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Local news from Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

Sudden Service, Hopkinsville's first gas station, was dedicated Friday following a renovation project fueled in large part by volunteers.
Sudden Service building Hopkinsville
Hopkinsville Brewing Company owner Kate Russell gives Hoptown Chronicle a quick tour of the brewery’s recently acquired space.
Hopkinsville Brewing Co. building
A free public parking lot being constructed on the site of the old Peter Postell building at Sixth and Virginia streets could be completed by mid-summer.
Sixth Virginia parking lot
Dr. Edward B. Smith, who teaches theater and film at Georgetown College, will portray Adolph Rupp on March 11, at the Hopkinsville library.
Hopkinsville Christian County Kentucky library
Hopkinsville Brewing Co. owners Kate Russell and Joey Medeiros have purchased the auto body shop building that adjoins the brewery on Fifth Street.
The Christian County Chamber of Commerce presented its 2019 Compass Awards to local small businesses during a banquet at the Silo Event Center.
Gwenda Motley, a retired educator, spoke about her sister, feminist author bell hooks, during History on Tap at Hopkinsville Brewing Co.
Hopkinsville Brewing Co. used Veterans Blend hops to create a new IPA in honor of The Big Read.
See photos from Hopkinsville's Big Read kickoff at the Alhambra Theatre. The war-time USO show was complete with singers and dancers.
Hopkinsville Brewing Co. has cleared the first hurdle in an expansion plan after securing approval Wednesday for a conditional use permit.
Hopkinsville Brewing Co. building
Employees of the Pennyroyal Arts Council, who had their offices in the depot, moved to the Alhambra Theatre.
Myra Kaye Hancock, owner of The Place restaurant on Sixth Street, died at her home of natural causes. She was 57.