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Is there still a sense of civic pride that drives us to show up and do the kind of work we did in 2017? We’d like to hear what you think.

To keep America’s small towns strong and sustainable, the most important step is to build them to be the kind of places where we want to live.

Open government advocate Amye Bensenhaver says future Kentuckians might look on this period as a time when the state's sunshine laws were dismantled.

Many Americans could care less about our system of government, and we can blame that partly on the near-demise of civics education in our schools, observes columnist Al Cross.

After reading Mason’s biography, readers of “Dear Ann” are likely to wonder how much of the story reflects the author’s real life, observes columnist Constance Alexander.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell asked a Texas senator to find a bipartisan response to the Uvalde school shooting but then lowered expectations, observes columnist Al Cross

It was a great week to be a Kentuckian who loves journalism and history, writes Hoptown Chronicle editor Jennifer P. Brown.

Dr. David Kabithe, a Hopkinsville physician and marathon runner, stresses the benefits of exercising outdoors to improve mood and increase vitamin D levels.

Columnist Al Cross observes increasing polarization of both political parties following Tuesday's election.

According to the Kentucky Constitution, there’s quite a bit the governor can do to lead Kentucky in the right direction, even when the legislature refuses to do its job, writes Jim Higdon.

A political scholar asks if our Supreme Court be out of line with America — and, if so, explores what that means for the country's politics and law.

Sometimes it takes a person with a different perspective to instigate change in Hopkinsville.