History

Bill Dillard was Kentucky's first Black sheriff, elected twice in Christian County before he became caught up in an FBI drug investigation.

Vicki Crawford, director of the Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection, shares five details of Martin Luther King Jr.'s life that stand out.

Recognized as the dean of Black journalists in America, Ted Poston covered major stories on civil rights, politics and Black culture as a staff writer at the New York Post from the mid-1930s until his retirement in 1972.

The virtual program at noon Wednesday, Jan. 19, will focus on the 1960s in Hopkinsville.

The origins of Christmas as a holiday date back to the 1790s and evolved throughout the decades that followed.

In 1932, Hopkinsville photographer L.D. Martin captured a night scene when local merchants first decorated downtown with Christmas lights.

In attempting to capture a new spirit of Christmas, Dickens reminds us of the power of the past and the future to change the way we see the present.

The program will begin at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 23, at Hopkinsville Brewing Co.

Brown, who has served on the board since 2013, was sworn in during the society's annual meeting on Friday.

Spectators come back year after year to hear Christian County Historian William Turner tell the story of the Bell Witch.

In his youth, and perhaps later, Cassius Clay — who went on to become one of the most significant and celebrated sports figures of the 20th century — spent time in Hopkinsville visiting relatives.

Robert Harper, of Hopkinsville Milling Co., will talk about his family's business during the Sept. 28 History on Tap at Hopkinsville Brewing Co.