Hoptown

Local news from Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

The society's 49 singers, along with a brass ensemble, will perform a mix of classical music, spirituals and popular holiday songs.
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.
Kentucky New Era sign
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.
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
Odd Fellows Building in Hopkinsville
The State Farm agency recently moved from the boulevard to 11th and Virginia streets.
Coats, jackets and other articles of warm clothing are being collected by the Knights of Columbus.
The deadline to nominate a business or a residence is Dec. 13.
The concert marked the sixth annual Hopfest to raise money for the Alhambra Theatre
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In addition to special sales and open houses at local businesses, Small Business Saturday will offer live music and drawings for prizes at Founders Square between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday.
Several Walmart stores closest to Hopkinsville Milling Co. quit stocking the corn meal mix that many home cooks use to make their Thanksgiving dressing. The two Hopkinsville stores recently brought Sunflour products back but other Walmart stores in Western Kentucky have not.
Downtown business owners are being sought to apply for the Destination Business Bootcamp this spring in Longmont, Colorado. Participants will have follow-up sessions in Hopkinsville.
Owners Graham and Heather Dawson have rescheduled the restaurant's opening on Sixth Street for the week before Christmas.