates after being named the 2012 Ooh-Pee-Doo at Saturday's William Branaman Street Strut People's Parade that kicked off the 2012 W.C. Handy Blues and Barbecue Festival in Henderson.
UMWA continues fight in Patriot bankruptcy
More union members offered themselves up for arrest in another demonstration of civil disobedience in the union's fight with Patriot, Peabody, and Arch Coal UMWA President Cecil Roberts is loaded into a paddy wagon in Kentucky.
'I understand...': Revlett honored for work with disabled vets
Revlett is a disabled veterans outreach program specialist for the Green River area.
Promoting Contraband Investigation and Arrests in Clay County
On Saturday, June 01, 2013 at 9:43 a.m. the Kentucky State Police, Post 11 London, was notified by personnel at the Federal Correctional Institution in Manchester, KY of a vistor that had entered the complex with contraband.
Henderson police seeking robbery suspects
A juvenile male reported to police that he was robbed at gunpoint by three individuals while parked at Calvary Baptist Church at 2360 Green River Road at about 8 p.m. Saturday.
Crowd Expected at Protest of Coal Company Cuts
The United Mine Workers of America is planning a protest in western Kentucky over Patriot Coal Corp.'s move to end its contract and reduce wages and benefits for active union members.
Stinnett: One day brought multi-million-dollar good (and bad) news
For Henderson, you could call it a $30 million day. During an afternoon of announcements by Gov.
Henderson grand jury to hear charges against father accused of injuring infant
James Andrew Blackston, 24, of the 200 block of Shenandoah Place, was arrested on May 21 after his infant son was admitted to St.