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The $4.64 million project will extend the city’s rail-trail an additional 1.7 miles, taking it from Pardue Lane to Foston Chapel Road near Eagle Way bypass.

Under Kentucky law, the attorney general is the first line of review for disputes between citizens and public agencies concerning access to public records and meetings.

The arguments stem from a judge's ruling, which cited scientific evidence that people in the age group can’t yet fully control their impulses.

Concerns about the ICREZ budget stem, in part, from the growing burden of dilapidated structures – that have been abandoned in many cases by owners – in Hopkinsville’s oldest neighborhoods.

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.