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.

The ordinance would prohibit jaywalking on busy streets downtown, and elsewhere, and would make it illegal for panhandlers to step into a street to take anything from a motorist who isn’t legally parked at the side of the street.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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Maggie Davis and Jonathan Thomas were crowned during homecoming ceremonies Saturday in Lexington.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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Tickets are for the Oct. 19 homecoming game, when Murray plays Eastern Kentucky University.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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Constructed in the mid-1880s, the building houses Southern Exposure and Arsha's House of Flowers.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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The three streets that comprise most of the Anvirdale Historic District — Mooreland Drive, Latham Avenue and Alumni Avenue — are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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Phase II adds 1.7 miles to the rail-trail. Construction is expected to take 10 months.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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Democrat Greg Stumbo faces Republican Daniel Cameron in the Nov. 5 general election.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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Seventeen high school students will meet monthly with city officials and serve as a youth voice for local government.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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Poetry inspired by Kentucky author George Ella Lyon's "Where I'm From" will be read at the coffeehouse.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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The forum, organized by the Hopkinsville-Christian County League of Women Voters, will be Oct. 16 at the Hopkinsville Municipal Center.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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After a quick report on new funding for local road improvements, Gov. Matt Bevin spent about 30 minutes discussing key themes of his re-election bid during a visit Monday to Hopkinsville.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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The ordinance would apply to the city's busiest streets downtown and to Fort Campbell Boulevard from 21st Street to the parkway.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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