Inquire 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.

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Cold Case: 3 Men in a Van Part 3

Inquire 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.

Cold Case: 3 Men in a Van Part 2

Inquire 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.

Cold Case: 3 Men in a Van Episode 1

Messenger-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.

Dancing Machine

Inquire host Don Wilkins talks to state apiarist Tammy Potter about the chances of the "Murder Hornets" spreading to Kentucky. 

Buzz Killers

Inquire 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.

Avoiding a Jail Outbreak

Inquire 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.

Living in New Rochelle

Inquire 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.

Mr. Toastey

Inquire 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.

Hopkins County Hotspot

Inquire 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.

Owensboro Health Regional Hospital & COVID-19

Inquire host Don Wilkins talks with Owensboro native Justin Whittinghill who now lives in Japan. The two talk about how the COVID-19 hasn't escalated there as it has in the United States and other parts of the world.

Owensboro Man and Japan

Inquire host Don Wilkins covers student feeding site at Owensboro High School and talks with Messenger-Inquirer health reporter Renee Beasley Jones about her coverage.

COVID-19 COVERAGE

Inquire host Don Wilkins talks with Clay Horton, health director of the Green River District Health Department, about the coronavirus.

The Coronavirus and the Local Health Department's Role

Inquire host Don Wilkins discusses the approaching fairness vote by the Daviess County Fiscal Court with Messenger-Inquirer reporter Renee Beasley Jones.

The Approaching Fairness Vote

Inquire host Don Wilkins talks to Messenger-Inquirer education reporter Bobbie Hayse and cops reporter Jim Mayse about the Daviess County Public School District's decision to establish its own police department.

The DCPS and its police force

The Messenger-Inquirer's behind-the-scenes glimpse at news and events in Owensboro and western Kentucky.

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