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.

Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Christian County Literacy Council.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Artwork created by Christian County High School students is displayed during a celebration of the life  honoring Hopkinsville native Gloria Jean Watkins, who wrote under the pen name bell hooks, on Saturday, April 2, 2022, at the Alhambra Theatre. (Photo by Tony Kirves | Special to Hoptown Chronicle)
The 2022 auctioned raised roughly 35% more than the amount collected last year.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Brandon Killebrew pushes a clip up a wire after retrieving a bid from the line that extends from the audience to the auctioneers at the Hopkinsville Rotary Auction inside the Memorial Building. Killebrew is slated to to chair the 2023 auction. (Photo by Jennifer P. Brown)
Through five nights, the auction had earned nearly 90% of the record that Rotarians set in 2021, when they raised $397,832.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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Turner, the Christian County historian, joined the Hopkinsville Rotary Club in 1971 and is the current longest serving member.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Christian County Historian William T. Turner playfully punches his friend and fellow Rotarian Chris Gilkey during a live broadcast of the Hopkinsville Rotary Auction on Thursday, April 21, 2022, at the Memorial Building. Turner, the club's longest serving member, received a lifetime achievement award. (Photo by Chris Jung)
Two services are planned on May 6 at the Thomas L. Riley Lecture Hall.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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At the halfway mark of the six-night auction, Rotarians are well ahead of the mark set on the same night a year ago.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Rotarians Travis Martin (left) and Adam Smith track bids on Monday, April 18, 2022, during the 72nd annual Hopkinsville Rotary Auction. (Photo by Jennifer P. Brown)
Chris Jung will give the program on the horse that had ties to Christian County.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Flying Ebony Collage
The $1.2 million investment at Legacy Metals will provide a facility to develop and trim roofing and siding panels for the building industry.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Legacy Metals feature
The auction continues nightly through Saturday at the Memorial Building downtown.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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The dinner and a silent auction will raise money to help send children to camp.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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Community members can join the effort downtown at 9 a.m. on Friday, April 22.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Chris Miller helps finish some landscape work with Leadership Hopkinsville Alumni Saturday, June 29, at Founders Square. (Photo by Jennifer P. Brown)
Rotarians raised $143,822 on Monday and presented the club's first Rotary Foundation grant to Men 2 Be.
By Jennifer P. Brown
The 72nd annual Hopkinsville Rotary Auction in the Memorial Building on Monday, April 18, 2022.