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.

Several businesses and homes were damaged along a path roughly from 18th Street to Fourth Street on the east side of downtown.
By Jennifer P. Brown
hopkinsville intersection strewn with tornado debris
Rutland's friends knew him as a natural storyteller, and he had an impressive memory of local political figures and events.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Al C. Rutland Jr. (Facebook photo)
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said the updated recommendations "balance what we know about the spread of the virus and the protection provided by vaccination and booster doses."
By Jennifer P. Brown
woman-covid-mask-at-window
Both of Christian County’s distilleries — Casey Jones and MB Roland — donated auction items. 
By Jennifer P. Brown
Canva photo
Pembroke, home to about 865 residents, has been digging out from the Dec. 11 tornado with the help of volunteers from the community and from out-of-state.
By Jennifer P. Brown
The old Price Drug Store building was flooded when windows were blown out in the storms that battered western Kentucky on Dec. 10, 2021. (Photo by Jennifer P. Brown, Hoptown Chronicle)
HBC owners Kate Russell and Joey Medeiros brewed The Eleventh Hour in Boston.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Hop Brewing feature
The group out of Savannah, Georgia will play gospel and big band music Jan. 8 at the Alhambra Theatre.
By Jennifer P. Brown
The Fabulous Equinox plays at an outdoor concert on May 7, 2021, in downtown Hopkinsville. (Photo by Jennifer P. Brown)
The Christian County distillery donated its first ever Barrel Pick Experience for the auction.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Casey Jones feature
Preliminary data from the National Weather Service indicates the tornado that leveled much of Mayfield and Dawson Springs was an EF4. The weather service is still surveying the damages to determine the severity of the other tracks, including one that crossed South Christian from LaFayette to Pembroke. 
By Jennifer P. Brown
Damages from the Dec. 10, 2021, tornado in Mayfield. (National Weather Service photo)
The president will survey storm damage in Mayfield and Dawson Springs.
By Jennifer P. Brown
presidential seal feature
The forum begins at 5:30 p.m. in the Hopkinsville High School gymnasium.
By Jennifer P. Brown
city Hopkinsville seal feature
Hopkinsville, spared from the devastation of the weekend storms, is now in a position to help people in surrounding communities whose homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Recovery workers take a meal break Monday morning at the Pembroke Fire Department, where supporters have been delivering meals, snacks, water and supplies for the community after a tornado ripped through the older sections of town. (Photo by Jennifer P. Brown)