There was more than one ambitious journalist in Hopkinsville’s Poston family

by Jennifer P. Brown
February 6, 2020

Robert Lincoln Poston started his newspaper work in Hopkinsville before moving to Detroit and then New York City. In 1934, he led a delegation to Liberia for black nationalist Marcus Garvey's organization.

Fountain honors Hopkinsville’s ‘fearless’ Confederate Col. Thomas Woodward

by Jennifer P. Brown
January 31, 2020

A Union colonel who was tricked into surrendering to the Confederates at Clarksville, Tennessee, called Woodward an "insignificant cuss."

Riverside Chapel saved by a Hopkinsville dress shop owner in 1959

by Jennifer P. Brown
January 24, 2020

One of Hopkinsville’s most striking historic landmarks was saved from bring razed in 1959 after the widow of a former city commissioner raised public awareness and money to save the chapel.

1915 post office building was constructed for $100,000, survives today as museum

by Jennifer P. Brown
January 17, 2020

The post office building's architectural style represented strength. It remains one of the most striking buildings in downtown Hopkinsville.

Jeffers’ Bend is named for the only woman ever elected Hopkinsville’s mayor

by Jennifer P. Brown
January 9, 2020

The environmental center is on the grounds of the city's old water treatment plant. The 40-acre site has a 2.7 mile walking trail.

Traveling preacher raised money for Hopkinsville’s first large auditorium

by Jennifer P. Brown
January 3, 2020

The same evangelist also had a role in building a Nashville church that later became a famous music venue.

Hopkinsville native Edmund W. Starling protected five presidents as a Secret Service agent

by Jennifer P. Brown
December 26, 2019

A memoir of Starling's 30 years in the White House relied, in part, on details he shared in some 11,000 daily letters written to his mother in Hopkinsville.

Alhambra’s classic movie offerings attract big audiences from schools

by Jennifer P. Brown
December 19, 2019

Films were not shown at the Alhambra from 1983 to 2013. Digital film equipment brought movies back with grants and local donations.

Hopkinsville sculptor created works for two memorials honoring soldiers who died in Gander crash

by Jennifer P. Brown
December 12, 2019

Steve Shields created dozens of works and became a highly regarded artist before his death in 1998.

Newspaper’s move back to downtown planned before end of year

by Jennifer P. Brown
December 9, 2019

Twenty employees of the Kentucky New Era will work from the former J.C. Penney building that has been under renovation for about six months.

Odd Fellows Building owes its survival to a major renovation completed nearly 20 years ago

by Jennifer P. Brown
December 5, 2019

The building constructed in 1902 has housed several businesses over its history, including four drug stores. The last one, Herb Brandt's Corner Drugs, closed in 1989

An early Christmas parade aimed to chase away some hard economic times

by Jennifer P. Brown
November 29, 2019

Prosperity had Depression on the run, at least in spirit, when the Chamber of Commerce organized Hopkinsville's first big Christmas parade.

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