Only Tennessee and North Dakota had small increases in births from 2022 to 2023, according to a Stateline analysis of provisional federal data on births.
After running a hotel in the heart of Hopkinsville, proprietor Burwell C. Ritter was elected to Congress and was serving in Washington, D.C., at the time of Lincoln's assassination.
In the early 1960s, recalls Jackie Cornelius White, students had the opportunity "to create our own identity as the new elementary school in Hopkinsville."
Dr. Gerald Smith, co-editor of "The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia," will be the guest speaker June 15 at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Hopkinsville-Christian County.
