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Part one of a two part series exploring the issues Owensboro Police Department and police departments statewide face in retaining experianced officers. Host Don Wilkins speaks to OPD Chief Art Ealum and Police Reporter Jim Mayse.

Host Don Wilkins talks to Sarah Adkins, director of Owensboro Regional Recovery, about the history of the recovery center and the issues it faces as its budget continues to decrease. Also, special quest and former Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher talks about how his administration first formed the Recovery Kentucky network and why he is continuing work toward introducing it across the country.

Guest Host Bobbie Hayse talks about a dark time in U.S. military history when the government sanctioned the use of herbicide that has had lasting effects on the Americans who served during the Vietnam War. Don Wilkins, who reported the story more than a year ago now, remembers his own personal experiences and those of others who Agent Orange touched.

Changing political dynamics at City Hall led to an encounter online that has left people representing the Castlen Dog Park wondering what's next. Inquire Host Don Wilkins asks that of City Government Reporter Austin Ramsey.

Inquire host Don Wilkins reviews the taxpayer-funded ConnectGRADD program to provide rural areas with inernet service. Daviess and McLean county reporters Jacob Dick and Seth Dukes weigh in on what issues remain.

The International Bar-B-Q Festival in Owensboro is just around the corner, and host Don Wilkins talks this week with festival chair Sharon NeSmith and Bill Glenn, team leader of the Our Lady of Loudes Catholic Church Cooking Team.

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin appointed several new allies to the Kentucky Board of Education last week -- a board that subsequently pushed out Education Commissioner Stephen Pruitt. Some believe the education shake-up in Frankfort is a sign of the Republican administration's eagerness to install charter schools in the commonwealth. Host Don Wilkins discusses Pruitt's abrupt resignation and the charter school concept with Messenger-Inquirer education reporter Bobbie Hayse and Jim Waters, president and CEO of the Bluegrass Institue for Public Policy Solutions.

The Owensboro City Commission has tabled a repeal of the four-year-old restrictions on food trucks selling within 100 feet of brick-and-mortar restaurants. That has the restaurant owners themselves roiled up, but the law may not be on their side. Host Don Wilkins talks with city government reporter Austin Ramsey.

Host Don Wilkins remembers 25 years of entertainment at Owensboro's RiverPark Center with Executive Director Roxi Witt.

Host Don Wilkins talks to the first ever women to serve on the Owensboro Fire Department.