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Local news from Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

Museum slates grand re-opening for late February; capital campaign continues

by Jennifer P. Brown
January 2, 2020

The building renovation and a new exhibit design will provide the first major improvement to the former post office building since the museum was established there in 1976.

Christian County among 13 school districts receiving mental health counselors through federal grant

by Rhonda Miller
December 30, 2019

Parents will have to grant permission for students to be screened for mental health issues.

Hopkinsville native Edmund W. Starling protected five presidents as a Secret Service agent

by Jennifer P. Brown
December 26, 2019

A memoir of Starling's 30 years in the White House relied, in part, on details he shared in some 11,000 daily letters written to his mother in Hopkinsville.

Auditions set Jan. 13 for children’s theater production of ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’

by Jennifer P. Brown
December 26, 2019

The play will be presented Jan. 18 at the Alhambra Theatre.

Suffrage centennial focus of Midday at the Gallery program Jan. 8

by Jennifer P. Brown
December 26, 2019

The League of Women Voters has several events planned to commemorate the centennial.

Even a visit from Santa couldn’t entice her to rise early Christmas morning

by Alissa Keller
December 23, 2019

And while she dozed, was her brother making some changes to her stocking haul?

Downtown business reps chosen for Community Reinvention Program

by Jennifer P. Brown
December 23, 2019

Planters Bank will provide a $1,700 tuition grant to each of the participants to cover their attendance at a boot camp in Longmont, Colorado.

Holiday movies showing this weekend at the Alhambra Theatre

by Jennifer P. Brown
December 19, 2019

All movie tickets are $5 at the downtown theater.

The Mixer opens downtown following years of planning by owners Graham and Heather Dawson

by Jennifer P. Brown
December 19, 2019

The Sixth Street restaurant is in the former Young Hardware building.

Steve Gorman’s Trigger Hippy set for Alhambra performance

by Jennifer P. Brown
December 16, 2019

Gorman’s family moved to Hopkinsville in 1975 and he graduated from University Heights Academy in the mid-1980s.

Idalia Luna unanimous choice to be next Human Rights Commission executive director

by Jennifer P. Brown
December 13, 2019

Bernard Standard is retiring after 29 years with the commission. Luna will take her new post next month.

Ice skating back for second year at Founders Square downtown

by Jennifer P. Brown
December 12, 2019

Last year more than 1,000 people skated on the synthetic ice rink set up at Ninth and Main in Founders Square.