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A Louisville pilot program that diverts some 911 emergency calls to mental health professionals is expanding to a citywide service. The city's Crisis Call Diversion Program was launched a year ago in a single police division, but later expanded to......

With the Buffalo Lake dredging now complete and the lake refilled, officials met Monday to discuss next steps in a project that will connect two tourism areas of the city....

Elizabethtown Independent Schools officials are seeking to add another position to its ranks....

Ground-mounted solar operations could be off the menu for a year if a proposed resolution ultimately passes....

Students at West Hardin Middle School briefly experienced what it might be like to live with money, but also expenses....

Cleanups and repairs are well underway after a train derailed Thursday in Glendale....

Mayors from each city in Hardin County gathered Tuesday to update the Radcliff Small Business Alliance on their areas of the county....

Tuesday was World Down Syndrome Day, a day first observed in 2006 to raise awareness of and support for the chromosomal condition found in one in every 700 babies born each year....

Residents in McCracken County and across the area have a new resource they can use to find resources from food pantries and shelters to legal and medical help....

The superintendent search screening committee for the McCracken County School District is set and the general schedule is in place to find the successor to Supt. Steve Carter....

Senate Bill 47, which is heading to the House after passing 26-11 in the Senate on March 16, would allow for the sale and purchase of medical marijuana in Kentucky for patients over 21 years old whose medical care team......

At its meeting Tuesday, the Owensboro City Commission took the following actions:...

The calendar turns to the first day of spring one week after the clocks turned to Daylight Saving Time. The vernal equinox I love, the time change I firmly do not. I think I still suffer from its effects, although......

Last year, Doug Shelden of Grand Rapids, Michigan, brought his "Fear Expo Live" — a trade show for the folks who operate haunted house attractions — to the Owensboro Convention Center....

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The Green River Area Down Syndrome Association (GRADSA) celebrated World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD) on Tuesday, an awareness day that has been observed officially by the United Nations since 2012....

Owensboro city commissioners unanimously rejected a proposed change in the city's smoking ordinance Tuesday night, nixing plans to allow smoking at the proposed Churchill Downs-owned gaming facility at Towne Square Mall....

Owensboro Health, in partnership with the Kentucky Cancer Program, will welcome the return of the Incredible Colon exhibit — a 20-foot inflatable colon replica — from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 29 at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital....

The Daviess County Public Schools board is reducing its bus fleet after eliminating multiple routes this school year....

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The Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park will remember Abraham Lincoln with an evening event to honor the late president on the anniversary of his assassination....

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The Knob Creek Tavern Visitor Center will be open to welcome visitors this spring at the Kentucky Boyhood Home Unit, part of the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park....

LOUISVILLE — An Elizabethtown woman pleaded guilty in federal court to wire fraud....

Drop expanded their series of Lord of the Ring keycaps to include Black Speech recently, and were kind enough to send one over. Their Dwarven keyboard with Khuzdul lettering got a......

Fourth Friday Luncheon upcoming...

I look forward to Sapphire cards with every new Radeon launch, as we generally get a cooler, quieter version of the latest and greatest AMD GPU compared to the reference card. We......

It doesn't take long to realize something exciting has happened at Scott Intermediate School — just walk through the front door....

A new technology that allows for earlier detection and treatment of lung cancer will be available to patients at Baptist Health Hardin in the near future....

Local bike enthusiasts gathered this weekend to discuss the future of biking in the area....

Mr. Brown's Who Dat Wingz & Po-Boy in Radcliff reopened Monday for food service....

DEAR ABBY: I'm a medical student. I don't have kids or a family of my own yet, but I'd like it to happen one day. When I have kids of my own, I intend to push them to be the......

BENTON — Former 42nd Judicial Circuit Judge Jamie Jameson agreed Monday to the dismissal of his election challenge against current Circuit Judge Andrea Moore....

Atlanta-based rock group Blackberry Smoke will be performing at the Beaver Dam Amphitheater at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 27....

Students in Apollo High School's Jobs for America's Graduates (JAG) program partnered with local real estate agents to raise money for Habitat for Humanity Owensboro-Daviess County's building fund....

Nathaniel Skinner found his career path thanks, in part, to the Baptist Health Paducah Medical Explorers program. A talk with a doctor on biomedical engineering clicked with a childhood affinity for Legos....

It was necessary to use force to persuade W. H. Hunter to leave the county jail. The man's time expired yesterday. He was sentenced for violation of the prohibition law. When Jailer Taylor unlocked the door to the cells Hunter......

Kentucky State Police will host its fourth annual "Cover the Cruiser" campaign to help raise funds for Special Olympics Kentucky (SOKY)....

An Apache group battling a foreign firm that wants to build one of the largest U.S. copper mines on what tribal members say is sacred land is getting a new chance to make its point to a full federal appeals......

Wisconsin voters have a chance to cast ballots in person starting Tuesday in the state's high stakes Supreme Court race, the same day the two candidates were meeting for their first and only debate two weeks before election day. Both......

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An Owensboro man has been charged with attempting to strike law enforcement officers with his vehicle Sunday night, while attempting to flee arrest during an incident on West Parrish Avenue....

The International Monetary Fund says its executive board has approved a nearly $3 billion bailout program for bankrupt Sri Lanka. About $333 million will be disbursed immediately, and the approval will open up support from other institutions. Sri Lanka la...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol says his government will take steps to restore Japan's preferential trade status. Yoon said leaving ties with Japan as fraught as they are would be a neglect of his presidential duty. He said greater......

Parliament has adopted a divisive pension bill raising the retirement age in France from 62 to 64, after lawmakers in the lower chamber rejected two no-confidence votes against the government. But the bill pushed through last week by President Emmanuel......

Wyoming has pushed to the front of efforts to prohibit the most common type of abortion with the nation's first explicit ban on abortion pills. In many states women can now get abortion pills prescribed online and delivered to be......

David Taylor and partner Boesche-Taylor's goat farm uses a sustainable and environment friendly model to produce cheese, milk and meat....

A New York grand jury investigating Donald Trump appeared to be hearing from final witnesses as law enforcement officials accelerated security preparations Monday in advance of a possible indictment and as fellow Republicans staked out positions in a crim...