Darrell Green with Compass Marine Services lays deep in mud while hosing out the cascading waterfall, a feature at Smothers Park on the Ohio River on Wednesday, June 20, 2018, in Owensboro, Ky. The company is working with the city, preparing the waterfall for summer and fall operation after being out of operation for the winter and from Ohio River flooding. (Greg Eans/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP)
Muhlenberg County High School baseball players celebrate as teammate Noah Phillips crosses home plate with the winning run in the Mustang’s walk off win against Daviess County to advance to the championship game of the 3rd Region Baseball Tournament, Wednesday, May 30, 2018, in Hartford, Ky, at Ohio County High School. (Greg Eans/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP)
Scott County team members celebrate as Kennedy Sullivan (4) runs home after a home run in the bottom of the first inning of action against Warren East during the Owensboro Health/KHSAA State Softball Tournament at Jack C. Fisher Park. (Photo by Greg Eans, Messenger-Inquirer.com | geans@messenger-inquirer.com)
Colbe Ellis, left, and Twitch Powers, center, work with a crew from Diggers Rent a Fence, erecting fencing around the perimeter of Yellow Creek Park for the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum’s 15th annual ROMP Fest. The company is installing more than 6000 feet of fencing for the festival, which begins allowing RV’s and campers entrance to the park on Wednesday. The four-day music, camping and art festival will feature over 20 top bluegrass, folk and Americana acts including Alison Krauss, Ricky Skaggs, Doyle Lawson, Sam Bush, Billy Strings and Rhiannon Giddens. (Photo by Greg Eans, Messenger-Inquirer.com | geans@messenger-inquirer.com)
Tommy Claypool tills the ground in his wildflower garden he and his wife, Milly, maintain together at their home on Newbolt Road, Wednesday, July 11, 2018, in Daviess County, Ky. The garden contains sunflowers, zinnias and other wildflowers that they have planted for their community. “Anybody who wants the flowers can come and take them,” Claypool said. “They are free.” (Greg Eans/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP)
Carmynn Holiday, 9, types on a braille typewriter at East View Elementary School, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2018, in Owensboro, Ky. Holiday wrote an opinion letter for NewsQuiz, which is a KET news-current events program. Her letter was selected from more than 1,000 others to be read on air. (Photo by Greg Eans, Messenger-Inquirer.com | geans@messenger-inquirer.com)
Abby Reams of Louisville works to hang her hammock to a tree at Yellow Creek Park while preparing for a weekend of music at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum’s 15th ROMP Fest on Wednesday, June 27, 2018, in Owensboro, Ky. Reams is attending the four-day music, camping and art festival for the fifth time with her father. (Greg Eans/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP)
Charlie Lohman, left, weeds a row of burley tobacco with friends John Sampley, right center, and Fred Sikes, right, on Sampley’s farm on West 5th Street Road, Friday, July 13, 2018, in Daviess County, Ky. The three were working with friend Charlie Stacks, not pictured, to weed about 7 acres of tobacco on the farm, a job they have been at for about three weeks. (Greg Eans/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP)
A converted school bus loaded with young pigs makes its way toward the entrance to Hardy Sow Farm, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, west of Curdsville, Ky. The Hardy Sow Farm, a part of Jerry O’Bryan’s O’Bryan Farms operation, has been given a notice of violation from the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet’s Division of Water after inspectors found evidence of an illegal discharge resulting in a sample with extreme levels of E. coli bacteria. (Greg Eans/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP) (Greg Eans/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP)
Ohio County’s Jordan Tolle reacts as he makes his way home after being batted in by a home run from teammate Blaine Gillim in the bottom of the first inning against Meade County during 3rd Region Tournament action at Ohio County High School. (Photo by Greg Eans, Messenger-Inquirer.com | geans@messenger-inquirer.com)
PGA Barbasol Championship Golf
Golfer Matt Atkins places his ball on the 7th green before putting during the PGA Tour Barbasol Championship, Jul. 19, 2018, at Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville, Ky. (Photo by Greg Eans, Messenger-Inquirer.com | geans@messenger-inquirer.com)
Laura Fischer shares a moment with her horse, Nekoda, before grooming him in the stable at LHF Horse Rides on Little Hickory Road in Daviess County. The Fischer family offers guided horseback trail rides through farmland and pastures on their farm in Philpot. (Photo by Greg Eans, Messenger-Inquirer.com | geans@messenger-inquirer.com)
Jason Bishop, foreground, and Kevin Morris, both with Owensboro’s Grounds and Maintenance Department, hose out caked mud from the cascading waterfall at Smothers Park on Wednesday, June 20, 2018, in Owensboro, Ky . The department was preparing the waterfall for summer and fall operation after being out of operation for the winter and from Ohio River flooding. (Greg Eans/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP)
PGA Barbasol Championship Golf
Golfer Matt Atkins, right, prepares to putt in the pouring rain as caddie Christopher Schwertfeger holds an umbrella over as he finishes up the 9th hole during the final round of the PGA Tour Barbasol Championships, Jul. 21, 2018, at Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville, Ky. (Photo by Greg Eans, Messenger-Inquirer.com | geans@messenger-inquirer.com)
Shelly Ferguson of Owensboro takes a photo of a wreath placed on the grave of her father, Elza Stinnett, a Vietnam veteran, during the 2018 National Wreaths Across America observance in the Field of Honor at Owensboro Memorial Gardens. (Photo by Greg Eans, Messenger-Inquirer.com | geans@messenger-inquirer.com)
Apollo High School pitcher Payton Blades warms up before pitching in the Kentucky 3rd Region championship softball game on June 4, 2018. The senior righthander went on to throw her second consecutive perfect game to drive past Grayson County 7-0. (Photo by Greg Eans, Messenger-Inquirer.com | geans@messenger-inquirer.com)
Darrell Green with Compass Marine Services lays deep in mud while hosing out the cascading waterfall, a feature at Smothers Park on the Ohio River on Wednesday, June 20, 2018, in Owensboro, Ky. The company is working with the city, preparing the waterfall for summer and fall operation after being out of operation for the winter and from Ohio River flooding. (Greg Eans/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP)
Lonnie Qualls, left, of Bowling Green, teaches Nolan Strupeck, 8, of La Porte, Indiana the song “Heaven Sent” in the camping area Strupeck’s family has set up at Yellow Creek Park during the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum’s 15th ROMP Fest on Friday, June 29, 2018, in Owensboro Ky. (Greg Eans/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP)
PGA Barbasol Championship Golf
Billy Spencer, a caddie for golfer Stephan Jauger, looks at the weather app on his cell phone while waiting out a rain delay during the final round of the PGA Tour Barbasol Championship on Sunday, July 22, 2018, at Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville, Ky. (Greg Eans/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP)
Grant Hagan, 8, rides a hoverboard across the Glover Cary Bridge as his grandfather Donnie Hagan follows on a bicycle during Bridge Day in Owensboro. The bridge was temporarily closed for pedestrian access and to accommodate the Owensboro Air Show. (Photo by Greg Eans, Messenger-Inquirer.com | geans@messenger-inquirer.com)
Roger Vincent of Bowling Green, with the Colonel Benjamin Logan chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution out of Russellville, Ky, lays a wreath in remembrance of the U. S. Coast Guard during the 2018 National Wreaths Across America observance in the Field of Honor at Owensboro Memorial Gardens. (Photo by Greg Eans, Messenger-Inquirer.com | geans@messenger-inquirer.com)