The Special Olympics Kentucky Area 2 Spring Games will be held Saturday, April 27, at Apollo High School in Owensboro. The Area 2 meet includes more than 150 athletes from Daviess, Grayson, Henderson, Ohio, Union and Webster Counties. The Area Spring Games include both powerlifting and track and field. Powerlifting will get underway at 9:30 a.m. in the Apollo gym. The event’s official Opening Ceremonies, including the parade of athletes, will take place at 12:30 p.m. on the track. And the track and field competition begins at 1:15 p.m.

Four Owensboro neighborhood alliances will hold their annual cleanups in the upcoming months.  All residents in the cleanup areas are invited to help beautify the neighborhood by picking up litter along sidewalks and streets on their cleanup day.

 The City Sanitation Department will provide free curbside pickup for junk furniture, appliances and other items to its residential customers in this neighborhood alliance area.  Items must be brought curbside by 6 a.m. the day of the cleanup.  If you have items to be picked up, please call the City Action Line at 687-4444 by the Wednesday before the cleanup.  Smaller items must be bagged or boxed.  The crews cannot pick up construction debris/materials, yard waste, paint or any type of liquid.

MIDTOWN EAST NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE - APRIL 13

The Midtown East Alliance extends from Parrish Avenue to Byers Avenue, between Frederica and Breckenridge Streets. The north boundary is 14th Street in the J.Z. Moore neighborhood, between J.R. Miller and Frederica. The alliance meets at Buena Vista Baptist Church at 5:00 p.m. on the first Thursday of every month.