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Business owners should plan to allow employees to work from home next week, if possible, and reschedule, postpone or cancel all events. Community members should not attend — or host — gatherings of any size. They are also asked to reduce in-person shopping and dining, avoid non-essential activities and prioritize businesses that enforce mask mandates and other safety measures.

Despite rising local case numbers, Christian County schools — like some others in the state — have opted to continue in-person learning. It’s a position that local school officials this week maintained.

Anyone needing a test this morning may call the health department.

Most insurance covers the full cost of the flu shot.

Southern Belle Deli and Catering Co. has moved into a building at Fifth and Main streets.

Recommendations include allowing employees to work from home when possible, discontinuing all events and gatherings, and avoiding in-person service at restaurants or bars, among other requests.

Three local voters who cast absentee ballots explain why they want early voting options to continue in future elections.

Twelve contestants came out for the beards contest. The audience also participated in a Hopkinsville trivia contest.

In this general election, 5,140 Christian County voters requested an absentee ballot. As of Wednesday, more than 3,000 had been returned to the county clerk's office.

Three Hopkinsville organizations — the Hopkinsville Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County and the Pennyroyal Arts Council — are among those selected.

Rather than having several thousand people crowded on downtown sidewalks, the audience will drive by the parked parade.

The workshops, focused on home entertaining and led by local experts, will be in The Hall at the Alhambra Theatre downtown.