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Coach Cal: ‘I Want to Create Experiences, Not Just Games’

Okay, enough already! And I'm talking to and about myself just as much as anyone who has written about the dissolution of the Kentucky/Indiana basketball series. The topic has been comprehensively covered, ad nauseum.  Time to move on.

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UK’s Anthony Davis ‘Immortalized’ in Cereal

Okay, so maybe NOTHING can be immortalized in cereal, but if it IS possible, a UK fan will figure out how. And, why would a UK fan work hard to make certain of such a feat? Well, if he made a portrait of, say, Anthony Davis using cereal, for example.

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UK’s New Scheduling Philosophy Under Heavy Fire

It was the shot heard round the world. No, not THAT shot. The one where the basketball programs of Kentucky and Indiana agreed to never again darken each others doors. Although, that decision HAS created something of a verbal revolutionary war. 

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UK’s Terrence Jones Gives Mom Extraordinary Mother’s Day Gift

You can't beat a terrific power forward with a big heart and a good soul. First, we learned that UK's Terrence Jones personally delivered flowers to the Louisville cheerleader he inadvertently plowed into during the UK/UL Final Four game. Now this!

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Ladies and gentlemen, our tri-state! (Google Earth)
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Evansville-Owensboro Weather Can be Whacky!

They say (who are “they” anyway?) “if you don’t like the weather, stick around a spell, it’ll change”, and nowhere is that more true than in the Tri-State of Indiana, Kentucky and Illinois.

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Three Area ROTC Students Among Twenty Commissioned at WKU

The Members of the Hilltopper Battalion Army ROTC unit develop a special bond during their four years at Western Kentucky University. That’s especially evident for 20 Army ROTC cadets who will be commissioned as second lieutenants May 11-12 during WKU’s Commencement Weekend. The group includes three from the WBKR listening are

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Owensboro’s Kyle Mattingly to Chase Spring Storms

Last year Olivia Payne chased them down and visited the WBKR Waking Crew Show. This year, Owensboro resident and Western Kentucky student Kyle Mattingly is heading west.

During Western Kentucky University’s May 2012 summer term, eight meteorology students in Dr. Josh Durkee’s annual Field Methods in Weather Analysis and Forecasting course will set out to forecast, analyze and document severe convective storms across the Great Plains. 

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Montgomery Gentry Perform Kentucky Tornado Relief Concert Wednesday

The victims of the Leap Day tornados (February 29th and March 1) are getting help from Kentucky natives Montgomery Gentry.

Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry will be in Lexington Wednesday night headlining the "Kentucky Cares Concert". Busters Billiards and Backroom will host the show, with proce

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Who is Wearing the Finest Hats at the Kentucky Derby Today?

On the WBKR Waking Crew show Thursday I mentioned my niece Mallory McCallum, from Houston, was attending the Derby this year and had bought TWO hats to wear.

Her she is in her full regalia, along with her boyfriend Eric Roccaforte.

Well, plenty of places will have pictures of the nice hats. But, only we bring you the far-out ones.

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Dave Spencer’s Best Derby Memory: Mom’s Loaded Juleps

Gotta be honest. As the years have gone by, and we get farther and farther away from the last Triple Crown winner (Affirmed in 1978), I have grown less and less interested in the Kentucky Derby.

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Owensboro Summer Jobs Can Be Unique and Interesting!

The "summer job" is a rite of passage but finding that "cool" summer job, is even better! So, as thousands of Owensboro students get ready to hit the streets to find that perfect balance of work and play time this summer, we asked around to uncover some unique and out-of-the ordinary summer jobs in the Tri-state!

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Owensboro Daviess County Convention & Visitors Bureau’s 40th Anniversary

The Owensboro Daviess County Convention & Visitors Bureau is celebrating 40 years of promoting Owensboro!

Join them Wednesday, May 9th as they celebrate their 40th Anniversary. They'll be hosting an Open House from 4:00-6:30pm at the CVB office at 215 E Second

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