Gillham named Chamber of Commerce President
The Henderson Chamber of Commerce has announced that Clay Gillham is its new president. The announcement follows an extensive three-month search process to find the successor for Lyndsay Locasto, who left to take a job with the City of Evansville. "I'm honored to be entrusted with this role and thrilled to start t...
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Henderson Senior Farmers Market Voucher program vouchers may be picked up May 8th
Henderson Senior Farmers Market Voucher program is here again. Vouchers are available to any senior (60+ years old) and have income level of 185% of federal poverty level or lower. The Henderson County Cooperative Extension Service is the county facilitator for the Senior Farmers Market Voucher Program. Vouchers can be...
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Owensboro man killed in vehicle collision
CALHOUN, Ky. An Owensboro man was killed in a vehicle collision near Calhoun on Tuesday. Kentucky State Police Post 16 - Henderson received a call from McLean County Dispatch just after 2 p.m. Tuesday regarding a two-vehicle collision on Kentucky 81 at the intersection of Kentucky 140. This location is about five miles...
Apr 24, 2024
Colonels Tear up Trojans
By Ryan Davenport, WSON Sports Correspondent The Henderson County Colonels were on the road last night in Dixon facing off against the Webster County Trojans in the second 6th District game of the regular season at the Clarky Clark Complex. In the top of the 1st inning, the Colonels would be the first to score on back...
Apr 24, 2024
HCHS names new athletic director
Henderson County High School has announced Nathan Grace as the school's new athletic director. Grace has been an educator since 1999 and has served as a teacher, coach, associate athletic director, and guidance counselor. Grace is a 1993 graduate of Henderson County High School and 1999 graduate of Murray State Univers...
Apr 23, 2024
Gillham named Chamber of Commerce President
The Henderson Chamber of Commerce has announced that Clay Gillham is its new president. The announcement follows an extensive three-month search process to find the successor for Lyndsay Locasto, who left to take a job with the City of Evansville. "I'm honored to be entrusted with this role and thrilled to start t...
1h ago
Henderson Senior Farmers Market Voucher program vouchers may be picked up May 8th
Henderson Senior Farmers Market Voucher program is here again. Vouchers are available to any senior (60+ years old) and have income level of 185% of federal poverty level or lower. The Henderson County Cooperative Extension Service is the county facilitator for the Senior Farmers Market Voucher Program. Vouchers can be...
7h ago
Owensboro man killed in vehicle collision
CALHOUN, Ky. An Owensboro man was killed in a vehicle collision near Calhoun on Tuesday. Kentucky State Police Post 16 - Henderson received a call from McLean County Dispatch just after 2 p.m. Tuesday regarding a two-vehicle collision on Kentucky 81 at the intersection of Kentucky 140. This location is about five miles...
Apr 24, 2024
Colonels Tear up Trojans
By Ryan Davenport, WSON Sports Correspondent The Henderson County Colonels were on the road last night in Dixon facing off against the Webster County Trojans in the second 6th District game of the regular season at the Clarky Clark Complex. In the top of the 1st inning, the Colonels would be the first to score on back...
Apr 24, 2024
HCHS names new athletic director
Henderson County High School has announced Nathan Grace as the school's new athletic director. Grace has been an educator since 1999 and has served as a teacher, coach, associate athletic director, and guidance counselor. Grace is a 1993 graduate of Henderson County High School and 1999 graduate of Murray State Univers...
Apr 23, 2024
Man who attacked police after storming US Capitol with Confederate flag gets over 2 years in prison
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Kentucky man who stormed the U.S. Capitol while carrying a Confederate battle flag was sentenced on Monday to more than two years in prison for pepper spraying two police officers in the face, partially blinding them for hours during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot. Isreal Easterday was 19 years old when he ...
Apr 23, 2024
Kemp's Perfect Game Leads to Lady Colonels Win
By Ryan Davenport, WSON Sports Correspondent The Henderson County Lady Colonels were at home last night at North Field facing off against the Webster County Lady Trojans in the second 6th District game of the regular season. In the bottom of the 1st inning, the Lady Colonels would score on a 2 out RBI double by junior...
Apr 23, 2024
Gov. Beshear, Kentucky State Police Support Sexual Assault Victims Through Education, Public Awareness
FRANKFORT, Ky. (April 23, 2024) - For the first time, on April 24, the Kentucky State Police will participate in Denim Day in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Gov. Andy Beshear said it is unacceptable that, in Kentucky, nearly 1 in 2 women and 1 in 5 men have experienced sexual violence of some form, and he u...
Apr 23, 2024
Henderson County meetings
The regularly scheduled Henderson County Fiscal Court meeting on Tuesday, April 23 has been cancelled. A special-called meeting will be announced for later this week. The Henderson County Water District will have their monthly board meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 24th. Meetings are held at the Water District Office...
Apr 22, 2024
State releases annual county unemployment data for 2023
FRANKFORT, Ky. (April 22, 2024) - Annual unemployment rates increased in 80 Kentucky counties in 2023, decreased in 22 and stayed the same in 18 counties, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. The Green River District had the following unem...
Apr 22, 2024