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 Christian County Chamber of Commerce presented its 2019 Compass Awards to local small businesses during a banquet at the Silo Event Center.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Taylor Hayes receiving Sunset Award
Gwenda Motley, a retired educator, spoke about her sister, feminist author bell hooks, during History on Tap at Hopkinsville Brewing Co.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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Hopkinsville Brewing Co. used Veterans Blend hops to create a new IPA in honor of The Big Read.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Hopkinsville Brewing Company' Joey Medeiros and Kate Russell
See photos from Hopkinsville's Big Read kickoff at the Alhambra Theatre. The war-time USO show was complete with singers and dancers.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Becky Dearman and Riley Fort at Big Read USO Show
Hopkinsville Brewing Co. has cleared the first hurdle in an expansion plan after securing approval Wednesday for a conditional use permit.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Hopkinsville Brewing Co. building
Employees of the Pennyroyal Arts Council, who had their offices in the depot, moved to the Alhambra Theatre.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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Myra Kaye Hancock, owner of The Place restaurant on Sixth Street, died at her home of natural causes. She was 57.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Myra Kaye Hancock Dean Place
Hopkinsville City Council have cleared the way for the state Probation and Parole office to eventually move out of the heart of downtown.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Probation screen shot
A local couple hopes their Kickstarter campaign will help finance construction and startup costs for a new downtown restaurant.
By Jennifer P. Brown
downtown restaurant owners Graham Dawson and Heather Harvey Dawson
If the city catches a break, it'll be snow – and not rain – that will fall during the annual Christmas parade on Saturday.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Snowflake
Residents should plan for street closures from 2:30 to 7 p.m. Saturday in downtown Hopkinsville during the annual Christmas parade.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Street closed sign
The Kentucky New Era, the daily newspaper published by the same family in Hopkinsville for more than 125 years, has been sold to the Paxton Media Group in Paducah.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Kentucky New Era building