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.

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
martin luther king jr. and lyndon johnson
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)
Local residents can weigh in by answering a brief online survey about the proposed change.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Hopkinsville City Council Chambers. (Photo by Jennifer P. Brown)
All schools, including Hopkinsville Community College, are closed on Friday
By Jennifer P. Brown
snow on leaves
The storm’s impact locally was moderate compared to areas north of Hopkinsville, where several inches of snow accumulated in other areas of the state.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Icicles hang from Pioneer, a 1984 copper statue by Steve Shields, on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, in Pioneer Cemetery. (Hoptown Chronicle photo by Jennifer P. Brown)
The NWS advisory states that roads will likely be slick and hazardous for drivers. In addition, ice could cause power outages and tree damage. 
By Jennifer P. Brown
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Kathy Johnson has been decorating at Virginia Street Baptist Church for decades. Not even a brain aneurysm could sideline her very long.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Kathy Johnson
The hospital board had planned to vote on the Deaconess transaction this month.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Christian Circuit Judge Andrew Selfs speaks during a hearing Dec. 20 on the Jennie Stuart lawsuit stemming from a possible acquisition by Deaconess in Evansville, Indiana. (Hoptown Chronicle photo by Jennifer P. Brown)