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I'm pretty sure these are all unique to Kentucky. In one case, there are those who might disagree, but they'd be wrong, in my opinion.

World champion eater Joey Chesnut is coming back to Owensboro on Saturday, May 12th for the International Bar-B-Q Festival. He'll be defending his title in the 2nd annual World Mutton Slider Eating Championship presented by Kentucky Legend.   Last year Joey won the inaugural event by eating fifty-five quarter-pound mutton sandwiches in just ten minutes!  Yes, you read that correctly!  He ate nearl

World champion eater Joey Chesnut is coming back to Owensboro in a couple of weeks for the International Bar-B-Q Festival. He'll be defending his title in the 2nd annual World Mutton Slider Eating Championship presented by Kentucky Legend.   Last year Joey won the inaugural event by eating fifty-five quarter-pound mutton sandwiches in just ten minutes!  Yes, you read that correctly!  He ate nearly

He's coming back for more!  World champion eater Joey Chesnut is coming back to Owensboro.  Last year, Joey was in town for the inaugural World Mutton Slider Eating Championships.  He ate 55 quarter-pound mutton sandwiches in 10 minutes.  If you're trying to do the math, I'll help.  He literally ate FOURTEEN pounds of meat in ten minutes.  And, this May, he's coming back for more!

This year's International Bar-B-Q Festival will give a whole new meaning to the term "mutton glutton."  The annual Owensboro event will feature the World Mutton Slider Eating Championships and some of the most famous professional eaters in the world will be here to compete.

If you tuned into WBKR over the weekend, you were likely introduced to our new radio friend, Fern Lulham.  As you learned, Fern is originally from Hastings, England, but came to the United States to study radio broadcasting at Western Carolina University.  She is making her rounds at radio stations around the country and happened to stop in Owensboro during this city's busiest event, The Internati

Every town is unique. Some of its citizens may not think so, but if you flesh it out and pay attention, you'll learn why. Owensboro is no different. It doesn't take much talking to learn that someone is a native of the Big O. In fact, I've come up with some ways to readily identify Owensboroans. You know you're from Owensboro when...

It's almost Bar-B-Q Festival time in downtown Owensboro!!  It's one of the few times of the year someone can ask, "What's that smell?" and you don't mind to tell them!  LOL!  The International Bar-B-Q Festival has been around since way back in 1979.  Not only is it tradition in Owensboro, but it essentially put Owensboro on the map.  See, Memphis can claim Bar-B-Q.  Uh . . . whatever!