Elections

Walter Cummings, a certified public accountant who has served as county treasurer since 2006, will run for county clerk as a Democrat.

Tribble, a Democrat, said his priorities include expansion of broadband internet, economic development, funding law enforcement and maintaining county roads.

A former Hopkinsville police officer, DeArmond first won election as sheriff in 2018.

Newby previously worked in the Christian County Clerk's Office.

Humphries is the first candidate to announce for county clerk. The incumbent, Mike Kem, is not seeking re-election.

Nonpartisan Elections Citizens Committee is planning two forums to help educate local voters.

The incumbent Democrat, Steve Tribble, said he'll make an official announcement in seven to 10 days about his plans for the 2022 election

An internal Facebook report found that the social media platform’s algorithms enabled disinformation campaigns to reach nearly half of all Americans in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election.

Adam Smith, a Hopkinsville police captain, is running for jailer as a Republican.

The committee is arranging to have several speakers address the community on the differences between nonpartisan and partisan city elections, and the potential impact of each.

After Beshear and Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman announced they wouldn’t attend the Fancy Farm picnic this year, Louisville Democrats said they would skip as well, instead hosting a vaccination clinic at a union hall in Jefferson County.

Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams, a Republican, spoke by video to the U.S. House Committee on House Administration on Monday during a hearing about Congress’ role regulating federal elections.