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Tributes in a variety of forms are pouring in for Nicky Hayden, one of Owensboro's favorite sons, who passed away early Monday from injuries sustained in a bicycle accident in which he was struck by a car.

This is extremely difficult. We're getting information from multiple reliable sources that are reporting that MotoGP champ and Owensboro native Nicky Hayden has passed away.

Photographers have been gathering in increasing numbers around the Cesena, Italy hospital where Owensboro native Nicky Hayden is being treated following a bicycle accident last Wednesday.

#GoNicky is all over Twitter as a show of support and love for one of Owensboro's favorite sons, Nicky Hayden, who collided with a car earlier this week while bicycling with friends near an Italian coast.

Brittany Howard, a local gal from Slaughters, Ky recently received the honor of being named Miss Rodeo USA 2017.

Two teens have been charged with arson in the wildfires that swept through Gatlinburg in late November.

One of the first things I do in the morning is turn on the news. For some reason, I didn't turn it on right way this morning. I checked my phone first. I saw the terrible news out of Orlando. TV goes on. I was stunned and sad. I couldn't get up out of my chair so I covered back up and I watched and I watched. My community is now the subject of the worst mass shooting in US history.

The world has lost an icon, an activist, an entertainer, and one of the best athletes of all time in Louisville native Muhammad Ali. Hundreds if not thousands of stories will be told, but one of them is truly unforgettable, when he made a surprise appearance at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta to light the final torch.

I came across one of my nephew's old Guinness Books of World Records the other day. He used to get them every year for Christmas. He loved 'em. And he'll still spout factoids from them from time to time.

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

The University of Kentucky basketball team is becoming the Great American Melting Pot. Within the week, Coach John Calipari hopes to have 6'10" New Zealand forward Tai Wynyard on the team and playing. HOPES to have.

Kids say the darndest things.  And sometimes, through their innocence, they can simplify and paint a crystal clear picture of an insanely complicated world.  That's exactly what happened this week in Ryan Nowak's 5th grade class at Saint Wendel Catholic School in Wadesville, IN.  Mr. Nowak challenged his students to write argumentative paragraphs answering the question, "Should Syrian refugee