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Local news from Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

As the number of cases appears to decrease, vaccination rates among health care personnel have grown — but still remain well below the statewide average.
Despite Christian County being eliminated from consideration for a 500,000-square-foot meat processing plant, we're sharing your answers to our questions to help inform future discussions about proposed local developments.
Organizers decided there was no reason to hold the meeting after American Foods Group dropped Christian County as a possible site for a beef processing plant.
John McGee, who lives in Texas, was a student government president in college.
Mayor Judy Peterson and the city's four commissioners are looking at annexation options.
News of the proposed development has drawn heavy scrutiny from many county residents and some public officials.
As we seek to address some of the most important issues related to this story, we want to hear from you.
A surge in cases of the delta variant has prompted an unrelenting stream of COVID-19 patients at Jennie Stuart unlike ever before.
Jennie Stuart Medical Center exterior
State officials and representatives of a Wisconsin meat processing company arrived in Hopkinsville on Thursday, as opponents of the facility announced another community meeting.
Four aircraft landed Thursday morning at the Hopkinsville-Christian County Airport, carrying individuals who were in town to discuss a proposed beef processing facility. Flight logs and public records hint at possible topics of discussion during the whirlwind of meetings that followed their arrival.
The Wealth Builder program, limited to 20 participants, is taught by Eric Coleman.
Eugene Poole Jr. is the senior project executive at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.