Hoptown

Penny Gilkey, who is retiring after 32 years at HCA, is among the school earliest employees.

Primary Election Day is May 19, but voters have several options for casting a ballot early as they determine a Republican nominee for Hopkinsville mayor, plus a number of other contested races for city, county and federal offices.

The first woman to train a Kentucky Derby winner was the right pick for one longtime observer of thoroughbred racing.

More than a dozen movie showings are planned during the summer and autumn-holiday series.

The fundraiser for the Pennyroyal Arts Council offers different seating options, Kentucky food and an after-party concert.

In Christian County, farmers say rising costs, supply disruptions and global conflict are tightening margins so severely that some local operations may not survive.

Straddling the state line on acreage that later became Fort Campbell, the community had ties to one of the biggest land scandals in early America, a nationwide religious movement and local families whose descendants still live in Christian County today.

The track behind the Gateway Academy building will be open to the public 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays.

The forecast indicates showers and thunderstorms are likely beginning Monday afternoon.

Friends of Kenneth Bates, who died in February 2023, are raising money for a headstone at his grave in Cave Springs Cemetery.

The Hopkinsville Art Guild is seeking projects that will enhance the rail-trail as a community asset. The deadline for proposals is May 31.

Twenty individuals will be chosen for the nine-month program. The deadline to apply is May 20.