Hoptown

Margaret Prim and her siblings continue to make Christmas sweets like Butterscotch Pies from recipes handed down from their mom Sally Hail's family.

Brick & Mortar Monthly columnist Grace Abernethy mines childhood memories from a diary and clues found in old newspapers to shed light on Christmases in Hopkinsville during the early 20th century.

It was a big night all around for the city water utility and its employees. HWEA’s float received the grand champion award for a parade float. And retiring general manager Derrick Watson was the parade grand marshal. 

Hundreds gathered Friday to remember the 248 Fort Campbell soldiers who died in the crash on their way home to Fort Campbell for the Christmas holiday.

The charter aircraft crash on Dec. 12, 1985, killed 248 Fort Campbell Soldiers.

The new plant brings 157 jobs amid a wave of industrial and EV-related investment in Christian County.

Community members are invited to join the tour at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, at Freeman Chapel CME Church.

The parade travels along Main Street from Glass Avenue to 14th Street.

Children will be able to wave to Santa Claus as he moves throughout the city on three routes beginning at 1 p.m.

The concert on Dec. 15 will be the first opportunity for many community members to enjoy Heejung Park’s talents as a conductor and composer.

In December 1983, the manager of a Hopkinsville toy store saw first-hand the national craze over that year’s most popular Christmas gift for children.

Wayne Goolsby shares a few vignettes from his youthful memories of Thanksgiving and Christmas.