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Dust Bowl distancing itself from politics
The Owensboro Dust Bowl basketball tournament board doesn’t see hoops and politics being a good combination for a community event. The Daviess County Republicans had planned to set up an informational booth Wednesday night at the tournament in Kendall-Perkins Park, but were informed that morning that they would not be allowed to set up. “We’re not trying to politicize the Dust Bowl,” said Rafe ...
Chandler finding his way back to basketball at UK
Collin Chandler was a shooting guard with a lot of promise from the class of 2022. He was being recruited heavily by BYU, with Mark Pope the head coach there. Chandler would be going on a 2-year mission trip and returning to play at BYU. As they say, plans can change in an instant, or a few days. Pope took over as the Kentucky basketball coach at his alma mater, where he was a part of the 1996 ...
GRADD accepting award nominations
The Green River Area Development District is accepting nominations for the 2024 Community of the Year and Regional Excellence Awards until Aug. 16. The GRADD Community of the Year Award honors a city or county that has initiated significant efforts to improve the quality of life for its residents The Regional Excellence Awards include: the Charles Reid Regional Citizenship Award, which is ...
DCPS adds weather stations to schools
Daviess County Public Schools officials have added a new weather system to three of their schools, with the goal of adapting school events, such as sporting events and practices, to temperature and weather conditions. The district recently installed Perry Weather System stations at Daviess County High School, Apollo High School and Daviess County Middle School. Those weather stations will also ...
Man who sold fentanyl laced cocaine sentenced to prison
An Owensboro man who was charged with selling cocaine laced with fentanyl, which led to five overdoses, was sentenced to six years in prison earlier this week in Daviess Circuit Court. Jonathan Storm Martinez, 25, of the 100 block of Lakewood Drive, was charged earlier this month in connection with the April 8 incident, where five people were either transported by ambulance or driven ...
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