Daviess County News Archives

Oct. 27--The committee working to select a developer of a downtown hotel for Owensboro has narrowed the search to three finalists, all of which seek to build a high-end, convention-style hotel in the range of 150 to 175 rooms.

Owensboro residents told the city what they'd like to see in the parks system. More than 500 Owensboro and Daviess County residents filled out the survey.

The Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer reports attorney Mike Lee entered the pleas in the separate cases against 31-year-old Allison Marie Brant, who has resigned from her job as principal of St.

Just two miles south of the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, the tugboat Nancy Allen needed to refuel.

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.

FRANKFORT, Ky. - Recently, Kenton County social worker Barbara Cowan found herself surrounded by angry neighbors after she went to a home to remove the children of a drug-impaired mother.

Madisonville, KY The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has started the fall litter pick-up and mowing along area parkways in Western Kentucky.

Kentucky lawmakers might consider dipping into local school districts' contingency funds to help balance the 2010-12 state budget, according to House Speaker Greg Stumbo.

An Owensboro man is behind bars in Daviess County, Kentucky on charges he sexually abused a child under the age of 12.

An Owensboro man has been arrested on sex abuse charges in Daviess County, following a July arrest in Ohio County.

A man wanted in a Tennessee shooting has been caught in Owensboro, KY. Chattanooga police said Steven James Ballou was arrested Wednesday following a hit-and-run crash and a short chase by Owensboro Police officers.

HENDERSON The Kentucky State Police in Henderson say they have received numerous complaints of a text message scam from the public in Ohio and Daviess County Kentucky.

On September 30, 2009 the Kentucky State Police was contacted by Daviess County Commonwealth's Attorney Bruce Kuegel.

Road crews in one western Kentucky county are continuing to clear debris 10 months after an ice storm devastated Kentucky in January.

Roughly 150 people attended a public hearing concerning Cash Creek Generation LLC's application for an air quality permit on Friday evening.

Allison Brant Allison Brant, 32, resigned last week as principal of Saint Mary of the Woods School in Whitesville, Ky., a community of just over 600 people east of Owensboro in Daviess County.

The former principal of a Roman Catholic elementary school in western Kentucky was arrested Wednesday and charged with rape and sodomy involving a 15-year-old boy and also faces charges of giving alcohol to several other teens.

A Daviess County Catholic School principal has resigned, after police launch an investigation into allegations made against them.

Governor Steve Beshear today announced the following judicial appointments to serve until the general election on Nov.

The Judicial Nominating Commission, led by Chief Justice of Kentucky John D. Minton Jr., today announced nominees to fill the vacant District Court judgeship in the 6th Judicial District, Division 3, which serves Daviess County.

Grief Counselors will be on hand tomorrow in Daviess County, after a teen was killed in a weekend crash.

The Daviess County Sheriff Department is looking for Haley Willett, a 13-year-old Caucasian female with blonde hair and blue eyes.

Authorities in Daviess County, KY say they have arrested two armed men suspected of breaking into two convenience stores overnight.