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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.
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
Back to the Future block party is fundraiser for Hopkinsville’s clock tower
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The 1980s themed party on Oct. 6 will feature a live band for an outdoor concert.
April 1 storm clock tower feature
Underground Railroad topic of next History on Tap
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The free program is slated Sept. 1 at Hopkinsville Brewing Co.
Hopkinsville Brewing feature
Alien Day planned Saturday at Pennyroyal Area Museum
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The special event is a nod to the story of a Kelly farm family who claimed that aliens invaded their homeplace on Aug. 21, 1955.
pennyroyal museum dusk
Oral histories focus of Eighth of August Emancipation Celebration at museum
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The Croney family was represented by four generations, including matriarch Nannie Croney whose oral history includes a story of resistance on behalf of her children.
Croney family
All in her name: An act of remembrance
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Recently, Hoptown Chronicle editor Jennifer P. Brown has adopted a new identify of sorts. It all began as an act of remembrance.
starbucks cup with ancestors name
Tombstone Tuesday: Here’s how to help clean local headstones
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Tombstone Tuesday — a local effort to clean headstones at Hopkinsville's UBS Cemetery — is happening on June 20.
tombstone cleanup
Juneteenth celebration Saturday at Hopkinsville Boys and Girls Club
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The keynote speaker will be author and civil rights historian Quraysh Ali Lansana. 
Quraysh Ali Lansana
Cemetery researcher traces his lifelong interest in honoring veterans
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Former Hopkinsville resident Joe Craver was 10 years old the first time he walked a cemetery to place American flags at veterans' graves.
Joe Craver KHS feature
Tombstone Tuesday volunteers help uncover names of long departed
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A dozen people came out Tuesday to help clean monuments in the Union Benevolent Society Cemetery on Vine Street.
Tombstone cleaners feature
Historic preservation advocates to lead May session of History on Tap
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The May 25 program will feature conservationist Grace Abernethy, Downtown Renaissance Director Holly Boggess and South Main Street homeowner Jeri Richardson.
Main Street residences