Featured Archives

Renee Shaw of KET to be featured speaker for Christian County Chamber of Commerce annual dinner

by Jennifer P. Brown
April 25, 2024

Shaw produces and anchors the nightly news program “Kentucky Edition” and leads KET’s reporting on the General Assembly and coverage of elections and state policy issues.

Hopkinsville Rotary Auction runs April 22-27 at Memorial Building

by Jennifer P. Brown
April 22, 2024

The main auction is nightly at the Memorial Building downtown.

George L. Atkins Jr. : Departing life and returning home

by Jennifer P. Brown
April 21, 2024

In his hometown, George L. Atkins Jr. had a nuanced story — including a push for the first woman on Hopkinsville City Council to fighting an avian threat to the region's health and economy.

George L. Atkins Jr., former Hopkinsville mayor, dies at age 82

by Jennifer P. Brown
April 15, 2024

Atkins was appointed mayor in 1972 and won election as state auditor in 1975.

Commentary: Privacy worries are a smokescreen for hiding the public’s business in Kentucky

by Jamie Lucke
April 12, 2024

House Bill 509 is “a wink and a nod — tacit permission for public officials to use their personal devices when they want to keep public business on the down low, just among themselves, the insiders,” writes Jamie Lucke.

Hopkinsville taking applications for City Diplomat Program

by Hoptown Chronicle
April 11, 2024

The program seeks to give participants knowledge of the inner workings of city government.

Commentary: HB 509 would destroy Kentucky’s long tradition of openness. And Beshear knows it.

by Jon Fleischaker and Michael Abate
April 7, 2024

Why does Gov. Beshear disagree with Attorney General Beshear? What text messages are the governor and his administration trying to hide? Is he selling out Kentucky’s transparency laws to make it easier to seek a national platform?