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The Hopkinsville Surface and Stormwater Utility, created by city council in 2005, has ensured that heavy rain events like the one in early April don't result in more serious flood conditions, observes former Mayor Dan Kemp.
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For more than a century, Hopkinsville residents have spoken of the city's biggest floods in an attempt to understand how they compare in severity.
flooded little river
Several hundred people attended the Hello Spring Festival that Desaepa and Zirconia Vansauwa organized at Virginia Park, demonstrating the park's potential, writes Hoptown Chronicle editor Jennifer P. Brown.
Virginia Park spring festival
GOP members of Congress, including some from Kentucky, follow House leadership advice to note have in-person, town-hall meetings that could put them on the defensive, writes columnist Al Cross.
Imelda Gorman, who died on Saturday, March 15, left us all with an important lesson, writes Hoptown Chronicle editor Jennifer P. Brown.
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Committee hearings and floor debates on HB 520 revealed substantial misunderstandings of the law enforcement exception Kentucky’s open records law, write open government advocate Amye Bensenhaver.
kentucky capitol
Hoptown Chronicle readers will have an opportunity to help prepare and serve one of the Thursday meals at the dinner church that Donna Williams established in 2019.
Donna Williams
The trail at Jeffers Bend follows the path of the North Fork of Little River.
jeffers-walk couple
More than half the U.S. states have deleted the tampon tax from their rolls because they realize these items are necessities, not taxable luxuries.
Hoptown Chronicle readers add detail and meaning to a couple of popular local stories.
Tina Turner feature
Maybe what’s most important is not the things but the stories that we carry from a place, writes Hoptown Chronicle editor Jennifer P. Brown
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