Hoptown

Local news from Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

Temperatures in the region will drop to the mid-30s by 5 p.m. Monday, and an arctic front will push wind chill temperatures to near zero early Tuesday.
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Westerfield had a large margin of victory in Christian County but it wasn't enough to win the district.
Voter turnout was several percentage points higher than local election officials had expected.
The nickel tax, which the school board approved to increase the district's bonding capacity, was sought to replace the county's two aging high schools.
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Beshear, the state's attorney general, is trying to prevent Republican Matt Bevin from winning a second term as governor.
The outcome of Tuesday's election will determine whether the school district can use the nickel tax to finance construction of two new high schools.
Voters will decide Nov. 5 whether the school board's nickel tax stands or is rejected.
The contest took place in a former body shop garage undergoing renovations to provide an expansion space for the downtown brewery.
The Human Rights Commission announced a new award has been created to honor Bernard Standard, who will retire early next year as the commission's executive director.
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Gwenda Watkins Motley reflects on where she's from in one of two poems submitted for "Homegrown Poems: Your Places, Your Stories in Verse."
Campanile Productions has a cast of 27 local actors for the play at the Alhambra Theatre.