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By Mel Ford May 19, 2021 | 5:04 AM Governor Andy Beshear is sticking with the supplemental unemployment benefits provided by the federal government.  Many business owners see the additional 300-dollars a week in enhanced benefits as encouraging people not to return to work.  But the governor said yesterday that withdrawing from the federal program could cause more problems at this time.  The extra benefits from the federal government are scheduled to end in the fall.

BusinessAsia shares made hesitant by mixed China data, viral spread Wayne Cole 5 minute read A man wearing a protective face mask walks past a screen displaying a graph showing recent Nikkei share average movements outside a brokerage, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan December 30, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato Asian share markets turned mixed on Monday as Chinese retail sales missed expectations and Singapore moved to close schools to fight a coronavirus outbreak, wh...

KKR, a global investment firm, said on Monday it would invest $95 million in Lenskart, an online eyewear seller, through a secondary stake acquisition. TPG Growth and TR Capital, which first invested in Lenskart in late 2014, will each divest a portion of their holding in the company, KKR said about the transaction. KKR said it would use its experience working with leading companies to help Lenskart grow in India and abroad. “I feel we are still scratching the surface and have a lot of wor...

By Mel Ford May 17, 2021 | 9:19 AM An Owensboro family is mourning the death of a toddler.  The two year-old girl drowned at Falls of Rough Resort and Golf Course on Friday.  The body of Serenity Mansfield was found by a farmer about six-miles downstream from where she’s believed to have fallen into Rough River Lake. Comments

By Mel Ford May 17, 2021 | 9:18 AM The governor’s office says over one-million-916-thousand Kentuckians have gotten at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine.  As of yesterday, the state’s positivity rate was well under three percent.  It was slightly down from Saturday’s rate. Comments

The Peach Truck is expected to be in Owensboro once later this spring and again this summer. It will make a st...

Owensboro, KY (May 17, 2021) - Spectra, the provider of Venue Management to the Owensboro Convention Center, i...

By Mel Ford May 17, 2021 | 11:41 AM INDIANAPOLIS — On average, more than 90 percent of motorists can be found wearing their seat belts on any given day. Unfortunately, the small percentage of people who choose not to buckle up make up a disproportionate amount of the fatalities that occur every year on Indiana roads. It’s a concern that more than 200 Indiana police agencies will be working to address this spring by participating in the national Click It or Ticket enforcement campa...

TechnologySK Hynix seeks talks to buy Korea-based chip contract manufacturer - media Reuters 2 minute read Employees walk past the logo of SK Hynix at its headquarters in Seongnam, South Korea, April 25, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo SK Hynix Inc (000660.KS), the worlds second-largest memory chip maker, has requestd talks to acquire South Korea-based Key Foundry, a chip contract manufacturer, a South Korean newspaper reported on Monday. SK Hynix has expressed intention to negotiate for t...

By Mel Ford May 17, 2021 | 11:33 AM Owensboro Health will hold a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Friday After 5’s opening night from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on May 21. Vaccines will be available for ages 12 and up, and a guardian is required for those aged 12-17. You can find vaccine clinic locations here!