Mutton

World champion eater Joey Chesnut is coming back to Owensboro on Saturday, May 12th for the International Bar-B-Q Festival. He'll be defending his title in the 2nd annual World Mutton Slider Eating Championship presented by Kentucky Legend.   Last year Joey won the inaugural event by eating fifty-five quarter-pound mutton sandwiches in just ten minutes!  Yes, you read that correctly!  He ate nearl

World champion eater Joey Chesnut is coming back to Owensboro in a couple of weeks for the International Bar-B-Q Festival. He'll be defending his title in the 2nd annual World Mutton Slider Eating Championship presented by Kentucky Legend.   Last year Joey won the inaugural event by eating fifty-five quarter-pound mutton sandwiches in just ten minutes!  Yes, you read that correctly!  He ate nearly

He's coming back for more!  World champion eater Joey Chesnut is coming back to Owensboro.  Last year, Joey was in town for the inaugural World Mutton Slider Eating Championships.  He ate 55 quarter-pound mutton sandwiches in 10 minutes.  If you're trying to do the math, I'll help.  He literally ate FOURTEEN pounds of meat in ten minutes.  And, this May, he's coming back for more!

This year's International Bar-B-Q Festival will give a whole new meaning to the term "mutton glutton."  The annual Owensboro event will feature the World Mutton Slider Eating Championships and some of the most famous professional eaters in the world will be here to compete.

The congregation of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church plans their picnic months in advance. It is the biggest fundraiser/social of the year. This year it was planned for Saturday June 18. Earlier in the week weather forecasters had predicted hot humid weather but no mention of rain. Organizers where very very happy. The new KIDSZONE area, The Cornhole Tournament, Tractor/train rides for the kids