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A new local coffee shop, juice shop and cafe is set to open at the beginning of the new year on Highway 54.

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Despite the wintry mix on Friday, volunteers banded together to unload items at My Sister’s Keeper, 2820 W. 4th Street, as the shelter moves closer to opening its doors.

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Last summer, Daviess County commissioners approved rate increases for the county landfill and transfer station, something which hadn’t been done in a decade.

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Owensboro and Daviess County had their share of big stories in 2023.

But the year’s biggest story, according to the Messenger-Inquirer staff, involved unexpected turmoil involving former Owensboro Public Schools Superintendent Matthew Constant.

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The Owensboro Catholic High School football team’s undefeated regular season and riveting run to the KHSAA Class 2-A state championship game proved to be the most captivating performance among Messenger-Inquirer area sports stories in 2023.

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Just before noon Saturday, dance music played across the Owensboro Museum of Science and History, as children and parents packed into the large ground floor area for the museum’s annual “Noon Year’s Eve.”

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Owensboro Catholic put together two good nights of boys’ basketball in the Southwire Holiday Classic at the Owensboro Sportscenter.

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An early Saturday morning fire at the Daramic facility, 5525 Highway 2830, east of Owensboro that damaged one building brought units from several fire departments to the facility.

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The Western Kentucky basketball team will ring in the new year on a wave of momentum.

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Before 2023 came to a close on Sunday, local residents were already thinking about their respective New Year’s resolutions and what’s ahead in 2024.

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Owensboro NAACP Branch 3107 is hosting its 2024 Freedom Fund Banquet at 6 p.m. on Jan. 13 in Rogers Hall on the Kentucky Wesleyan College campus.

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The Daviess County Coroner’s Office has released the identities of the two individuals who died in a head-on collision Wednesday on U.S. 60, formally known as the Wendell Ford Expressway.

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Judge-Executive Curtis Dame said 2024 will be a big year for infrastructure in McLean County, with some ongoing projects — like the new senior center and emergency tower — becoming operational.

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The Owensboro Convention Center will be putting downtown on the map this weekend as it rings in 2024 with DJ Shay’s New Year’s Eve Party starting at 9 p.m. Dec. 31.

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The college football landscape has changed significantly since Mark Stoops was named the head coach at Kentucky on Nov. 27, 2012.

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Owensboro City Commissioner Sharon NeSmith, who was elected last month to finish out the rest of former City Commissioner Larry Maglinger’s term of office, filed papers Wednesday to run again in 2024.

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As the Kentucky football team prepares for its Gator Bowl matchup against No. 22 Clemson, the Wildcats are approaching the contest like they would against any of their Southeastern Conference foes.

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Do you have a vehicle renewal you’ve been putting off this month? Do you need a vehicle or boat title transfer, but have been putting it off until the last minute?

Well, today’s the last minute.

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No. 8 Kentucky is refusing to look at its men’s basketball matchup with Illinois State as a trap game.

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The city parks department’s baseball and softball schedule will start in mid-February next year, with plans to run with only one free weekend through late November.

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