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.

In Cayce's game, the players act as traders battling for commodities such as sugar, wheat and coffee.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Edgar Cayce's Pit game
The award winners ranged from a public agency celebrating is 125th anniversary to a distillery in business less than a decade.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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Councilman Brooks will chair committee. Their recommendations are expected by June 18.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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The closure is set for Thursday, March 5, and Friday, March 6.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Senior apartments
The survey can be completed online in less than 20 minutes.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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The Lenten luncheons are a tradition that goes back at least 35 years at the Hopkinsville church.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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Gail McHenry was 19 years old when she served as the youngest delegate at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Ebony magazine carried a three-page story about her that fall.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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Rent for the income-restricted property will range from at least $495 for a one-bedroom apartment to $595 for a two-bedroom unit.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Senior apartments
Owners Kate Russell and Joey Medeiros invested more than $220,000 in the expansion. The brewery will now be open Monday through Saturday.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Hopkinsville Brewing
The dinners are set for three Fridays during Lent in the Catholic school's new cafeteria.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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Gorman graduated from University Heights Academy in 1983. He left Western Kentucky University and moved to Atlanta, where he met brothers Chris and Rich Robinson, his eventual Black Crowes’ co-founders.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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Hopkinsville native and retired bank president, Wendell Lynch was sworn in as Hopkinsville's first Black mayor on Feb. 23, 2021.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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