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Craft vendors will soon descend on Audubon State Park
The annual Henderson Lions Arts and Crafts Festival is approaching quickly. The festival that has been around for decades and is considered one of that largest arts and crafts festivals in the area wi...
Erin Sep 17, 2024
Henderson County Water District schedules water service outage in Zion Thursday
Henderson County Water District is scheduling a water service outage in Zion Thursday to perform a needed water main repair. The area affected will be from 7783 Kentucky 351 to 8167 Kentucky 351 inclu...
Erin Sep 17, 2024
UPDATE: Boil water advisory lifted for Baskett Community
UPDATE: Henderson County Water District has lifted a boil water advisory for the Baskett community. **** Henderson County Water District has issued a boil water advisory for the Baskett community Hend...
Erin Sep 16, 2024 Scott Akerman / CC
Blue Tornado Tear Through Colonels
By Ryan Davenport, WSON Sports Correspondent The Henderson County Colonels faced off against the Paducah Tilghman Blue Tornado on the road Friday night in Paducah. The Colonels would suffer their 2nd ...
Ryan Davenport Sep 15, 2024
City of Morganfield Named Community of the Year; Regional Excellence Award Winners Recognized
The Green River Area Development District presented four awards at its recent annual meeting, including naming the City of Morganfield as the Community of the Year. Established in 2008, the GRADD Comm...
Erin Sep 13, 2024
HCC hosting Kentucky Adult Education Open House Tuesday
HENDERSON, Ky. - The public is invited to attend the Kentucky Adult Education Open House from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17th. The event will be held on the second floor of the Sullivan Technolo...
Erin Sep 13, 2024
Powell and Letcher Intersection closed until further notice
The intersection of Powell Street and Letcher Street has been closed until further notice due to the partial collapse of a structure. City of Henderson officials said that the closure will remain in e...
Erin Sep 12, 2024
Traffic backed up due to downed power lines on U.S. 60 Thursday morning
A tractor hit a utility pole in the 9400 block of U.S. 60 on Thursday morning. Henderson Dispatch said that a tractor hit a pole at 10:06 a.m. Thursday. There were downed lines in the area. Traffic ha...
Erin Sep 12, 2024
Henderson City Commission unanimously approves lowering property tax rates
The City of Henderson Board of Commissioners has unanimously approved lowering tax rates. The Board of Commissioners unanimously voted to reduce the current real property and personal property tax rat...
Erin Sep 11, 2024
HPD investigating threat made on social media about schools
Henderson Police Department is investigating a threat made via a Snapchat social media post. Henderson County Schools issued the following statement via OneCall and its social medial pages: "This mess...
Erin Sep 11, 2024