DAVIESS CO., KY (WFIE)- Owensboro zoning officials signed off on plans for a new 700 acre strip-mine in Daviess County. Opponents appealed to the county fiscal court.

Thursday night, both sides came together to answer the court's questions.

Over 13 hours of testimony from previous meetings on the coal issue were entered Thursday night and still, people weren't at a loss for words.

Tony Isbill, like many of his neighbors, is opposed to strip mining in Pleasant Ridge.

OWENSBORO, KY (WFIE)-

The Green River Area Development District says its “Stop Senior Hunger” food drive has been honored with an Aging Achievement Award by the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a).

“Stop Senior Hunger” was among 44 local aging programs to receive honors at the n4a Annual Conference, July 7-12, in Denver, Colorado.

Launched in 2011, the “Stop Senior Hunger” initiative is a collaborative effort of GRADD, Independence Bank, Comfort Keepers, Specialty Foods Group, and Canteen. The annual spring food drive aims to provide a week’s worth of groceries to low-income senior citizens in Daviess, Hancock, Henderson, McLean, Ohio, Union, and Webster counties. In March and April 2012, over seven tons of non-perishable food items and $5,000 in monetary donations were collected to benefit 505 seniors across the region.