Owensboro News

In 1826, attorney William Ridgely Griffith built his home on a dirt road nearly two miles southwest of Owensborough, a wilderness settlement of 200 people.

Owensboro, KY, is going to void out of state parking tickets if the tickets are validated by the local visitor's bureau.

An offer to buy Owensboro's Executive Inn Rivermont site is off the table. The contract was terminated Tuesday by real estate broker with Coldwell Banker.

A planning group from Texas is back in Owensboro. The Gateway Planning Group talked to city commissioners Tuesday night about downtown development.

A Kentucky man accused of abducting and raping an 11-year-old West Virginia girl has lost his bid to have his federal trial moved to another city.

In Ohio County, Kentucky a woman says she was shot through her kitchen window. Dispatchers got a call from Nicki Smeathers of Utica, who lives in the Buford area on Highway 231 North.

Excerpts from recent editorials from across Kentucky: Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer; June 28 We wish we could have said this three months ago, a year ago or even 10 years ago, but nevertheless, thank you ...

After six months without air service, Great Lakes Airlines will start flying into Owensboro this summer.

Out-of-town visitors will soon get absolution for parking violations in Owensboro.

People who bypass the produce section at the grocery store in favor of local farmers markets have found the pickings slim this summer.

Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky. Middle Jun. 21--A warehouse filled with scrap paper bales stacked 20 feet high caught fire Friday, creating difficult conditions for Daviess County firefighters.

You can find new plays, author signings, writers' workshops and screenwriters' talks at other events around the country, but where else can you find Firesign Theatre players presenting live radio theater as ...

Big bugs have landed around Owensboro, and more are coming. When an 11-foot praying mantis showed up on the corner of the Daviess County Library recently, it had heads turning.

NEWS 25 continues to follow the sale of Owensboro's Executive Inn. As we were digging deeper, we were sent this press release from Mary Huckill.

A western Kentucky newspaper says Owensboro's largest hotel has apparently been sold to a development group.

Randy Stroup, president and CEO of First Class Services, Lewisport, KY, was the winning custom truck builder in the 4th annual Stars and Stripes "Big Rig Build-Off" truck beauty contest at the Mid-America ...

The Green River Rapid Response Team, part of the Green River Area Development District's workforce development department, will present a program next week to help former employees of the Owensboro Executive ...

Despite bankruptcy filings by corporations that own two local retailers, Morehead will not see store closings.

This once-in-a-lifetime, winner-takes-all auction will reap the winning bidder 40 select custom prints from her book of the same title.

Owensboro's largest hotel has abruptly shut down, leaving many in the western Kentucky city to worry about the future.