Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, KY) articles from October 2003

Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, KY) archives from October 2003

Owensboro, Ky., Newspaper Names New Publisher.
October 15, 2003... Oct. 15--Robert L. Childress, a longtime publisher with newspapers in Tennessee and Virginia, has been named publisher of the Messenger-Inquirer. David Paxton, president and chief executive officer of Paxton Media Group, made the...

Elite Cigar Store Closing after Century in Owensboro, Ky.
October 14, 2003... Byline: Keith Lawrence Oct. 14--One of downtown's oldest businesses closed its doors Monday for the last time. Bob Grady, who went to work for the Elite Cigar Store in 1950 and bought the business in 1959, said he's traced the...

Daviess County, Ky., Corn Maze Agribusiness Has Promising First Season.
October 12, 2003... Byline: James Mayse Oct. 12--Phil and Pat Lambert didn't expect to make a profit this year with Lambertland Maize and Pumpkin Patch. But the new Daviess County agribusiness has had a positive first season. "If you don't include 100...

Owensboro, Ky., May Host Up to Five New Festivals.
October 12, 2003... Byline: Keith Lawrence Oct. 12--In the early 1990s, Owensboro staked its claim as "Kentucky's Festival City." Today, there are at least seven festivals, celebrating such things as barbecue, apples, bluegrass, Southern gospel, dulcimers,...

Owensboro, Ky., Natural Gas Customers Face 17 Percent Rise in Winter Costs.
October 12, 2003... Byline: Steve Vied Oct. 12--Heating bills for Atmos Energy customers will be higher this winter than last winter, but not nearly as high as feared just four months ago. Back in early June, natural gas customers were warned to brace...