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Heat index values of at least 100 degrees are expected, according to the National Weather Service forecast.

District officials announced the name during a Rotary Club meeting Tuesday.

The Human Rights Commission will present awards during an Aug. 2 event to community members "whose service, leadership, faith, and dedication have made a lasting impact on the Hopkinsville-Christian County."

The highest indices will occur on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, according to the National Weather Service forecast.

The group is currently reading “Salvation: Black People and Love.”

The late Julia Henry, a popular Hopkinsville radio personality in the 1950s, '60s and '70s, was among several notables featured in a celebration of the museum's 50th birthday.

The literacy council will take the book mobile out to community events and organizations that support children, where young readers may select books at no charge.

Organizers decided on the venue change because of the forecast for rain.

The Friends of the Hopkinsville-Christian County Public Library is organizing the 1920s themed event on Aug. 28.

The Hopkinsville native's 2002 book “Communion: The Female Search for Love” has seen a remarkable resurgence — thanks in part to a grass-roots campaign that encouraged readers to buy hooks’ book before Vice President JD Vance released his new memoir, also titled “Communion.”

Here's a look at the lives of 20 American patriots who settled here and helped establish Christian County.

Local observances begin with a Pennyrile Area Community Band concert on Thursday and continue with a big fireworks show Saturday at the fairgrounds.