Hoptown Chronicle

Hoptown Chronicle is an independent, nonprofit news outlet that is dedicated to providing fair, fact-based reporting for people who care about Hopkinsville, Kentucky. We believe that public service journalism serves the community’s social, cultural and economic wellbeing by fostering knowledge, connection and meaning.
BLVD Bash was established in 2024 to highlight businesses along the commercial strip of Fort Campbell Boulevard.
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The Pennyrile Marketplace strip mall on Fort Campbell Boulevard has secured more than a dozen retail and service businesses in tenant spaces that previously were vacant for several years. (Hoptown Chronicle photo by Jennifer P. Brown)
The federal agency could lose institutional knowledge, leaving America vulnerable to falling behind countries like China in global agriculture, writes a former Hopkinsville resident.
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The artist chosen for the Pennyroyal Arts Council project will guide 10 students during a five-day camp in October to create a downtown mural related to Hopkinsville history.
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Author Ross Gay (right) joins community members a the 2023 Big Read mural unveiling on the Hopkinsville Brewing Co.'s exterior wall. (Hoptown Chronicle photo by Jennifer P. Brown)
More than 250 people attended the festival in 2024.
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Several medical providers and others with expertise in health topics have been invited to speak and answer questions
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Mary Pettus-Rowland will serve a two-year term as an unlicensed citizen member of the board, which reviews attorney discipline matters.
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The grant will be used to complete a community garden that is expected to yield its first crop in 2026.
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(Hoptown Chronicle photo by Julia Hunter)
High temperatures will be in the upper 90s and heat index values will be as high as 108.
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Class member and their families and friends are invited.
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Topic range from summer cooking and horse racing, to aliens, historic preservation and two of the city’s best known creatives. 
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The Pennyroyal Area Museum at East Ninth and Liberty streets. (Hoptown Chronicle photo by Jennifer P. Brown)
Improvements will include new flooring and paint.
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Thomas Street Recreation Center. (Photo by Jennifer P. Brown)
Margaret Prim will prepare "traditional summer favorites" at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, at the Pennyroyal Area Museum.
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(Hoptown Chronicle photo by Julia Hunter)