Hoptown

Local news from Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

Gorman’s family moved to Hopkinsville in 1975 and he graduated from University Heights Academy in the mid-1980s.
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Bernard Standard is retiring after 29 years with the commission. Luna will take her new post next month.
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Last year more than 1,000 people skated on the synthetic ice rink set up at Ninth and Main in Founders Square.
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The society's 49 singers, along with a brass ensemble, will perform a mix of classical music, spirituals and popular holiday songs.
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Twenty employees of the Kentucky New Era will work from the former J.C. Penney building that has been under renovation for about six months.
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Butler, who had a dramatic flair, once invited friends to his home for the big reveal of a mysterious Christmas present that had been forgotten in a closet for years.
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The building constructed in 1902 has housed several businesses over its history, including four drug stores. The last one, Herb Brandt's Corner Drugs, closed in 1989
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The State Farm agency recently moved from the boulevard to 11th and Virginia streets.
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Coats, jackets and other articles of warm clothing are being collected by the Knights of Columbus.
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The deadline to nominate a business or a residence is Dec. 13.
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The concert marked the sixth annual Hopfest to raise money for the Alhambra Theatre
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