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Local news from Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

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.
Luke Bendick, an American history instructor at the community college, will lead the program.
Reports of a potential acquisition or merger of the two hospitals began swirling last week, prompting concern from local officials and residents.
Kentucky's sunshine laws don't appear to apply to Jennie Stuart Health because it is a private, nonprofit organization.
Jennie Stuart canton view
Massachusetts-based Ascend Elements is receiving the federal award for a new battery recycling process at planned facilities in Hopkinsville in partnership with the Mexican company Orbia.
Ascend Beshear O'Kronley