Business & Development

News about business and development in downtown Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

Paxton Media Group has purchased Landmark Community Newspapers, a deal that gives the Paducah-based chain 120 publications in 14 states.
Jung will be Jennie Stuart’s director of marketing and community relations beginning June 28.
The state chamber and the public-policy school at UK say they will try to "find new ways to bridge Kentucky’s urban-rural divide" with a series of webinars called the Kentucky Public Policy Roundtable Series.
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Beshear has said the state will continue to participate in the program, despite escalating claims from businesses and Republicans that the benefit is causing a worker shortage.
Customers at Hopkinsville's largest retail department store and grocery had varied reactions to changes in the state's coronavirus mask requirements.
Brooke Jung and Dan Kemp will co-chair the 2021 United Way of the Pennyrile fundraising campaign.
Siemer Milling wanted a table that would last, the plant manager said.
Fred and Sharon Wilharm also own historic downtown properties in Springfield and Shelbyville, Tennessee.
The 135-year-old building was sold at auction for Lester Benny Guier, a Hopkinsville attorney.
Kate Russell, a U.S. Army veteran and mother of two children, opened Hopkinsville Brewing on Fifth Street in 2016.
Owner Tim Goodaker, whose parents started in the dry-cleaning business in 1957, will retire. The new owners of Model Cleaners will keep the shop open on South Main Street.
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The fair will be August 19-29, with tickets going on sale in July. Information on events, artists, and competitions will be announced at a later date.
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