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Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation’s board.
Eighth of August celebrations kicked off at Hopkinsville museum
Jennifer P. Brown•
The museum's gathering was the first of three Hopkinsville events planned to celebrate the Eighth of August.
francene gilmer eight of august
Life on Main: A granddaughter will lead History on Tap about Majorie Barker Lawson
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Anne Lawson Noel will share the story of her grandmother, a woman who was ahead of time in Hopkinsville. The program is Thursday at Hopkinsville Brewing Company.
lawson-house
Give Hopkinsville history a good scrub at tombstone cleaning days
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Community members are invited to help at the Union Benevolent Society Cemetery.
Tombstone cleaner Brendan Abernethy
Hopkinsville women who influenced our history
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In honor of Women's History Month, Hoptown Chronicle is highlighting some of Hopkinsville's most notable women throughout history.
Women's history
The healing legacy of Dr. Philip Carruthers Brooks
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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.
Dr. Philip Brooks
John Brim: A blues man from Hopkinsville who wrote ‘Ice Cream Man’
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The Hopkinsville native's best-known song is “Ice Cream Man,” and it has a backstory worthy of the blues.
John-Brim-featured
1964 Freedom March on Frankfort, which had Hopkinsville ties, will be reenacted
Jennifer P. Brown•
The reenactment will be Tuesday, March 5, in Frankfort.
march on frankfort protestors
History on Tap will feature Christian County survivors of slavery
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The stories come from newspaper biographies written by a former Hopkinsville mayor in 1934.
Black History Month Column 1
5 historic places to explore in Hopkinsville
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Sometimes, there are historical treasures waiting to be explored in your own backyard. Here are five picks from Hoptown Chronicle editor Jennifer P. Brown.
Brooks Memorial Hospital in Hopkinsville
History on Tap will wrap up 2023 with a look at three years in local history
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Historian William T. Turner will join museum staff members for a look at 1823, 1923 and 2023.
Hopkinsville Brewing feature
Gov. Edward T. Breathitt statue dedicated in Hopkinsville, where he began his law career
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Breathitt, a Hopkinsville native, became Kentucky's 51st governor in 1963. He was 39 years old when he took office.
Breathitt dedication feature
The Phoenix, one of Hopkinsville’s oldest downtown landmarks, is gone
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Hoptown Chronicle shot a series of photographs documenting the final stage of the historic building's demolition.
phoenix building sign after demolition