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.

Locals can join in the community's creative expression by sending stories and poems to the bell hooks Creative Writing Contest.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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Here are the stories of several Hopkinsville notables who died in 2023.
By Jennifer P. Brown
2023 In Memoriam (1200 x 630 px)
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Shane Barnes was among five special operations soldiers who died in an aerial training mission on Nov. 10.
By Jennifer P. Brown
The Barnes family (from left) Katherine, Shane, Amelia and Samantha. (Photo provided)
Hoptown Chronicle readers answered the call for holiday recipes that are connected to Hopkinsville stories.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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The Last-Minute Market is Friday at two downtown locations.
By Jennifer P. Brown
late minute market
Five-year-old Saylor Jessup has a role in the new video that helped push "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Saylor Jessup, of Hopkinsville, talks with Brenda Lee during a session in October 2023 to film a new video for Lee's 1958 recording of "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree." (Photo provided)
Jason Russell began his teaching career at South Christian in 1999.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Christian County Public Schools district office exterior
Historian William T. Turner will join museum staff members for a look at 1823, 1923 and 2023.
By Jennifer P. Brown
(Hoptown Chronicle photo by Jennifer P. Brown)
Most years on the anniversary of the 1985 Gander, Newfoundland, crash, Lora Hobbs drives from Kingsport, Tennessee, to Hopkinsville to stand for her brother's memory.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Lora Hobbs, of Kingsport, Tennessee, stands in Hopkinsville Gander Memorial Park following a memorial service Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. Her brother, Army Specialist Mark W. Ferguson, died the air crash at Gander, Newfoundland, in 1985. (Hoptown Chronicle photo by Jennifer P. Brown)
The city of Clarksville released information for volunteers who want to help with recovery following the Saturday tornado that killed three people in that community.
By Jennifer P. Brown
A residential area in Clarksville struck by a tornado Saturday, Dec. 9.  (Clarksville Fire and Rescue photo)
More than 100 entries, including floats, bands and vehicles, have signed up for the parade.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Hopkinsville Christmas parade grinch
Breathitt, a Hopkinsville native, became Kentucky's 51st governor in 1963. He was 39 years old when he took office.
By Jennifer P. Brown
The ceremony on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, to dedicate the statue of Kentucky Gov. Edward T. Breathitt, a Hopkinsville native, in front of the Christian County Courthouse. (Hoptown Chronicle photo by Jennifer P. Brown)