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Local news from Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

The soldiers, part of Task Force Falcon, are closely working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Fort Campbell sign
Sealed bids for the depot, which city officials estimated would cost at least $2 million to restore, will be accepted until 10 a.m. on Oct. 23.
The public is invited to hear about the early Black clergyman's work at the Chapel of the Good Shepherd.
Rev. A.H. McNeil graphic
Getting a reader to write about how they respond to our journalism is a meaningful part of our mission as a nonprofit news outlet, writes editor Jennifer P. Brown.
Helene donations airport
We invited a Hopkinsville woman to write about her efforts, along with two friends, after they filled shopping carts with food and other essentials that they carried to the local airport.
Helene donations airport 2
Historian William T. Turner will tell the story at the annual Halloween-themed event will be on Saturday, Oct. 19.
Here's the information voters need to know about registering and casting their ballot — whether its early or on Election Day.
Donors may taken approved items, such as non-perishable foods, toiletries, diapers, feminine hygiene products and pet food, to the local airport terminal. A group of pilots will fly the items to affected communities.
The community ought to "fight to save one of our most important assets" in Jennie Stuart Medical Center, writes former Hopkinsville mayor Dan Kemp.
Jennie Stuart sign on Canton
Curing dark tobacco leaves in smoke-filled barns is a process that has remained mostly unchanged for decades in Western Kentucky.
Tobacco fire
One westbound lane of the interstate is blocked to traffic near the 91 mile marker.
Interstate 24 flood damage
As Jennie Stuart explores a plan to join Deaconess Health, we’re asking Hoptown Chronicle readers to tell us what you are thinking about a change of this magnitude for the community.