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.

Mayor Carter Hendricks leaving office to become EDC executive director

Hendricks has three years remaining in his second term of office.

By Jennifer P. Brown

Traveling preacher raised money for Hopkinsville’s first large auditorium

The same evangelist also had a role in building a Nashville church that later became a famous music venue.

By Jennifer P. Brown

Elementary teacher Pam Dossett files as Democrat for 8th House District seat

Dossett is a primary candidate for the seat currently held by Republican Walker Thomas.

By Jennifer P. Brown

Museum slates grand re-opening for late February; capital campaign continues

The building renovation and a new exhibit design will provide the first major improvement to the former post office building since the museum was established there in 1976.

By Jennifer P. Brown

Hopkinsville native Edmund W. Starling protected five presidents as a Secret Service agent

A memoir of Starling's 30 years in the White House relied, in part, on details he shared in some 11,000 daily letters written to his mother in Hopkinsville.

By Jennifer P. Brown