Hoptown

Local news from Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

Hoptown Chronicle editor Jennifer P. Brown gained a new appreciation for what makes a parade special, she writes.
Hoptown Chronicle shot a series of photographs documenting the final stage of the historic building's demolition.
Downtown business and building owners are asked to display trees in their front windows in time for Small Business Saturday.
Veterans are invited to walk or ride on a float for the half-mile parade.
Events include a workshop on writing thank you notes, a book discussion, the Sons of Mystro concert, a quilt program and Community Reader Day.
The gubernatorial candidates delivered vastly different campaign messages with one exception. Both focused on voter turnout.
Federal law specifies that daylight saving time begins on the second Sunday in March and runs until the first Sunday in November. 
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Hoptown Chronicle is one of more than 350 nonprofit news organizations that kicked off their annual NewsMatch campaign on Wednesday.
November and December are packed with events ranging from the Turkey Trot to holiday open houses and the Christmas parade.
Hopkinsville Christmas parade float
The Extreme Weather Shelter is located in the soup kitchen on Seventh Street.
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Newby arrived at the East Fourth Street house shortly before firefighters and went into the house as smoke poured out.
The first hard freeze of the season will occur overnight Monday, and nighttime lows below freezing will persist through Thursday.