Hoptown

The Mixer, a combination restaurant, bakery and bar on Sixth Street, will be open Wednesday through Saturday.

The Sunday Social was organized for Hopkinsville's Big Read, which is focused on Thorton Wilder's play, "Our Town."

Founder and editor of the Hoptown Chronicle, Jennifer Brown, discusses Dean of Black Journalists Ted Poston on the WKMS program Sounds Good.

The collection features fictionalized accounts of Poston's childhood, growing up in the 1910s in segregated Hopkinsville. The author and his buddies play the heroes, often outwitting the white community, but also their black elders.

State Sen. Whitney Westerfield and Court of Appeals Justice Christopher Shea Nickell spoke Wednesday about their professional experiences and other issues during a League of Women Voters forum.

Mayor Carter Hendricks said the ordinance addresses concerns about the growing number of panhandlers in the city.

State Sen. Whitney Westerfield, who opposes Court of Appeals Judge Christopher Shea Nickell, said he thinks his speech has been in line with the code for state judicial candidates.

The ordinance would prohibit jaywalking on busy streets downtown, and elsewhere, and would make it illegal for panhandlers to step into a street to take anything from a motorist who isn’t legally parked at the side of the street.

Maggie Davis and Jonathan Thomas were crowned during homecoming ceremonies Saturday in Lexington.

Constructed in the mid-1880s, the building houses Southern Exposure and Arsha's House of Flowers.

April Cotthoff, who lives near the rail-trail and runs on it, described the importance of the trail at a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 3.

The three streets that comprise most of the Anvirdale Historic District — Mooreland Drive, Latham Avenue and Alumni Avenue — are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.