Julia Hunter

Hoptown Chronicle needs your help as we develop a citizens agenda for Hopkinsville and Christian County.

The symposium will feature scholars, artists and activists from across Kentucky.

During a White House press briefing this week, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky urged eligible Americans to get their booster shots as soon as possible.

The surge, prompted by the highly contagious omicron variant, has resulted in an increased demand for COVID-19 testing and vaccines — services the county health department also administers.

The low-interest loans can be used for physical losses and to help "repair or replace damaged or destroyed physical property essential to the success of the agricultural operation, including livestock losses."

Last month, two of the three FDA-authorized monoclonal antibody treatments for COVID-19 were deemed ineffective against the raging omicron variant.

Prior to returning to in-person instruction on Jan. 4, Christian County Public Schools issued a statement that the district would not be requiring masks.

During the campaign, 187 donors contributed, up from 165 last year

Initial findings indicate it was the strongest of several tornadoes to touchdown across the state on Saturday.

As we prepare to ring in the New Year, Hoptown Chronicle is looking back at some moments from the last year, told visually through photography.

The tornado that swept through South Christian County on Dec. 11 was on the ground for more than 122 miles, according to the National Weather Service in Paducah. Preliminary surveys indicate that it was an EF2 as it crossed through our county.

A Facebook group formed last week aims to help reunite Kentucky tornado victims with irreplaceable memories and their pets.