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Local news from Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

The National Weather Service warned travel will likely be treacherous.
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The Christian County Health Department is offering two other days to get the vaccine.
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The new format opens up the possibility for more contestants, including people who previously helped run the Black History Month Trivia Bowl at the community college.
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The district announced a shift to NTI and the cancellation of extracurricular activities after the National Weather Service issued an ice storm warning.
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While the hospital's COVID-19 patient occupancy is the lowest it has been in two months, data suggests Jennie Stuart is still under stress from the coronavirus pandemic.
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The winter storm watch previously issued by the National Weather Service was upgraded Tuesday to an ice storm warning.
The money comes from the Team Kentucky Fund established in March to address hardships experienced during the coronavirus pandemic.
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The Spring Vendor Fair will be in the chamber's parking lot on Fort Campbell Boulevard.
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Bill Falls had heard his grandfather was a good basketball coach. But until he came across a Hoptown Chronicle article, he didn't know that Coach William Falls of Attucks High School had been inducted posthumously into a hall of fame.
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Three scholars of poetry explain why the writings of the 22-year-old Gorman — who became the country’s national youth poet laureate at age 17 — and her rise to fame represent a prime opportunity for educators to use spoken word poetry as a lively way to engage students.
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Madeline Miller's virtual appearance will kick off the seventh Big Read in Hopkinsville.
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Darryl Anderson is filling the vacancy that will be created by Joe Grace's retirement this summer.