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City of Henderson files mass foreclosures to recover back taxes, liens
HENDERSON, KY, September 8, 2023- For the fourth time in a little more than six years, the City of Henderson is pursuing a mass foreclosure action to recover back taxes and code enforcement liens. The...
Erin Sep 08, 2023
Colonels Look to Get Back in Win Column Against Blue Tornado
By Ryan Davenport, WSON Sports Correspondent The Henderson County Colonels suffered a loss against the Central Hardin Bruins, 36-35, on the road in Elizabethtown last Friday night.   This week th...
Greg Busby Sep 08, 2023
UPDATE: Henderson County Water District lifts boil water advisory for Smith Mills area
UPDATE: Henderson County Water District has lifted a boil water advisory for Burbank Road, Kentucky 136-West and Martin Martin Road as of 8:20 a.m. Monday. *** Henderson County Water District experien...
Erin Sep 07, 2023 Scott Akerman / CC
Legal sports betting opens to fanfare in Kentucky; governor makes the first wager
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear plunked down a $20 bet Thursday on two home-state college football teams - and against an arch-nemesis school - in a quick transaction signaling that ...
Erin Sep 07, 2023
Louisville officer critically hurt during a traffic stop when shots were fired from a nearby home
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A Louisville police officer conducting a traffic stop was critically injured early Thursday when shots were fired from a nearby home, the police chief said. The officer was cond...
Erin Sep 07, 2023
Road closure scheduled for Hatchett Mill Road beginning Friday
A portion of Hatchett Mill Road will be closed from Friday through October 20 for a bridge replacement project. Henderson County Engineer Nick Stallings said the bridge being replaced is located just ...
Erin Sep 07, 2023
Motorists should anticipate new entrance for Frederica Street on Thursday and Friday
MADISONVILLE, Ky. (Sept. 6, 2023)- A Kentucky Transportation Cabinet contractor plans to restrict the right most southbound lane of Frederica Street between Tamarack Road and Fairfax Drive in Owensbor...
Erin Sep 06, 2023
Infinite Hope, HCHS FBLA teaming up for National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month events
September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. The most recent data indicates that 49,500 American's died from suicide, most ever recorded. In honor of those lost to suicide, Infinite Hope ...
Erin Sep 06, 2023 Scottish Government / CC
Kentucky Democrat Beshear links GOP challenger to reality of abortion law in reelection campaign
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has pushed his opposition to Kentucky's abortion ban to the forefront of his reelection campaign by linking his Republican challenger to an extreme s...
Erin Sep 06, 2023
As sports betting spikes, help for problem gamblers expands in some states
When the NFL season kicks off this week, Kentucky residents and visitors - for the first time - will be able to legally place sports bets on something other than horse racing. When they do, some of th...
Erin Sep 05, 2023