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The task force comes as a result of a significant increase in violent crimes in Christian County and Hopkinsville, and was also spurred by the shooting of two Hopkinsville police officers.

The local employees are among 20,000 in the Southeast who began their strike at midnight Friday over a contract dispute with the company.

The festival runs from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

The work will cost an estimated $175,000 to $182,000, Community and Development Services officials explained at an Inner-City Residential Enterprise Zone board meeting.

Hopkinsville City Council will have to approve the Inner-City REZ board's plan to use roughly $175,000 on demolition projects.

Pioneers Inc., established in 1952, is a civic organization of African-American men. Their catering and barbecue business supports their charity work in the community.

The center will broaden HCC’s capacity to teach technical skills for health, agriculture and industrial fields.

The donation will help the Boys and Girls Club build a new 2,100-square-foot kitchen at its Walnut Street facility.

The Lights Out Festival on the grounds of Casey Jones Distillery is a fund-raiser for the Pennyroyal Arts Council.

City diplomats will “learn how to make municipal government work for them, gain knowledge of local municipal government, and have the opportunity to support their community through service, promotion, and volunteerism."

The Mixer is still a few months away from its opening on Sixth Street, but owners will begin serving customers this afternoon from a mobile kitchen at Hopkinsville Brewing Co.

Falls coached at Attucks High School from 1935-1967. His teams won state titles and advanced four time to a national tournament.