Doctors in the United Kingdom removed a pen from an unidentified woman’s stomach that had been there for more than 25 years. And yet, when we’re looking for one, they’re nowhere to be found.
With the holidays here, the Western Kentucky Blood Center needs your help. They are in need for all blood types, but specifically O- and O+. There are several blood drives this week around the Owensboro area.
The Western Kentucky Regional Blood Center is in need of O- blood donors. The office is located at 3015 Old Hartford Road in Owensboro. Office hours are The holidays are always a very critical time for WKRBC, demand is always up
Lydia Marie Haycraft is a five (almost six!) year old little girl. She was recently diagnosed with "Ewings sarcoma" a rare bone cancer.
There are several fundraisers coming up, including this weekend, for the family to offset medical costs.
Just thought I'd pass along some trick-or-treat tips for all my little ghosts and goblins heading out tonight!
Did you know that 220 smoking-related deaths occur in Daviess County every year? I didn't know that either, but the statistics don't really surprise me. I know folks who smoke and all have contemplated quitting at one point or another. I assume each knows that he/she could wind up as a member of that ill-fated 220 Club. But, there's some really GREAT news for people wanting to quit smoking. The University of Louisville wants to help and they have launched a program to inform smokers about a "scientifically credible option for quitting . . . by substituting safer smoke-free tobacco products for cigarettes." The program is called, quite simply, Switch and Quit.
It's been a very busy day. The ladies from Shogun of Japan stopped by with lunch. Hitmaker Buddy Jewell stopped by with music. And yours truly had to take a breather on the couch. I'm getting over a head cold and I guess the exhaustion phase finally hit me. See, I don't make a good patient, which is why it's a good thing I'm rarely sick. But that doesn't mean I've always been the picture of health. There are a few very long weeks from my past I'd just as soon forget.
Well, if you listen at all to my Mid-Day Show, then you probably have heard me mention that I was training for a half-marathon. After a few months of training, the Nashville Women's Half Marathon was this past Saturday......I DID IT in 2 hours, 7 minutes and 37 seconds!!!
Join me this morning at Brescia University to Walk to End Alzheimer's. Registration starts at 8:30am and the walk begins at 9:30am.
Every 69 seconds someone in America is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and we need your help to make a difference and reclaim the future for millions!
I was recently contacted by WBKR listener Pat McKinney who told me her grandson is in a new Dolly Parton video for “Together You and I”. Wow. He is 5 year-old Dalton Robingson. In March Dalton was diagnosed with Burkitt's lymphoma.
February is one my favorite times of the year here at WBKR. That's when we get to rally your support to help raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis. For 26 hours over two days, we ask the tri-state to join us in the fight against childhood cancer. We introduce you various families who have had to hear those words, "Your child has cancer." Well, I'm quite sad to report that, last month, Jared Daugherty, a former member of the WBKR family, had to hear those words, "Your child has cancer."
