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Local news from Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

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.
Developed for residents ages 55 and older, the property has 45 apartments.
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Members of the public who want to address the council about community issues may sign up before the meeting to call in during the livestreamed session.
The restaurant has been on the boulevard since the late 1960s and was originally downtown on Seventh Street.
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