Events Archives

Summer Salute music festival Friday, Saturday in downtown Hopkinsville

by Jennifer P. Brown
August 25, 2021

City recreation officials encourage festival-goers to wear a mask, but it is not required. The CDC recommends masks at crowded outdoor settings in areas like Christian County with high COVID-19 cases.

Alhambra will require masks for patrons

by Jennifer P. Brown
August 24, 2021

The policy starts with the Pennyroyal Arts Council's next concert, featuring the band Trigger Hippy, on Sept. 18.

Lights Out Festival is Saturday at Casey Jones Distillery

by Jennifer P. Brown
August 17, 2021

Two bands, one from South Carolina and the other from Nashville, will play for the outdoor concert.

Emancipation celebration Sunday at Pennyroyal Area Museum

by Jennifer P. Brown
August 7, 2021

The museum will be open, free of charge, from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday with a focus on several Black history speakers and artifacts.

Taste of the Town will feature Black food vendors Saturday at HBC

by Jennifer P. Brown
August 5, 2021

The owners of Vansauwa's Tacos and Vegan Eats organized the event to highlight Black food entrepreneurs on a weekend when many African Americans celebrate the emancipation of slaves during the Civil War.

Local museum highlights Hopkinsville history during downtown summer stroll

by Dustin Wilcox
July 26, 2021

On the stroll, Keller recounted how local churches nursed wounded Confederate soldiers during the Civil War, "Night Riders" burned three tobacco warehouses in 1907, the Ku Klux Klan burned crosses at six intersections in 1924 and more.