History

After high school, John Miller Cooper became a basketball star at the University of Missouri.

Trinity Episcopal in Danville experienced cholera epidemics, the aftermath of Kentucky’s largest Civil War battle and the 1918 flu pandemic.

The park features a replica of King Arthur’s sword in a large stone, a Round Table surrounded by 24 stone seats and a Graeco-Roman amphitheater with a sculpture of Melpomene.

The city has seen varying degrees of growth with each decennial census. The 1950s marked Hopkinsville's largest population jump.

Gov. Andy Beshear has asked Kentuckians to display green lights as a symbol of compassion and renewal.

The plant has a fragrance similar to spearmint. In certain quanities, the plant's extract is toxic.

Also that year, the Kentucky Press Association met for a convention in Hopkinsville's Hotel Latham.

The governor asked churches across the state to simultaneously ring their bells. This is the first Sunday churches are not able to have in-person worship because of the coronavirus.

The South Kentuckian newspaper reported on Anthony's speech and stated local men "don't want the woman dabbling in politics ..."

The son of a local surgeon, he graduated from Hopkinsville High School in 1935. Working in New York after World War II, he became friends with Grace Kelly.

In Cayce's game, the players act as traders battling for commodities such as sugar, wheat and coffee.

Gail McHenry was 19 years old when she served as the youngest delegate at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Ebony magazine carried a three-page story about her that fall.