In Owensboro, Kentucky, we are stretching 2017’s Day of Darkness into a long weekend packed with events to celebrate the solar eclipse of Monday, Aug. 21. Owensboro is located in the partial eclipse zone only 80 miles from the point of greatest eclipse near Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Owensboro will experience the effects of the eclipse from 11:56 a.m.-2:50 p.m. central time. The time of maximum eclipse in Owensboro is 1:25 p.m.…

Walking in, the first thing I noticed was the smell, a combination of fruit and fresh cut grass that invites you in and puts you in a relaxed frame of mind. Wheatgrass Juice Bar may have started out as Shauna Jones’ small dream in Nona’s Downtown Market, but in two short years it has quickly expanded and outgrown its modest origins. Now located off of KY 54, Wheatgrass Juice Bar…

OWENSBORO, Ky. (Sept. 22, 2015) — Fall is in the air and the place to be is Owensboro for a month of outdoor festivals, family entertainment and activities that celebrate the new season.

OWENSBORO, Ky. (Sept. 1, 2015) — The East Bridge Art & Music Festival in Owensboro is a juried art event for serious artists. There’s even a special category open to everyone. That event is a chalk art contest on sections of downtown Owensboro streets.

OWENSBORO, Ky. (Aug. 25, 2015) — Professional basketball is coming to Owensboro with the relocation of the Shreveport-Bossier Mavericks to Kentucky’s fourth largest city.

OWENSBORO, Ky. (Aug. 17, 2015) — Television icon and Owensboro native Florence Henderson will serve as Grand Marshal for the 79th annual Owensboro Christmas Parade on Nov. 21.

OWENSBORO, Ky. (Aug. 11, 2015) — The U.S. Air Force Demonstration Squadron, known as the Thunderbirds, lead a lineup of aeronautical acrobatics coming to the Owensboro Air Show, Sept. 11-13.

OWENSBORO, Ky. (Aug. 6, 2015) — The East Bridge Art & Music Festival is a juried art event for serious artists, but there’s a special category open to everyone right up to the day of the festival – a chalk art contest on sections of downtown Owensboro streets.

OWENSBORO, Ky. (Aug. 4, 2015) — An air show with dazzling aerobatics, a popular downtown art and music festival, and the finale of a popular entertainment series are on the September calendar of events in Owensboro.   Here is a list of popular events scheduled for the Owensboro area during September.

OWENSBORO, Ky. (July 30, 2015) — Crafting fine bourbon is part of Owensboro’s heritage, and that distinctly Kentucky tradition is returning with the revival of an historic distillery.   Governor Steve Beshear previously announced the reopening of the 130-year old Charles Medley Distillery, purchased last year by Terressentia Corp. Today the governor returned to Owensboro for a groundbreaking and dedication ceremony to rename the distillery.