Hoptown

Bar-B-Que Shack 2 at Knockum Hill is set to open Aug. 3 on LaFayette Road.

The date is when many African Americans in Hopkinsville and Western Kentucky celebrate their ancestors’ emancipation from slavery.

The event will benefit the Christian County Literacy Council.

A closer look at a historic trunk housed by the Museums of Historic Hopkinsville & Christian County reveals more stories than one might expect.

Recently, Hoptown Chronicle editor Jennifer P. Brown has adopted a new identify of sorts. It all began as an act of remembrance.

The commission, established by city council to improve the local small business climate, will meet monthly on the second Wednesday.

Amanda Huff-McClure and Bill Koehler will play selections on bass and piano.

The National Weather Service issued warnings of severe thunderstorms Tuesday afternoon and evening.

The Hopkinsville civil rights attorney, his family and their allies were responsible for creating the commission in 1963.

In the last year, 356 students were caught with vaping products.

A schedule outlined during a court hearing Thursday indicates the building will be removed within approximately 50 days.

The device at the Hopkinsville Fire Department administrative building will allow the anonymous surrender of infants up to 30 days old.