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Kentucky Wesleyan College in Owensboro is hosting its first-ever multicultural festival on Saturday, April 27th. Here's a list of vendors and food trucks participating.

Kentucky Wesleyan College in Owensboro is hosting its first-ever multicultural festival on Saturday, April 27th. Here's a list of vendors and food trucks participating.

Owensboro city officials celebrated improvements at Moneta Sleet Jr. Park on Tuesday afternoon, ceremonially cutting the ribbon on the park’s new playground equipment.

Owensboro’s Northwest Neighborhood Alliance will bring back its free “Groovin’ on the Green” music concert from 4-10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 AT Moneta Sleet Jr. Park, 616 Walnut St.

An official who works with the city’s homeless population said the higher visibility of homeless people in places such as city parks is not the result of other cities encouraging

Fifty-five Kentuckians from 22 counties will be in Owensboro today through Sunday for a Rural-Urban Exchange Community Intensive.

The Owensboro H.L. Neblett Community Center Deep Roots Garden is ready for Spring and Summer growing season thanks to kids and volunteers from all over Kentucky.

If you're craving a taste of the Caribbean, you're about to get it without leaving Owensboro. A brand new restaurant called Jamaican Yard Vibes opens this Friday and we have the menu!

To combat racism, students need more education about Black history and the role the Black community has played in creating and shaping the country, Randolph said. “We could do a better job of integrating diversity and multiculturalism into the schools,” Randolph said, adding that students don’t learn much about the history of Black Americans beyond slavery and the civil rights movement. “Right now, Black class is an elective. It’s not required,” Randolph said. Lear...