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Hopkinsville’s Summer Salute shifts to potentially cooler days; country musician Easton Corbin will headline
Hoptown Chronicle
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June 11, 2025
The festival, featuring four free music shows and more than 70 food, beverage and merchant vendors, will run Sept. 12 and 13.
Christian County Literacy Council plans Beyond the Books, a free summer camp
Hoptown Chronicle
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June 9, 2025
Supported by a Hopkinsville Rotary grant, the camp is free for children ages 4 to 17. Preregistration is required by June 12.
Planters Bank SEED business competition offers a $10,000 grant and other benefits
Hoptown Chronicle
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June 9, 2025
Existing businesses with growth goals and entrepreneurs with startup ideas are invited to compete.
Benefit for the Bend supporting Hopkinsville’s environmental center is June 21
Hoptown Chronicle
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June 9, 2025
The fundraiser includes a grilled pork chop meal and a silent auction.
Lightning bugs bring the glow of summer
Jennifer P. Brown
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June 8, 2025
The first sighting of a lightning bug is a sure sign that summer has arrived.
School system expanding child care program with $400,000 contribution from Jennie Stuart
Jennifer P. Brown
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June 6, 2025
The school system will reserve many of the new openings at its Inspire program for children of Jennie Stuart employees.
Book lecture planned for Hopkinsville’s Juneteenth observance
Hoptown Chronicle
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June 4, 2025
John F. Baker Jr., who wrote "The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation: Stories of My Family's Journey to Freedom," will give the lecture on June 14.
Pennyrile Area Community Band plans patriotic concert
Hoptown Chronicle
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June 3, 2025
The free concert is planned on July 3 at Casey Jones Distillery.
Hopkinsville museum offering 2 history tours in June
Hoptown Chronicle
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June 2, 2025
The museum is offering its popular Downtown Tipsy Tour and a bus tour of state historical markers across the county.
Make way for interactions with strangers
Jennifer P. Brown
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June 2, 2025
The psychological benefits of encounters with people we don't know can be felt in something as simple as a question from a passerby on Main Street.
Brick & Mortar Monthly: Graduation customs reveal historic dressmaking businesses in Hopkinsville
Grace Abernethy
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June 2, 2025
Finding the right dress for a 1913 graduation was crucial for a young woman like Margaret Dalton at Hopkinsville High School.
Architect Eugene Poole Jr. to give keynote for Christian County Chamber of Commerce annual dinner
Jennifer P. Brown
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May 29, 2025
Poole, who has directed several major projects in Washington, D.C., is also an artist whose work includes a quilt exhibition celebrating Black jockeys who have ridden Kentucky Derby horses.
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