Government

The city website upgrade includes the Hoptown Hotline portal, plus interactive social media features and other improvements intended to make the content user-friendly and robust.

Mayor Carter Hendricks has recommended that Hopkinsville City Council promote Deputy Fire Chief Steve Futrell.

Candidates for governor, attorney general and agriculture commissioner addressed voters at an event billed as Jazz in the Park.

The public is invited to hear Minton's talk on the history of the U.S. Constitution.

Hopkinsville City Council will have to vote on the tax rate again at its next meeting Sept. 17.

The task force comes as a result of a significant increase in violent crimes in Christian County and Hopkinsville, and was also spurred by the shooting of two Hopkinsville police officers.

Kentucky Retirement Systems, Teacher Retirement Systems and Judicial Form Retirement System are out of compliance with Senate Bill 2, a 2017 law that requires great transparency in the state’s pension agencies, State Auditor Mike Harmon said.

The measure proposed by Democrats would increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour through staggered raises over seven years.

Following a hearing in Franklin Circuit Court, Hampton echoed a tweet she posted in late May publicizing the firing of her deputy, saying that she was still battling “dark forces.”

Kentucky’s Labor Cabinet obtained attendance records that could show which school employees called in sick, arguing that teachers broke state law that prohibits public employees from striking.

Hampton argues that Bevin doesn’t have the authority to fire employees in her office and asks the court to restore her former staffers.

City diplomats will “learn how to make municipal government work for them, gain knowledge of local municipal government, and have the opportunity to support their community through service, promotion, and volunteerism."