Government

West, an educator who serves on city council, and Knight, a small business owner, won the Democratic and Republican primaries, respectively.

Here are the unofficial results in the Christian County May 2022 Primary Election, reported by the County Clerk’s Office.

FEMA has a pool of cash set aside to reimburse burial costs — even retroactively — to the families of COVID victims.

Curling, the Caldwell County judge-executive, is trying to unseat the Hopkinsville businessman in a newly drawn House district.

Dossett also ran for the state house seat in 2020 and lost to Republican Walker Thomas. She carried Christian County by a small margin but lost the district 7,292 to 6,012 votes.

As part of the Affordable Connectivity Program, 20 internet service providers will lower costs to no more than $30 a month or increase speeds to at least 100 megabits per second.

City council will discuss the budget during two Committee of the Whole meetings this month.

A conservative dark money group is influencing public welfare laws in Kentucky, and advocates say it could have a detrimental impact on access to benefits for the state’s most vulnerable residents.

Committee chairman Rich Maddux will present a summary to council members on May 19.

A draft opinion published Monday night by Politico would strike down the decision that has guaranteed the right to an abortion until a fetus can live outside the womb.

The decision came amid a notable shift in local public sentiment about drinking. In 2003 and 2005, Hopkinsville churches were vocal in their opposition to Sunday alcohol sales.

A relative newcomer to Hopkinsville led the effort to get the measure before city council.