Government

The diplomats will meet one evening a month October through March. They will select and perform a service project in December.

Transportation Cabinet Secretary Greg Thomas said that the cabinet would work with the legislature “to consider implementing a network of regional offices” to issue the ID cards.

People on an "inactive list" can still vote in this November's general election, but they will be removed from voter rolls if they don't update their information in the next two federal elections.

Steve Futrell, who joined the fire department in 1999, had been the deputy chief for two years.

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.