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 school system will provide lunches, and the resource centers will be open to assist students and community members.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Buses line up at Marshall County High School on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. (Photo by Liam Niemeyer, WKMS)
Several homes were heavily damaged or destroyed in Southern Christian County late Friday night and county rescue team members and sheriff’s deputies began searching Pembroke and surrounding areas Saturday morning for anyone who was hurt or trapped in storm wreckage.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Pembroke City Hall was among the buildings damaged by the storm. (Pembroke Fire Department photo)
The National Weather Service says thunderstorms are possible between 11 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. Saturday.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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There will be five local judicial races on the Christian County ballot, but so far only one is contested.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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A former special education teacher and guidance counselor for Christian County Public Schools, Poindexter had been serving as interim principal at HMS since August.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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Holiday shipment deadlines recommended by the U.S. Postal Service, UPS and FedEx are fast approaching.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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The exhibit features work representing locations in Hopkinsville and Christian County.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Hopkinsville Art Guild paintings depicting scenes of Hopkinsville and Christian County are displayed in December 2021 in the lobby of the Pennyroyal Area Museum. (Photo provided by the Hopkinsville Art Guild)
The variant was confirmed by the California and San Francisco departments of public health in an individual who returned to the U.S. from South Africa on Nov. 22.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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Two ceremonies are planned on Dec. 10 in the Thomas L. Riley Lecture Hall.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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The portraits are an expression of the community's care for families who lost loved ones to the virus, said one of the painters who helped organize the project for the Hopkinsville Art Guild.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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Several promotions and community activities are slated Saturday to promote small, independent businesses.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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A $10 million grant that Christian County Public Schools received in October is not part of the federal relief money now in question in school districts, said Superintendent Chris Bentzel.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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