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Inquire
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The Messenger-Inquirer's behind-the-scenes glimpse at news and events in Owensboro and western Kentucky.
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Cold Case: 3 Men in a Van Part 3
Dec 12, 202000:30:39Tap to summarizeInquire host Don Wilkins and Messenger-Inquirer reporter Bobbie Hayse talk with Bill Thompson and Morgan Palmiter, the two original Daviess County Sheriff's investigators in the cold case of the three men found murdered inside a van in 2008. The two investigators are now retired and the case remains open.
Transcribe →Cold Case: 3 Men in a Van Part 2
Dec 5, 202000:18:31Tap to summarizeInquire host Don Wilkins talks to one of the slain men's sisters about what she recalls about the disappearance in 1998 and then police finding the remains 10 years later inside a van that had been submerged in a lake in southern Daviess County. Twenty-two years after the men initially went missing, the case is still unsolved.
Transcribe →Cold Case: 3 Men in a Van Episode 1
Nov 27, 202000:16:31Tap to summarizeInquire host Don Wilkins and Messenger-Inquirer reporter Bobbie Hayse introduce a 22-year-old cold case of three Ohio County men who went missing in 1998 and were found 10 years later inside a van submerged in a southern Daviess County lake. Their murders remain unsolved.
Transcribe →Dancing Machine
Jun 13, 202000:32:54Tap to summarizeMessenger-Inquirer reporter Christie Netherton talks with Tayvis Akpan who is known around Owensboro as "the Dancing Man." In this episode, Tayvis talks about why he dances and what he thinks about the attention he's received from it.
Transcribe →Buzz Killers
May 15, 202000:25:47Tap to summarizeInquire host Don Wilkins talks to state apiarist Tammy Potter about the chances of the "Murder Hornets" spreading to Kentucky.
Transcribe →Avoiding a Jail Outbreak
May 8, 202000:23:38Tap to summarizeInquire host Don Wilkins talks with Daviess County Jailer Art Maglinger about the steps he and his staff are taking to avoid a major COVID-19 outbreak inside the Daviess County Detention Center that was housing more than 700 inmates before the pandemic.
Transcribe →Living in New Rochelle
May 1, 202000:26:07Tap to summarizeInquire host Don Wilkins talks to Owensboro native Kevin Eans about living in New Rochelle, which was one of the first COVID-19 hotspots in the United States.
Transcribe →Mr. Toastey
Apr 27, 202000:33:28Tap to summarizeInquire host Don Wilkins talks with Owensboro native Mick Jeffries about creating a virtual children's show in an effort to make something positive out of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Transcribe →Hopkins County Hotspot
Apr 17, 202000:23:13Tap to summarizeInquire host Don Wilkins talks with Jon Garrett, editor of The Messenger newspaper in Madisonville, about how Hopkins County ranks in the top 5 in coronavirus cases despite ranking 23 in the state in total population.
Transcribe →Owensboro Health Regional Hospital & COVID-19
Apr 9, 202000:21:42Tap to summarizeInquire host Don Wilkins talks with Dr. Michael Kelley, OHRH chief medical officer, about 8 staff members who tested positive for the coronavirus and how the hospital is coping in the midst of the virus.
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