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Local news from Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

Rapid Response Events are planned at Hopkinsville Community College to provide information on resources for finding a new job.
The closure affects 110 hourly and 61 salaried employees at the Hopkinsville plant, which opened in 1967.
Taylor is among a small number of transition team members who are not from the Louisville-Lexington-Frankfort triangle.
Gov. Matt Bevin requested the recanvass after the election night result showed him losing to Steve Beshear by less than 1 percentage point statewide.
The third annual FriendsGiving features Alonzo Pennington, a popular Kentucky musician who plays a mix of blue, country and Americana music.
The Veterans Day storm left a sheet of ice on many secondary streets and county roads.
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District officials made the call early and announced schools will be closed Tuesday.
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Up to 2 inches of snow is expected overnight with winds gusting up to 30 mph.
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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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