Jennifer P. Brown

Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation’s board.

By Jennifer P. Brown
Walkers head to the Hopkinsville Greenway next to the public library on Feb. 16, 2025. (Hoptown Chronicle photo by Jennifer P. Brown)
Dozens of roads across the state remain flooded from heavy rain over the weekend, and this will impact snow removal.
By Jennifer P. Brown
A state truck plows snow on Fort Campbell Boulevard near Skyline Drive. (Hoptown Chronicle photo by Jennifer P. Brown)
Saturday's rainfall measured 5.85 inches, bringing the week's total to 7.46 inches, according to the Kentucky Mesonet weather monitor in Hopkinsville.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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Gov. Andy Beshear issued a state of emergency Friday ahead of the rainfall to prepare for potentially hazardous conditions. 
By Jennifer P. Brown
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Dr. Brian Clardy will speak at the event sponsored by the Modernette Civic Club.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Dr. Brian Clardy, professor of history at Murray State University. (MSU photo)
House will speak first at The Breathitt Lecture slated at noon on March 20 in the Riley Lecture Hall at HCC’s Auditorium Building. That evening, Hopkinsville resident Gwenda Motley will moderate a talk with House.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Kentucky writer Silas House speaks during a celebration of Hopkinsville native Gloria Jean Watkins, who wrote under the pen name bell hooks, on Saturday, April 2, 2022, at the Alhambra Theatre in Hopkinsville. House is the bestselling author of six novels. He became friends with hooks at Berea College. (Photo by Tony Kirves | Special to Hoptown Chronicle)
Hoptown Chronicle readers add detail and meaning to a couple of popular local stories.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Tina Turner gave this photo to Bill Dillard when she and her husband, Ike Turner, came to Hopkinsville to perform at the Skylark Club. (Photo from Mamie Dillard)
Maybe what’s most important is not the things but the stories that we carry from a place, writes Hoptown Chronicle editor Jennifer P. Brown
By Jennifer P. Brown
Hoptown Chronicle editor Jennifer P. Brown's granddaughter Emmy Kinder wanted biscuits for breakfast during a weekend visit. (Hoptown Chronicle photo)
Christian County Middle School had the largest number of students present for a morning program at HCC and keeps the school challenge traveling trophy for a second year.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Fisk Jubilee Singers performing Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, at the Alhambra Theatre. (Hoptown Chronicle photo by Jennifer P. Brown)
The induction ceremony will be March 10 in Lexington.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Kentucky Poet Laureate Crystal Wilkinson speaks during a celebration of Hopkinsville native Gloria Jean Watkins, who wrote under the pen name bell hooks, on Saturday, April 2, 2022, at the Alhambra Theatre in Hopkinsville. Wilkinson was just beginning her literary career when she met hooks in 1993. Earlier this year, Wilkinson received the NAACP Image Award for poetry. (Photo by Tony Kirves | Special to Hoptown Chronicle)
A Sunday afternoon service is planned at Cedar Grove Baptist Church, followed on Monday by the march to the community college at 10 a.m. and the Fisk concert at the Alhambra at 2 p.m.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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A few inches of snow was just enough to pretty up the landscape for photographs.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Snow covers the path on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, along the Hopkinsville Greenway between the North Drive Trailhead and the Hopkinsville-Christian County Public Library. (Hoptown Chronicle photo by Jennifer P. Brown)