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Local news from Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

University Heights Academy announced it will close for a week, beginning Monday.
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Damaging winds are possible, and a few significant tornadoes cannot be ruled out, according to the National Weather Service.
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Vendors who were signed up for the festival will receive a fund, organizers said.
Hopkinsville International Festival
So far, the coronavirus has been confirmed in eight people in Kentucky. State officials are trying to stop the spread of the virus.
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The offices are in a portion of the courthouse annex building that had been vacant for several years.
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In Cayce's game, the players act as traders battling for commodities such as sugar, wheat and coffee.
Edgar Cayce's Pit game
The award winners ranged from a public agency celebrating is 125th anniversary to a distillery in business less than a decade.
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The closure is set for Thursday, March 5, and Friday, March 6.
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The Lenten luncheons are a tradition that goes back at least 35 years at the Hopkinsville church.
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Gail McHenry was 19 years old when she served as the youngest delegate at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Ebony magazine carried a three-page story about her that fall.
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