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Steve Futrell, the new fire chief, was promoted following the retirement of Freddie Montgomery.

The Mixer, a combination restaurant, bakery and bar on Sixth Street, will be open Wednesday through Saturday.

The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife reports there are 187 active bald eagle nests in the state.

The Sunday Social was organized for Hopkinsville's Big Read, which is focused on Thorton Wilder's play, "Our Town."

Founder and editor of the Hoptown Chronicle, Jennifer Brown, discusses Dean of Black Journalists Ted Poston on the WKMS program Sounds Good.

The collection features fictionalized accounts of Poston's childhood, growing up in the 1910s in segregated Hopkinsville. The author and his buddies play the heroes, often outwitting the white community, but also their black elders.

Critics of the proposal say lawmakers are putting hungry children at risk just to address a small number of people who have scammed the system.

State Sen. Whitney Westerfield and Court of Appeals Justice Christopher Shea Nickell spoke Wednesday about their professional experiences and other issues during a League of Women Voters forum.

Bevin leads among men, older and rural voters while Beshear has more support with women, younger voters in metropolitan areas, according to the poll.

Mayor Carter Hendricks said the ordinance addresses concerns about the growing number of panhandlers in the city.

State Sen. Whitney Westerfield, who opposes Court of Appeals Judge Christopher Shea Nickell, said he thinks his speech has been in line with the code for state judicial candidates.

The survey was conducted first by online and mail-in surveys, which received more than 2,000 responses.