Transco Energy Corp. For the first time since Dwight Eisenhower's 1952 whistle-stop, a major candidate for president campaigns in Owensboro. Vice President George Bush lands at Owensboro-Daviess County Regional Airport, travels to the Executive Inn by motorcade and then to a rally at English Park by boat. He will be sentenced to more than 13 years in prison on that and other charges. Vice presidential candidates Dan Quayle and Lloyd Bentsen also campaign in Owensboro. Quayle spends the night at the Executive Inn, plays basketball at Kentucky Wesleyan College and shops at Towne Square Mall.
Nobody grabs their fannies.
In 1989, the state turns thumbs down on Mercy Hospital's plans to add lithotripsy service and open a birthing center. In June, the Kentucky Supreme Court declares the state's school system to be unconstitutional. Don and Phil Everly come home to Central City for a musical homecoming festival on Labor Day weekend. The event is so successful that it becomes an annual affair. For the first time since 1925, Daviess County elects Republicans to county office in 1989.