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The City of Owensboro is one of 258 cities across the country that have been named a 2017 Playful City USA community!  And, Beaver Dam and Henderson received distinctions too.

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I grew up playing baseball on the diamonds at Thruston Elementary School.  In fact, I spent much of my childhood on ball fields around Daviess County.  And that means I spent a lot of time at the concession stands too!  I decided to share some of my favorite concession stand snacks from "back in the day."  Do you remember these?

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Holiday World is hosting the 2017 JDRF One Walk this Sunday and the goal of the fundraiser is quite simple- to turn Type One Diabetes into Type None!  Here's how you can join in the walk and enjoy the day at Holiday World and Splashin' Safari!

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I have some sad news to share this afternoon.  Moon Mullins, my former morning show cohost here at WBKR, has passed away.

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Brendan Stewart, a junior from Owensboro High School and student at Joy Johnson's Dance Studio, is about to spend his summer in the Big Apple!  The local freestyle dancing phenom earned a scholarship to train at the Broadway Dance Center in New York City.

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On Saturday, we kicked off the 2017 Battle for The Big O audition at the International Bar-B-Q Festival in downtown Owensboro.  And our judges passed two acts on to our finale event, which is coming up Saturday, June 24th at Diamond Lake Campground & Resort.  One of them is 15-year-old Courtney Peveler from Central City, Kentucky.  She's a terrific young singer-songwriter who blew our judges and the crowd away!

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Memorial Day is just around the corner and we're getting you ready this morning in our What's Cookin'? segment.  Melissa Webb, from the UK Cooperative Extension Office, is sharing a recipe for Apple Nachos that will liven and sweeten up any picnic or backyard barbecue!

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On Saturday, we kicked off the 2017 Battle for The Big O audition at the International Bar-B-Q Festival in downtown Owensboro.  And our judges passed two acts on to our finale event, which is coming up Saturday, June 24th at Diamond Lake Campground & Resort.  One of them is Luke Hilgenhold of Tell City, Indiana.  Check him out!

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WBKR's Dash for Cash officially gets underway today here on The Country Station.  And we have two chances daily for you to win one thousand dollars!  Here's how it works.  For the next three weeks we're going to be announcing "cash words" at 7:20am and 4:20pm.  When you hear those words, get on over here to WBKR.com and enter your cash word for a chance to win $1000!  We are loaded up with money for you to win, so get on your mark and get set for the WBKR Dash for Cash presented by Grandy's!  Here are the official rules of the contest.

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Some of the most competitive professional eaters in the world are in Owensboro this weekend for the World Mutton Slider Eating Championships.  And Angel and I had the chance to chat with Joey Chestnut about the contest and how he's preparing to eat 10 pounds of mutton (or more) in ten minutes!

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Elton John just announced a 6-city tour and one of those stops is right here in the tristate!

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Time flies when you're having fun . . . and when you're walking, running or biking from Calhoun, Kentucky to David Yewell's home on KY Hwy 56 during the Trek.  The Trek is the annual fundraiser for the St. Joseph's Peace Mission for Children and this year will mark the 20th anniversary for the event.  And we're celebrating with a very special commemorative t-shirt!  Here's a look!

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