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Local news from Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

Mystery at the Library on April 26 will celebrate the 95th anniversary of the first Nancy Drew book's publication.
The Steve and Diane Thomas Endowment Fund will benefit HCC’s Professional and Technical Studies, better known at the PATS Division. 
The public is invited to the ceremony at Hopkinsville Community College's Round Table Literary Park.
Kem has served has the school's assistant principal for six years and has 18 years of experience in the local district.
Clayton Dixon, a middle school student who sells a line of meat dry rubs and sauces, is preparing for his first cooking competition.
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The Hopkinsville Surface and Stormwater Utility, created by city council in 2005, has ensured that heavy rain events like the one in early April don't result in more serious flood conditions, observes former Mayor Dan Kemp.
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Artist and downtown Hopkinsville merchant Julie-Anna Carlisle is The Chair Project organizer. The auction will be in her shop, Milkweed health & harmony emporium.
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Hopkinsville's Showbox movie theater is among the businesses impacted by the storms. City crews will begin to collect debris that owners set at their curbs.
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The procession will begin at Christian County Courthouse on South Main Street.
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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