For the first time in 122 years, people driving past the Daviess County Courthouse on Tuesday didn’t see the “Soldiers Monument” — better known as “the Confederate statue” — on
OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) A Confederate statue that stood outside a western Kentucky courthouse for more than a century was removed by county workers with little fanfare. The “Soldiers Monument" at the Daviess County Courthouse was taken down Tuesday morning and moved to the road department, the county's top official, Judge-Executive Al Mattingly, told the Messenger-Inquirer .
OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) — A Confederate statue that stood outside a western Kentucky courthouse for more than a century was removed by county workers with little fanfare.