History

In 1967, Larissa Lewis, like so many mothers of the day, received the awful news that her son, Charles Rates Lewis Jr., was killed in Vietnam. He was ambushed. Charles was only 22 years old.

Allow me to introduce you to your new favorite Facebook page... Map Dot, Kentucky! This page will virtually take you all over our beautiful state from Possum Trot to Pikeville, hitting all the small-town highlights along the way.

It was finally time to clean out an old office that had become a storage room for, well, junk, basically. But not all of it WAS junk.

Don't be alarmed, the King Of Beers isn't having an identity crisis, but there is a name change headed Budweiser's way this summer. Budweiser will rename itself "America" from May until November.

When I was a kid, my family picnicked a lot. We didn't live that far from Legion Park, so that was always an option. But so was Chatauqua or Moreland. But our favorite was Ben Hawes Park. Of course, then it was a state park.

Well, just shows to go ya how often I get down to the north end of Frederica, but then again maybe THIS did start back up rather quickly.

I happened upon a list of things you can't do in Kentucky anymore and there were actually things on that list that NOBODY can do anymore, whether you live in Kentucky or not. But there was one I was looking for in particular.

One of the most beloved First Lady's of all time has passed away from congestive heart failure at the age of 94.

I noticed that the National Register of Historic Places has added eleven Kentucky sites to the list, but none from Owensboro, or the tri-state for that matter.

This is the pilot episode of the Differences Between North and South just in case you missed it last month! We will be filming the next installment about the Differences in the Weather so be looking for that video segment next Saturday!

At Western Kentucky University The Spirit Makes The Master and no one exemplifies that more than President Gary Ransdell. A proud WKU alum, Dr. Ransdell understands and appreciates everything that a Hilltopper embodies. For close to twenty years, Dr. Ransdell has served the university as President, but recently announced his reign as King of the Hill is winding down.

Owensboro has a rich history and some of it is available for viewing if you just look up. That's right. When you get north of Parrish Avenue you'll see quite a bit of "writing on the wall."