Hoptown

Local news from Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

Chamber of Commerce president Taylor Hayes will give the program about Hopkinsville native Eugene Poole Jr.
Local officials are asking residents to document and report damages because the information will be used to determine the level of disaster relief assistance.
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For more than a century, Hopkinsville residents have spoken of the city's biggest floods in an attempt to understand how they compare in severity.
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Downtown business owners were sand-bagginng entrances. Flooding could worsen with more rain, and at times severe thunderstorms, expected through the weekend.
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The company says it plans to restart construction in the third quarter of this year with operations starting in late 2026.
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The risk is high beginning Wednesday afternoon for tornadoes, hail, damaging wind gusts and heavy rain, the Christian County Emergency Management warned. 
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The free concert will be a celebration of women composers.
Retired chef and Wandering Kentucky founder Matthew Brown will lead the Supper Club on April 10 at the Pennyroyal Area Museum.
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Up to 1 foot of rainfall is not out of the question, said officials at the National Weather Service.
Several hundred people attended the Hello Spring Festival that Desaepa and Zirconia Vansauwa organized at Virginia Park, demonstrating the park's potential, writes Hoptown Chronicle editor Jennifer P. Brown.
Virginia Park spring festival
Grace and Brendan Abernethy are taking their kitchen back to its origin, which will include space for the venerable beaten biscuit machine.
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The book club, open to anyone interested in learning more about bell hooks, is discussing "All About Love: New Visions."
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