History

The 1927 graduate of Howard University's medical school treated patients in his hometown for 50 years and ran Hopkinsville's only hospital for Black patients during segregation.

At a time when there were only a few Hopkinsville homes with cars, the forward-thinking Monroe Dalton built a house with a garage.

In the second part of a three-part Black History Month series about Dr. Phillip Brooks, Grace Abernethy explores the history of the property where Brooks built Hopkinsville's only hospital for Black patients during segregation.

Cowan Brooks, the son of Dr. Philip Carruthers Brooks, donated the artifact to the Pennyroyal Area Museum shortly after the death of his father.

The Hopkinsville native's best-known song is “Ice Cream Man,” and it has a backstory worthy of the blues.

The reenactment will be Tuesday, March 5, in Frankfort.

The stories come from newspaper biographies written by a former Hopkinsville mayor in 1934.

Hopkinsville Community College English professor Elizabeth Burton will teach the workshop, using artifacts as inspiration.

Amid a flurry of anti-DEI legislation in the General Assembly, Beshear said “diversity is an asset” and makes Kentucky “more welcoming” to companies that might relocate to the state. 

The Dalton brothers' legacy can be seen in the brickwork of historic buildings throughout downtown Hopkinsville.

Sometimes, there are historical treasures waiting to be explored in your own backyard. Here are five picks from Hoptown Chronicle editor Jennifer P. Brown.

Grace Abernethy will connect Cayce's life to several buildings along Hopkinsville's Seventh Street.