Featured Archives

UK’s College of Agriculture is first in the region to offer scholarships to LGBTQ students

by Anya Slepyan
July 12, 2022

Employees of the college established the fund with the help of a grant from JustFundKY, a nonprofit organization that has awarded $520,000 in the last decade to projects supporting LGBTQ communities in every Kentucky county.

McConnell says he has stood with abortion opponents from the start

by Kentucky Health News
July 11, 2022

As Jefferson County's judge-executive in the late 1970s, McConnell blocked some proposed restrictions on abortion soon after the Roe v. Wade decision.

Confused by letterboxing? Here’s how it works.

by Jennifer P. Brown
July 11, 2022

The Christian County Literacy Council's Letterboxing Challenge continues through the end of July.

Spy novel ‘A Woman of Intelligence’ depicts post-WWII female experience

by DeeAnna Sova
July 11, 2022

Karin Tanabe's "A Woman of Intelligence" explores women’s equality, female contributions to the workplace and home, and civil rights in post-WWII America.

Judge sets July 18 deadline for pleadings in Ky. abortion case

by Kentucky Health News
July 10, 2022

The judge's order delays a Kentucky law — triggered by the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade — that ban would abortion in most cases.

Kentucky Supreme Court denies AG Cameron’s request to stop abortions

by Jack Brammer
July 6, 2022

Chief Justice John D. Minton Jr. said the order "expresses no opinion on the substantive issues in this matter.”

The Ohio Valley is poised to become an abortion desert

by Ryland Barton
July 5, 2022

The Ohio Valley has become an expanse where abortions are either outlawed, heavily restricted, or hanging in the balance of local courts.

Hopkinsville City Council approves $75,000 for mural art application

by Jennifer P. Brown
July 5, 2022

The city is seeking an additional $75,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts to fund the mural project titled "If These Walls Could Talk."

Eighth of August events planned in Hopkinsville

by Jennifer P. Brown
July 5, 2022

For the second consecutive year, celebrations are slated at Hopkinsville Brewing Co. and the Pennyroyal Area Museum.

Heat advisory in effect through Thursday

by Hoptown Chronicle
July 4, 2022

The National Weather Service warned that heat indices will be in the range of 105 to 110 degrees.

Let’s spare a few words for ‘Silent Cal’ Coolidge on July 4, his 150th birthday

by Chris Lamb
July 3, 2022

Alice Roosevelt Longworth, the daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt, described Coolidge’s dour expression by saying he looked as if “he had been weaned on a pickle.”

Youth campers complete phoenix mural at Hopkinsville park

by Jennifer P. Brown
July 1, 2022

The Pennyroyal Arts Council sponsored the camp at the Trail of Tears Commemorative Park.