Good morning, Owensboro.

The Owensboro-Daviess County Christmas Parade will start at 4:30 p.m. downtown on Saturday, Nov.

21, with The Blue Bridge Boys as Grand Marshals; organizers extended the early-bird entry deadline to Saturday, Nov. 7 after online payment problems and are accepting mailed entries to P.O. Box 702.

Glenn Funeral Home will host a drive-thru Glenn’s Give & Go on Nov.

4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in its parking lot to collect canned meats, fruits, pasta sauce, personal hygiene items, pet food, and small can openers for a local veterans food bank, and donations can be dropped off inside through Nov. 11.

Glenn Funeral Home will host its Give & Go drive-thru food drive to benefit a local veterans' food bank on Wednesday, Nov.

4, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the funeral home parking lot; donations can also be dropped inside during business hours through Wednesday, Nov. 11.

102.7 The Game was named Kentucky Broadcasters Association Station of the Year today, the station's second win since 2023, and its show Beyond the Bench won Talk Show of the Year after Cromwell Media aired 274 high school athletic events last school year + began livestreaming its broadcasts.

Owensboro native Amanda Rae-Hardy Jacobson turned a pandemic-sermon idea into four published novels that blend historical fiction, mystery, romance, and faith, and her standalone Neither Can the Floods was long-listed for the Goethe Book Award.

She spent 16 years teaching middle school and now works as an elementary librarian.

Owensboro Regional Airport held a ribbon-cutting for new United Express service that will connect travelers directly to Chicago and Washington, D.C., shorten travel times, and create easier commutes, with officials saying the partnership will help grow Owensboro as a national travel hub and spur economic benefits.

City of Owensboro and Owensboro Downtown Properties will make a major economic development announcement on Thursday at 11 a.m. in the lot at East Second Street and Clay Street, where officials will share details about an upcoming downtown investment.

Owensboro High School masonry and carpentry students are working with professional carpenters, masons, electricians, and plumbers to renovate a long-unused concession building at Pleasant Memorial Baptist Church, installing water lines, updating restrooms, rerouting electricity, adding insulation, and hanging drywall (projected completion by Thanksgiving).

The CDC says flu activity is rising and Indiana and Kentucky could see an early season as cases have climbed since late August; outbreaks may grow in coming weeks.

Get your annual flu shot now if you are 65+, pregnant, a young child, or immunocompromised, and consider HEPA air filters (HEPA).

McLean County baseball coach Darren Lynam resigned this week after four seasons, saying schedule conflicts with following his son (Brooks), who transferred to South Warren, made coaching untenable; Lynam went 86-48 overall and led the Cougars to a record 25-13 season, a 10th District title, and a 3rd Region semifinal in 2026.

Peter Mbayo's 64th-minute free kick gave Owensboro a 3-2 win over Bowling Green today at the Owensboro High School Athletic Complex and sent the Red Devils to the Elite Eight; they'll travel to Bardstown with the game yet to be officially scheduled.

Kentucky Wesleyan hosted the Bill Crabtree Invitational at The Pearl Club Oct.

24-25 and finished second overall (54-hole event), its best result since 2018, with Cohen Jackson third and Ryan Loiars fourth.

Daviess County High School football coach Quadarius Wallace was placed on administrative leave Oct.

26 while Daviess County Public Schools reviews the personnel matter, and assistant Chris Renfrow will run team activities as the Panthers prepare to host Apollo in their final regular-season game Friday.

Tri-State bands are practicing for KMEA Marching Band State Finals, with Owensboro Catholic, McLean County, and Hancock County in Class A + Madisonville-North Hopkins, Ohio County, and Daviess County in Class 4A; semi-finals are this Saturday morning at Bowling Green-area sites and finals are that night.