News Archives

Breaking Bread is preparing for a large Easter feast

by Jennifer P. Brown
March 23, 2022

Individuals and church groups can help by contributing desserts, side dishes or bread for the meal.

TVA to invest $3.5B in gas-burning plants instead of expanding renewable energy sources

by The Rural Blog
March 23, 2022

Environmental advocates says the TVA directors are going to slowly in a transition to renewable power.

Ky. tourism agencies tout $5.3M in federal money

by Liam Niemeyer
March 23, 2022

The tourism offices in Hopkinsville and Oak Grove will receive a combine $61,744.

HUD to give Kentucky more than $70 million in disaster relief funds

by Lily Burris
March 22, 2022

The funds will help communities have better resilience to long-term disasters and greater resources to “ensure equitable outcomes for underserved households” that are disproportionately affected by disasters.

What is the new COVID-19 variant BA.2, and will it cause another wave of infections in the US?

by Mitzi Nagarkatti
March 22, 2022

BA.2, one of three main omicron sublineages, is sweeping the world.

Tornado recovery group forming in Christian County

by Jennifer P. Brown
March 22, 2022

The group invites church, nonprofit, government and business representatives to an organizational meeting on March 29.

A puzzling weekend

by Jennifer P. Brown
March 21, 2022

Inspired by the popular word game Wordle, Hoptown Chronicle editor Jennifer P. Brown created her own puzzler — with a local twist.

The end is nigh: Where things stand in the Kentucky Legislature

by Ryland Barton
March 21, 2022

As the legislative session comes to an end, both chambers of the legislature have massive priorities — and Republicans are firmly in the driver's seat.

The story behind the woman in the blue dress

by Alissa Keller
March 21, 2022

An old portrait of a Christian County woman who was born in the 1870s inspires a deep look into one family's history.

Poston’s Hall of Fame induction set for Thursday in Lexington

by Jennifer P. Brown
March 20, 2022

Poston, known as the Dean of Black Journalists, covered many of the country's major civil rights stories from the mid-1930s until his retirement in 1972.

Kentucky kept collecting UK medical debt after acknowledging due process violations

by Jared Bennett
March 19, 2022

UK HealthCare has powerful debt collection tools at its disposal thanks to its partnership with the Department of Revenue, which can garnish wages, levy bank accounts or intercept tax returns to get at money allegedly owed to the university — all without a court order.

CSX is preparing to close 4 rail crossings downtown

by Jennifer P. Brown
March 18, 2022

Work to close the crossings will start on March 23, the mayor's office said.