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The unveiling occurred on the 70th anniversary of her birth in Hopkinsville as Gloria Jean Watkins.

"Memories offer us a world where there is no death, where we are sustained by rituals of regard and recollection," bell hooks wrote in "Belonging: A Culture of Place"

The new devices are in addition to 18 desktop computers the library has for public use.

Visit Hopkinsville will give a presentation at the Oct. 5 lunch meeting at the sportsplex.

Campaign leaders announced that almost 30% of the $730,000 goal had already been raised by kick-off event Thursday.

The first meeting is Monday, Sept. 26, at the Alhambra Theatre.

The Hopkinsville Human Rights Commission is hosting the panel.

People impacted by the December tornado may fill out financial assistance applications on Sept. 21 at Pembroke City Hall.

On Sept. 9, 1959, students from five rural high schools — Pembroke, Crofton, Lacy, Sinking Fork and South Christian — transferred into the new Christian County High School.

There are six apartment buildings plus garden homes and condos for senior citizens in the city but many have long waiting lists for new tenants.

The end of era went mostly unnoticed with the Courier-Journal's final delivery of a physical newspaper by a carrier to local homes, Hopkinsville resident Tom Glover observes.

The festival will include a farm-to-table dinner, bourbon vendors, a vintage craft fair and a team cocktail competition.