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Local news from Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

Phase II adds 1.7 miles to the rail-trail. Construction is expected to take 10 months.
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Democrat Greg Stumbo faces Republican Daniel Cameron in the Nov. 5 general election.
The ordinance would apply to the city's busiest streets downtown and to Fort Campbell Boulevard from 21st Street to the parkway.
An oral history tells the story of Hal and Bettye Thurmond and how the Catholic faith led them to be civil rights leaders in Hopkinsville.
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Concerns about the ICREZ budget stem, in part, from the growing burden of dilapidated structures – that have been abandoned in many cases by owners – in Hopkinsville’s oldest neighborhoods.
The diplomats will meet one evening a month October through March. They will select and perform a service project in December.
Mayor Carter Hendricks has recommended that Hopkinsville City Council promote Deputy Fire Chief Steve Futrell.
Candidates for governor, attorney general and agriculture commissioner addressed voters at an event billed as Jazz in the Park.
History teacher Brett Pritchett will relate the story of the feud between the Dukes and the Bones.
Thomas Glover's talk is titled "The Constitution, the Census and Gerrymandering."
The building at 10th and Main streets is one of several properties Tyler Young and Taylor Thieke have purchased since last fall.