Owensboro News

The pop of what sounded like giant firecrackers quickly followed. "Do it again!" somebody yelled from the crowd at Elm and West First streets.

New Release : Kentucky Folk Artist and Local Musicians to Produce 'Big E' Tribute Song BMNN wrote: on Nov.

It will go south on Frederica Street to Parrish Avenue, then to Hickman Avenue near the traveling Vietnam Veterans Moving Wall.

The Kentucky Office of Vocational Rehabilitation has scheduled a series of visioning forums to get feedback on the services that the office provides to Kentuckians with disabilities.

Colonel Tony Marigny gets tripped up by Owensboro's Marcus Winstead as Brandon Townsend looks on as the Henderson County Colonels play long time rival Owensboro Red Devils at Rash Stadium Friday night.

Two people are behind bars charged with abusing a child. State Police say 23-year-old Amanda Greenfield, of Utica, and 22-year-old Andrew Greenfield, of Owensboro, were arrested on an indictment warrant issued by an Ohio County grand jury.

After 65 years in Owensboro, the General Electric Co. announced plans to close its local motors plant next year.

OWENSBORO, KY NEWS 25 learns General Electrics is planning on shutting down its plant in Owensboro, KY.

Kentucky Wesleyan College criminal justice students spend the day taking aim for a job.

Owensboro motorists will soon have more than one lane of traffic to watch out for, bicycle lanes on city streets.

Thanksgiving is a month away, but it's never too soon to count your blessings. While Henderson County has suffered some job losses in recent years, particularly in manufacturing, this remains among the most prosperous counties in the state, as some recently released Census Bureau data indicate.

The Executive Inn Rivermont, the Biggest and Best Hotel Owensboro, Ky Has Ever Known, Slated for Spectacular Implosion October 25, 2009 - -- Her glory days are long past.

A Kentucky hotel's demise will be captured on film for a television documentary.

OWENSBORO, Ky. - A western Kentucky woman has made it her mission to help U.S. military personnel send birthday, anniversary and get-well wishes back home while on duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Some members of the Owensboro City Commission are reviewing whether roads surrounding the proposed new Owensboro Medical Health System facility should be widened to handle the increased traffic.

A 34-year-old single mother was killed just before midnight Tuesday, when her car struck a deer and was then struck by two other vehicles.

Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear says he has formed a task force to study education in the Commonwealth.

The governor and first lady will spend three days this week hop-scotching the state for a series of press conferences and town hall meetings on education.

"That dang hospital is throwing money around like its name was Obama," Possum pouted as he sipped his Nehi at Axe's True Blue American Cafe and Barber Shoppe.

The Hon Co. , an office furniture manufacturer, plans to lay off 144 workers at its factory in Owensboro, Ky.