Owensboro – Daviess County News

Lydia is the seven year old daughter of Paul (and Ashley) Haycraft and Tiffany (and Chris) Somner.  This is Lydia's second round battling Ewing's Sarcoma. After completing treatments, she was considered "cancer free" in December 2012, then her first quarterly scan in March 2013 showed two golf ball size tumors in her lungs and a bone marrow biopsy revealed cancerous cells in her bone marrow as well. She is currently undergoing chemo and then will have a stem cell transplant.

There will be a rummage sale to help the family with medical bills June 21st (6:00pm - 9:00pm) and 22nd (8:00am - 2:00pm). The sale will be held at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Owensboro.

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Apparently, meth can make a person crave carpet lint.

Authorities in Louisville, Kentucky say that over the weekend they arrested 50-year-old Jeffery Wagner for partaking in a carpet lint buffet in the shoe department of the Burlington Coat Factory.

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What did you do tonight? Me?? I grabbed a cold, adult beverage, picked up the puppy and headed out in the back yard to watch a gorgeous, massive house being moved! Welcome to the country baby!

Ok, so maybe I went outside to avoid being scared when the power was turned off (which, the power never went off), but, I was still outside to catch some pics! They actually broke the house down into three pieces to transport it.

I can only imagine how much it cost just in energy and cable crews and law enforcement and transportation to move the sucker, but, it was pretty cool to watch!

Check out my pics! (I warn you, my phone is old and the pics are blurry, but you still get the idea, ha!)

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Join Sutton Elementary School for the 2nd Annual Derby Day 5K! The walk/run event will take place Saturday, May 4th and begins at Rash Stadium. Registration begins at 8:00am and the race begins at 9:00am.

This is a great race for the whole family! Awards are given for all ages from Pre-K 4 and under to over 70.

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In 1992, I had the chance to spend some time with George Jones. We discussed a wide range of topics on Nashville Live, an internationally syndicated radio show I hosted on Sunday nights from Emerald Studios in Music City. After George's death, I remembered I had a tape of that show.  My lat

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Man, moving a two-story house causes a lot of problems. Tonight a house moving company from Indiana is going to move an Owensboro house ten miles at ONE mph! The fun starts at 7:00 pm and will last until around 5:30 a

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I am excited to hear that the process is moving forward for a skate park in Owensboro. I use to enjoy skating as a child but where I grew up, there were very few places to safely skate. For this reason, I am very excited about a skate park in Owensboro!

The City of Owensboro is holding a public meeting tonight at 6:30 about the skate park

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Owensboro-based pediatrician Andrea Powell Johnston has co-written a brand new book that "brings medicine and faith together."  It's called The Baby Companion: A Faith-Filled Guide for Your Journey Through Baby's First Year and it is available for purchase now!  Read what Amazon.com has to say about this brand new, insightful guide for moms!

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This year just seems to be flying by! Soon the summer temperatures will b here and the kids will be out of school. So I thought I would pass along some information I just found about a different type of summer day camp

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Today is the day to celebrate! The Bosley's, owners of Moonlite Bar-B-Q at 2840 West Parrish, invite you and your family to celebrate with them today. It was actually 50 years old on February 13 but who wanted to celebrate then?  So, today was chosen and as it turns out it will be a little brisk (not as in brisket) but rain-free

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“Giving a little more” is something that most athletes and fitness experts know all about. They know that to get to that goal or to make the team, they have to push themselves. And I would be willing to bet many of us “non-athletes” can throw in a something on this topic as well

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*From the Owensboro Police Department*

On April 23rd, 2013, at approximately 4:45pm, the Owensboro Police Department responded to a bomb threat at Menards, located at 3001 Heartland Crossing Blvd. An investigation was opened after responding units were informed that a male subject made threats to blow up this location during a phone call to the store.

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