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 Rev. Joe Leavell, senior pastor of Mount Olive Baptist Church, was the featured speaker.
By Jennifer P. Brown
MLK audience
Constructed in 1916, the school building on First Street has been vacant since 1988.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Attucks Jan 26
The book club, an informal gathering for anyone interested in bell hooks, has its next meeting on Jan. 19.
By Jennifer P. Brown
bell hooks
The decision to sell the business comes a little more than three years since the distillery broke ground on a nearly $2 million expansion, which included construction of a rickhouse with a capacity for 3,000 barrels of bourbon and other spirits.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Casey Jones Distillery owners (from left) Cody Turner, Peg Hays and Arlon "A.J." Jones, who is the master distiller, during a groundbreaking ceremony at the Witty Lane distillery on Thursday. (Photo by Jennifer P. Brown, Hoptown Chronicle)
About 20 people gathered Saturday near the Christian County Justice Center to protest federal immigration policies following a fatal ICE shooting in Minnesota earlier this week.
By Jennifer P. Brown
protesters in hopkinsville
The first meal under a new Dinner Church director will be served on Jan. 8
By Jennifer P. Brown
The Salvation Army headquarters building, which houses the Soup Kitchen, on Seventh Street. (Hoptown Chronicle photo)
State highway officials said the highway closure could last up to two days from the time of the derailment Tuesday morning.
By Jennifer P. Brown
trenton train map
Tips for celebrating New Year's Eve in Hopkinsville range from a walk in the woods to rib-sticking take-home meals or a high-end dinner.
By Jennifer P. Brown
The New Beer's Eve celebration on Dec. 31, 2023, at Hopkinsville Brewing Co. (Hoptown Chronicle photo by Jennifer P. Brown)
Hoptown Chronicle's annual holiday quiz comes from editor Jennifer P. Brown, who has been writing a Christmas quiz for friends every year since 1995.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Santa Claus, doing some last-minute shopping for his friend George Fillingham, is seen Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, leaving Milkweed Health & Harmony Emporium in downtown Hopkinsville. (Hoptown Chronicle photo by Jennifer P. Brown)
It was a big night all around for the city water utility and its employees. HWEA’s float received the grand champion award for a parade float. And retiring general manager Derrick Watson was the parade grand marshal. 
By Jennifer P. Brown
2025 christmas parade house
Hundreds gathered Friday to remember the 248 Fort Campbell soldiers who died in the crash on their way home to Fort Campbell for the Christmas holiday.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Gander Kenneth Duckworth