Henderson’s Daviess County Detention Center has approved a $40 million expansion that will add 125 beds — along with a new kitchen and laundry center. Construction will take up to two years as the project moves forward after approval this week.
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Firefighters identified 72-year-old Paul Kamuf as the man killed in an apartment fire on Thursday in Owensboro—crews responded just before midnight after a neighbor reported the blaze and he was taken to a Louisville hospital for burns where he died while the cause is under investigation.
Fire crews responded to a garage fire on the 7800 block of Lyddane Bridge Road South in Owensboro at 6:00 p.m.—workers worked to keep the flames from spreading to the adjacent home as Kenergy was en route.
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