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4 days ago | 
yahoo.com | Michele Ruxer
A crowd of people had already started to gather in downtown Owensboro for the city’s second annual BBQ & Barrels on Friday afternoon. The annual event is described as “the culmination of 45 years of a cultural tradition in Owensboro and Daviess County” on its website. BBQ & Barrels replaced the former Owensboro BBQ Festival last year.
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1 week ago | 
messenger-inquirer.com | Michele Ruxer
April’s flood waters have receded and river levels have returned to stable levels, but the Local State of Emergency for McLean County, issued by Judge-Executive Curtis Dame on Friday, April 4, will continue to remain in effect until the majority of the clean-up efforts around the county have completed. “I’m keeping the Local State of Emergency in place so that there’s no delay in getting the residents of the county help when needed,” Dame said.
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1 week ago | 
messenger-inquirer.com | Michele Ruxer
Real Estate Transfers• Frances Xavier McCarty and Juanita Faye McCarty to Paul Edward McCarty and Melanie G. McCarty, $5,000• Butterworth Enterprises LLC to Robert Neil Pillow and Crystal Gale Pillow, $6,000• Jason West to Brian Shocklee and Jennifer Shocklee, $30,000• 310 Atherton St. in Livermore, James Lee Green and Cyrilla Carroll Green to Kyle Anthony McElvain, $129,000• Andrew Morgan Crabtree and Georgia Abigail Crabtree to Marilyn C.
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1 week ago | 
messenger-inquirer.com | Michele Ruxer
• Mollie B. Stobaugh, 47, of Central City to Bobby Lynn Antle, 57, of Central City• Miranda Shae Embry, 41, of Lithia Springs, Georgia to Justin Todd Embry, 42, of Lithia Springs, Georgia
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1 week ago | 
messenger-inquirer.com | Michele Ruxer
McLean County officials are providing residents who have sustained damage due to the recent, historic, county-wide flooding a couple of ways to dispose of debris materials removed from homes during clean-up efforts. McLean County Judge-Executive Curtis Dame posted on Facebook last week that a “no-cost flood debris disposal site” will be available at the Ashbyburg Convenience Center located at 785 Onton Road in Slaughters.
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1 week ago | 
sports.yahoo.com | Michele Ruxer
Local competition cheerleaders Kennedy Thompson, a seventh-grader at College View Middle School (CVMS), and Reagan Aldrich, a fourth-grader at East View Elementary School, devote hours of their time after school to the world of competitive cheerleading. “School cheerleading seems to be really popular for middle school and high school girls in the Owensboro area,” said Kennedy’s mom, Jenifer Thompson.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Michele Ruxer
Heaven Fulkerson, 25, describes herself as someone “who can’t just sit down and sit still.”“My husband is always telling me to just come sit down and relax,” said the mom of two young children. “But that’s just not me.”So, when she found herself having to take medical leave, thanks to a broken bone, from her job as a certified nursing assistant at Owensboro Health, she figured that she would take up a hobby.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Michele Ruxer
Faculty, staff and students, along with their friends and family, showed up on Saturday morning at Owensboro Christian Church, despite the overcast weather, to honor the graduating class of 2025 from Kentucky Wesleyan College (KWC). This morning’s ceremony marked the 157th graduating class from the Owensboro higher education institution. “Congratulations! You’ve made it,” said KWC President Dr. James Cousins as the crowd settled down into their seats for Saturday’s ceremony.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Michele Ruxer
Even though McLean County and its residents are still picking up the pieces following this spring’s historic flooding, organizers are pushing forward with plans to host Sacramento’s annual Battle of Sacramento reenactment on May 16-18. “We have hopes that the battle will be even bigger than last year,” said organizer Trevor Jenkins.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Michele Ruxer
Michael Bristow, along with four other members of his immediate family, recently traveled to Atlanta, Georgia to film an episode of the syndicated television game show, Family Feud. “It was definitely a once-in-a-lifetime experience for all of us,” Bristow said. “And it was even more special because we got to do it together as a family.
