Evansville's re-entry into convention market still uncertain; Owensboro a...
Photographs by ERIN MCCRACKEN / COURIER & PRESS The convention center and Hampton Inn, shown to the right are the latest projects being completed in the Owensboro, Ky.
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University of Evansville Music Events: University Band and Jazz Ensemble II, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Eykamp Hall, Ridgway University Center; Gumberts Award Competition, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wheeler Concert Hall.
View ArticleYesterday's News: Blackwell oil strike created frenzy in 1938
In the spring of 1938 an outmoded solitary drill banged away in a marshy grove owned by Chap Blackwell about 18 miles east of Henderson.
View ArticleSpecial Olympics spring games to be held in Owensboro Saturday
More than 150 local athletes are expected to compete in the Special Olympics Kentucky Area 2 Spring Games this Saturday at Apollo High School in Owensboro.
View ArticleCols' Cooper wins three events
Henderson County's Cain Cooper won three events in a track meet with Daviess County and Owensboro on Tuesday night at Colonel Stadium.
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Jason Aldean "2013 Night Train Tour": with Jake Owen and Thomas Rhett, 7:30 p.m. at the Ford Center , 1 SE MLK Blvd.
View ArticleYesterday's News: Local Prohibition effort failed in 1913
A century ago lawyers were slugging it out in the courthouse to determine whether voters would get to say whether Henderson County was going to institute Prohibition in 1913.
View ArticleAppeals court upholds 55-year sentence for Shelby in death of stepdaughter
1, 2009, stabbing death of his 15-year-old stepdaughter Alexis Oesterle at their Rockport, Ind., home.
View ArticleLane shift starting on Audubon Parkway
A contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet plans a traffic shift for westbound traffic on the Audubon Parkway in Daviess County starting Friday morning, May 3. Westbound traffic entering the...
View ArticleHCHS boys, girls look to double up at tennis regional tournament
As regional play is scheduled to begin Monday with early-round matches in the girls tournament, Henderson County has the top-seeded doubles teams in the boys and girls tournaments.
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Evansville needs hotel to revive days of 'convention city'
Straight up, no question, Evansville urgently needs the much talked about Downtown convention hotel.
View ArticleCommunity Comment: Evansville has so much potential, but work needed to...
We recently dined in downtown Owensboro, Ky., where that city's riverfront renaissance - a dazzling new park coupled with hotel, convention center and retail and housing projects - has that city's...
View ArticleTwenty years later, project continues to bloom, blossom
Donna B. Stinnett/The Gleaner A water feature at the Western Kentucky Botanical Garden in Owensboro contains a school of colorful koi and goldfish.$RETURN$$RETURN$ With every growing season, "The...
View ArticleBeware the bill of goods
Belcher of Pleasant Ridge, Ky., left, and Arnold Helms of Fordsville swap stories from their oil drilling days.$RETURN$$RETURN$ "Everything sells as-is and where-is," auctioneer Jim Knott said as he...
View ArticleHIGHWAYS: Regulars swap tales, seek deals at auction
Bicycles, computers, police cruisers, school buses and even drug vehicles were about to be sold.
View ArticleLocal AIDS candlelight service set for May 19
Mary Catholic Church. 613 Cherry St. The local group will be among thousands of others in more than 100 countries having similar observances.
View ArticleCols get 4 state qualifiers
Mike Lawrence/The Gleaner Henderson County Colonel Cain Cooper makes a vault in the boys pole vault competition at Friday evening's First Region AAA Track Meet in Greenville.
View ArticleHenderson collects five individual regional crowns in Class 3-A meet
When the meet resumed at 10 p.m. at Muhlenberg County High School, heavy rain began to fall and continued throughout the meet which ended just before midnight.
View ArticleLocal tax assistance program filed 475 returns this year
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...
View ArticleObituaries for Tuesday, May 14, 2013
He was born May 12, 1932, in Daviess Co. to the late Raymond Chester and Frances Richards Murphy.
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