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.

Ben Montgomery's book, "A Shot in the Moonlight," is about a freed Kentucky slave who found justice with the help of a Confederate war hero.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Ben Montgomery
The Hopkinsville office is one of 13 Kentucky Career Centers that will begin seeing clients by appointment.
By Jennifer P. Brown
hopkinsville unemployment assistance office
The one-shot Johnson and Johnson vaccine will be given at four clinics.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Vaccine Update
The price is $5 for a sackful of books.
By Jennifer P. Brown
public library feature
The "Authentic America" episode featuring the local distillery will first show on April 27 on Circle TV.
By Jennifer P. Brown
A crew for “Authentic America” films distillery co-owner Arlon Casey Jones (center) with hosts Charlie and Nan Kelly inside the Christian County distillery. The segment was televised in April 2021. (Photo by Peg Hays)
The committee’s first charge is to learn and educate the public in an “unbiased manner” on partisan versus nonpartisan elections and to explore the “basis for changing the present system.”
By Jennifer P. Brown
Wendell Lynch greets a well-wisher after taking the oath of office Sunday to become Hopkinsville's interim mayor. (Hoptown Chronicle photo by Jennifer P. Brown)
Kentucky residents age 18 and older are eligible for the vaccine.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Black patient vaccine feature
The kits will be available to pick up Saturday and during spring break with different activities offered each day.
By Jennifer P. Brown
edgar cayce photo at museum
The Kentucky Broadband Initiative will help local and state officials learn where the state needs access improvements.
By Jennifer P. Brown
internet speed feature
Temperatures will be in the 20s overnight Wednesday and Thursday in Hopkinsville.
By Jennifer P. Brown
frost grass feature
Many of the small business award recipients had to learn new ways of serving customers and staying afloat financially.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Hopkinsville-Brewing-owners-feature
No drumming experience is needed to participate in the Pennyroyal Arts Council workshop.
By Jennifer P. Brown
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