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Atendees to the Memorial Day event in Central Park wait for the order of events to start Monday morning.

Fire investigators in Lexington say they have detained a resident at a group home for men after a fire was set inside a cottage at the facility.

In this Saturday, May 26, 2012, photo, Cathy Mullins, who's son U.S. Army Spc. Brandon Scott Mullins was killed in Afghanistan, sings "God Bless America" following a keynote speech by her husband, Tommy Mullins, right, during a Service of Remembrance at Owensboro Memorial Gardens in Owensboro, Ky.

In this Saturday, May 26, 2012, photo, Georgia McCrady, 11, left, and Will McCrady, 14, keep a United States flag from touching the ground as their father, Owensboro Fire Department Battalion Chief David McCrady, raises the ladder before the start of a Service of Remembrance at Owensboro Memorial Gardens in Owensboro, Ky.

Road Race Factory's Hayden Gillim sped from the pole position to a dominant first victory of the year in the Supersport West race at Miller Motorsports Park.

May 27, 2012 -- Out of the 1.5 million students who take the PSAT, the 50,000 students with the highest scores are chosen to be recognized in the National Merit Scholarship program.

Petty Officer Jamie Pearson of Owensboro, Kentucky, and Brandon Wilson, also a machinist mate, study maps and other information on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in the crews mess on the submarine Mississippi on Friday, May 25.

Firefighters fight a fire at vacant house along West Second Street near Plum Street in Owensboro, Ky.

On Monday, May 21, 2012, Kentucky State Police Detective Zach Jones charged 19 year-old Cody Carter of Owensboro with fifty counts of Possession of Matter Portraying Sex Performance by a Minor .

Incumbent John A. Arnold Jr. of Sturgis defeated Jim Murphy of Owensboro to retain the 7th House District seat, while incumbent Jim Gooch Jr.

In this Friday, Aug. 14, 1936 file picture, a large crowd watches as attendants adjust a black hood over Rainey Bethea's head just before his public hanging in Owensboro, Ky.

The last of several defendants accused in a drug pipeline extending from Atlanta to Henderson pleaded guilty to federal charges.

DENNY SIMMONS / Courier Press ds51512hbsalvage31 "As big as I am, I'm still not tall enough to get to some of this stuff without a ladder," Clyde Grider said as he used a stepladder to gain access to the engine compartment on a Ford F-350 Tuesday afternoon.

The Henderson County Sheriff's Office said the accident occurred around 1 p.m. when Emmett Spicer Jr., age unavailable, was traveling west on Kentucky 136.

A zero-minute commute and the ability to work in your pajamas are just a few of the perks of working from home.

First Security Bank of Owensboro, Ky., which operates a branch in Evansville, expects to grow substantially with the purchase of four offices in Louisville, Ky.

Community Bankers React to Chase's Trading Loss CEOs at smaller banks have mixed views about the shocking $2 billion trading loss at JPMorgan Chase.

Henderson County may be playing a crucial role this year in the state House of Representatives seat traditionally been held by a Union County resident.

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The Evansville Convention & Visitors Bureau has taken its knocks, unfairly at times, over the idea of using innkeepers tax revenues to build tourism-related sports facilities.