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The local testing site — like many throughout the state — is funded, in part, by CARES Act dollars, which expire on Dec. 30.

Wallace, who began teaching in the early 1970s and retired as an assistant superintendent, was hospitalized with the virus a week before Thanksgiving.

Shoppers at local businesses can use their receipts to be entered into a raffle for a basketful of gift cards and products from chamber members.

Overnight lows will be below or near freezing every night through the weekend.

In a separate program, the city of Hopkinsville extended the deadline for the Small Business Stimulus program.

In light of an escalation in COVID-19 cases and state recommendations to avoid activities that could result in more infections, officials decided to put the celebration on hold for a year.

The rapid test is recommended for people who have symptoms of a coronavirus infection.

Many businesses are counting on Christmas sales to offset some of their losses from the coronavirus pandemic.

The classics include Charlie Brown, Rudolph, the Grinch and one Grandma struck by a reindeer.

Donna Williams, a minister who started a weekly dinner church last year, has an ambitious plan to feed nearly three times the number her group usually serves every Thursday at the Aaron McNeil House.

On most days, the public’s knowledge of COVID-19 patients in the Hopkinsville hospital is limited to the number who are being treated, but Wallace's son wanted to share more so his story might help people understand how dangerous the virus can be.

The opening comes just in time for the virtual Turkey Trot. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, it will be run, or walked, independently rather than as a large group event on Thanksgiving morning.