Hoptown

The group’s first concert will be on Saturday, June 20, at the Alhambra Theatre.

Saturday’s gathering in the park alongside the public library was not the first LGBTQ event locally, but Pride in the Park was likely the most visible event of its kind to date in Hopkinsville. 

The theme of the 137th annual meeting was “Rooted in Community, Growing Our Future.”

Slated Sept. 11-12, the downtown festival will feature four outdoor concerts, dozens of food trucks, community booths and children's activities.

Community members are invited to write haiku inspired by all the ways we use and rely upon chairs. Send them to us by June 24 to be considered for the top prize.

The bell hooks Book Club meets monthly at the Pennyroyal Area Museum. The next meeting is June 15.

The Housing and Urban Development grant is more than double the amount awarded to the local agency last year.

Heejung Park, the group's director, said, “We are creating a space where musicians and audiences come together to experience the power of live music ... that is accessible, inspiring and uniquely Hopkinsville.”

After someone noticed a hole in the pavement, a state highway crew dug off the road surface to check below and a much larger opening developed.

The Hopkinsville fair, celebrating its 75th edition, will culminate with a fireworks show on the 250th anniversary of America's independence.

The event, including a program with Hopkinsville-Christian County Historian William T. Turner, will be on July 11.

Artists are sought to create and donate artsy chairs with a functional design. The project culminates with a silent auction on June 26.