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Volunteers sought for headstone cleaning at Vine Street Cemetery

The first of three Tombstone Tuesday events, organized by the Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County, will be May 20.
  • by Jennifer P. Brown
  • May. 6, 2025
Volunteers Matt Freeman (right) and Pyper West carry water and cleaning supplies Tuesday, May 30, 2023, across the Union Benevolent Society Cemetery. (Hoptown Chronicle photo by Jennifer P. Brown)
alhambra redbone

Neil Diamond tribute concert Saturday at Alhambra Theatre

  • by Hoptown Chronicle
  • May. 5, 2025

Hoptown 

City of Hopkinsville designates Raymond P. Gamble Way

Hoptown Chronicle May. 8, 2025

Leadership Christian County accepting applications

Hoptown Chronicle May. 7, 2025
school bus arrival

Kentucky school officials ask to extend federal COVID relief payouts for planned projects

McKenna Horsley May. 6, 2025

Hopkinsville Community College offers free summer program for new high school grads

Hoptown Chronicle May. 1, 2025

Arts & Culture 

RFK Jr. said many autistic people will never write a poem − but there’s a rich history of neurodivergent poets and writers

Bradley J. Irish Apr. 29, 2025

Community members invited to Poetry Open Mic Night in Cadiz

Hoptown Chronicle Apr. 23, 2025
Kathleen Driskell

Award-winning poet, essayist and educator Kathleen Driskell named next Kentucky Poet Laureate

Derek Operle Apr. 21, 2025
Chair Project sign with people in background

Hoptown Chronicle announces haiku contest winners

Hoptown Chronicle Apr. 18, 2025

Weather 

house submerged by floodwaters

Climate change intensified April flooding in Kentucky, according to scientific modeling

Liam Niemeyer May. 9, 2025

FEMA offers service to help recover important family items

Shepherd Snyder May. 6, 2025
bowling green park flooded

Six Kentuckians have died in storms, 70 counties declare emergencies, governor says

Sarah Ladd Apr. 11, 2025

Kentucky heads for ‘problematic’ freeze following four-day flood

Sarah Ladd Apr. 8, 2025

History 

Brick and Mortar Underground: Hopkinsville’s sanitation history, from cesspit to sewer system

Grace Abernethy Apr. 30, 2025

Former US Capitol architect topic for History on Tap

Hoptown Chronicle Apr. 7, 2025
beaten biscuit

A beaten path to the Dalton kitchen

Grace Abernethy Mar. 30, 2025
Attucks school building Hopkinsville

Hopkinsville nonprofit looks to renovate century-old school building into community center

Zacharie Lamb Mar. 24, 2025

Views 

A mental health question saved two lives. Learn how to ask.

  • by Dr. Sarah Geegan

Pulled pork, hot slaw, and a side of scholarship: Rotary Diner’s best bites

  • by Grace Abernethy

This disaster is different: Kentucky Humanities can’t help after DOGE ends funding

  • by Bill Goodman

Regional & State 

Kentucky State Penitentiary

U.S. appeals court upholds death sentence for Kentucky man convicted of 1985 murder

McKenna Horsley May. 9, 2025
23andMe headquarters

23andMe users’ genetic data is at risk, state AGs warn

Anna Claire Vollers May. 8, 2025
Real ID sample

REAL ID deadline is here but travelers who missed it may still be able to fly

McKenna Horsley May. 8, 2025
smokestacks

TVA considering keeping coal plants beyond 2035, CEO says

Hannah Saad May. 6, 2025

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group of veterans and lawmakers holding signs

‘We call it betrayal’: Veterans join Dems in D.C. to protest Trump’s sweeping VA job cuts

Ashley Murray May. 6, 2025

Politicians jockey for a bit of the spotlight at the Kentucky Derby

McKenna Horsley May. 4, 2025
classroom

Nearly all Kentucky public schools sign compliance form with Trump’s view on civil rights

McKenna Horsley May. 2, 2025
Ron Patterson at podium

Murray State officials, staff, community welcome incoming president Ron Patterson at event

Derek Operle May. 2, 2025
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