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Local news from Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

The closure, for sewer repairs, is set to begin at 7 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 19, and ends the next morning from 15th to 17th streets.
The Hal and Bettye Thurmond Award and other honors will be presented at the 50th Unity Breakfast on Oct. 24.
Six barbers have agreed to cut hair the morning of Aug. 24 at the South Main Street ministry center.
Here are some analog-world pursuits, things that are better without a smartphone.
"The Full Scoop! — Music, News & Memories" is Aug. 15 at the Pennyroyal Area Museum.
Homeowners and renters can meet with FEMA representatives until Saturday, Aug. 10, at Disaster Recovery Centers in Hopkinsville and Cadiz.
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The heat index is expected to reach temperatures as high as 107 degrees.
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Chris Whitney, a retired pro basketball player, is among the backers who cut the ribbon Saturday on their first home on West Edmunds Street.
The museum's gathering was the first of three Hopkinsville events planned to celebrate the Eighth of August.
James Hunter, a retired college math teacher, won the spelling bee that raised money for the Christian County Literacy Council.
The first step in a five-month process is a survey being conducted in August to gauge local perceptions about Hopkinsville's identity.
The fact that the Dalton house still had nearly all of its historic windows was a big selling point for Hopkinsville's Grace and Brendan Abernethy, whose restoration efforts now provide lessons for others working on older homes.