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Record amount spent lobbying Kentucky legislature last year

by Tom Loftus
January 21, 2023

The biggest spender, the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, successfully sought cuts in state income tax and unemployment benefits

Military veterans now eligible for suicidal crisis care at any VA or private emergency facility

by The Rural Blog
January 19, 2023

The new policy is an effort to address the extreme number of veteran suicides.

Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame selects 5 new members

by Kentucky Lantern
January 19, 2023

The new class will include Blanche Taylor Dickinson, a poet, short story writer and journalist, who once lived in Trenton, her husband's hometown.

FEMA approves over $5 million in reimbursements for tornado outbreak, more on the way

by Derek Operle
January 19, 2023

The funding to reimburse Kentucky Emergency Management and Hopkins County for costs associated with the December 2021 disaster was approved on Tuesday.

City officials pledge to address public queries about L&N Train Depot’s future

by Jennifer P. Brown
January 19, 2023

City officials on Tuesday noted that several other proposed projects could ultimately compete for the funding needed to renovate the historic L&N Train Depot.

Kentucky attorney general launches program to combat human trafficking

by Divya Karthikeyan
January 18, 2023

AG Daniel Cameron said the program will combat human trafficking by targeting illicit massage businesses.

City employee will be promoted to chief financial officer

by Jennifer P. Brown
January 17, 2023

Comptroller Melissa Clayton will become CFO when Robert Martin retires in August.

Hopkinsville Art Guild slates jewelry-making workshop

by Jennifer P. Brown
January 17, 2023

Hopkinsville attorney and artist Sarah Brechwald will teach the workshop on Feb. 18.

Historic Phoenix Building deemed unsafe to enter

by Jennifer P. Brown
January 17, 2023

The city is giving the property owner 90 days to declare how it will remedy the building's structural issues.

Hopkinsville MLK observance focuses on youth

by Jennifer P. Brown
January 16, 2023

A record number of students joined the march and then participated in a program at the community college.

Nondenominational churches now have largest share of church-goers in US

by The Rural Blog
January 16, 2023

The share of Americans who identify with Protestant denominations has slipped to around 10%.

A century ago, these 5-foot-long snowshoes carried a lawyer through Hopkinsville

by Alissa Keller
January 16, 2023

Artifacts like the snowshoes, which date to the 1910s, reveal bigger stories that strike at the "heart of who we are," observes Alissa Keller.