Deadline for 2024 Partnership of Women Preliminary Grant Questionnaires is May 31st for $15,000 Grant.
Partnership of Women, known as POW! (pronounced like WOW), has completed its annual membership fundraising drive, and is launching the 2024 grant cycle. This is the 14th year for Partnership of Women. One successful Henderson organization will be awarded a single grant of $15,000 and two runners up will be issued grant...
May 03, 2024
Gov. Beshear Provides Team Kentucky Update
FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 2, 2024) - Today, Gov. Andy Beshear provided updates on economic development; Small Business Week; the groundbreaking for a new recycling center in Paris; and Mental Health Awareness Month. He also named everyone involved in making the 150th Kentucky Derby possible as this week's Team Kentucky All-S...
May 02, 2024
Big Rivers Plans Rolling Roadblock on I-69
MADISONVILLE, Ky. (May 2, 2024) - Big Rivers Electric, a utility company located near the Henderson-Webster line, will be conducting an early morning rolling roadblock on Mothers Day, May 12, 2024 at the 133 mile marker along I-69 in Webster County. Work and roadblocks are expected to begin around 8 a.m. This temporary...
May 02, 2024
ALERT: Emergency Lane Closure on Audubon Parkway in Daviess County
MADISONVILLE, Ky. (May 2, 2024) - An emergency lane closure has been issued for the right lane of the westbound Audubon Parkway in Daviess County effective immediately in order to make needed repairs to concrete. Westbound traffic will be restricted to one lane at the Worthington Road overpass located at the 22.76 mile...
May 02, 2024
Colonels Graze Past Braves
By Ryan Davenport, WSON Sports Correspondent The Henderson County Colonels were on the road last night in Morganfield facing off against the Union County Braves in the final regular season 6th District game. In the bottom of the 1st inning, the Braves would score first on a ground out by junior right fielder Coltin Ca...
May 02, 2024
Deaconess Henderson, Midtown and Gateway Hospitals, Memorial Hospital receive "A" Safety Grade
TRI-STATE - Deaconess Midtown, Gateway and Henderson hospitals as well as Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper all earned an "A" Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog. Leapfrog assigns an "A," "B," "C," "D" or "F...
May 01, 2024
HCC graduation and pinning ceremonies to be held Friday
HENDERSON, Ky. - Henderson Community College has announced its upcoming celebrations of student success. All events will be held on Friday, May 3 at the Preston Arts Center on the HCC campus. HCC FAME Graduation Celebration - 11:30 a.m. Nursing Pinning Ceremony - 2 p.m. Medical Lab Technician Pinning Ceremony - 3:30 p...
May 01, 2024
Kentucky man on death row for killing 3 children and raping their mother has died
EDDYVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A western Kentucky man on death row for killing three children, raping their mother and setting their home ablaze has died, officials said Tuesday. Kevin Wayne Dunlap, 51, died Sunday after being transported to a hospital from the Kentucky Penitentiary in Eddyville, Kentucky Department of Correcti...
May 01, 2024
Henderson County High School Career and Technical Education Department Career Signing set for May 2nd
The Henderson County High School Career and Technical Education unit will host their CTE Banquet and Career Signing at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 2nd at the Lumber Yard Event Center. The Career Signing provides a platform for students to publicly declare their post-graduation plans, whether it be entering the workforce or...
May 01, 2024
South Alves Street house catches fire; family escapes the home
A South Alves Street home was engulfed in flames early Wednesday morning. At approximately 2:48 a.m. Wednesday, Henderson Fire Department said they were dispatched to a report of a porch on fire, with fire spreading inside a house located at 34 South Alves Street. Upon arrival, firefighters aggressively attacked the fi...
May 01, 2024