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Local news from Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

An Aug. 12 mask mandate from the Kentucky Board of Education remains in force, despite a separate requirement from Gov. Andy Beshear that was lifted on Monday.
Participants will be encouraged to walk at least 100 miles between Sept. 1 and Nov. 30.
The high school, with a capacity for 2,500 students, would cost $115 million. The district wants to complete it in three years.
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A 5K and a 1-mile run are slated for Oct. 23. Participants will be encouraged to wear costumes.
A Nashville company that has done extensive stained glass work in a Hopkinsville church is restoring the decorative glass window for the South Main Street property.
In Kentucky, all residents of long-term care facilities are also eligible to get a Moderna or Pfizer booster shot, the state health commissioner announced.
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Two bands, one from South Carolina and the other from Nashville, will play for the outdoor concert.
The committee is arranging to have several speakers address the community on the differences between nonpartisan and partisan city elections, and the potential impact of each.
As health care workers grapple with the pandemic’s most recent wave, a few things are clear: patients hospitalized with COVID are getting sick quicker, are younger than before and are mostly unvaccinated.
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The clinic is open community members. Wild Health will administer the Pfizer vaccine approved for people 12 and older.
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Local farm grains and milling company products inspired a new town slogan that is the brainchild of tourism director Brooke Jung.
Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Ryan Quarles was the keynote speaker for the Salute to Agriculture breakfast.