History comes calling: 50 years at the Pennyroyal Area Museum
byJennifer P. Brown
The late Julia Henry, a popular Hopkinsville radio personality in the 1950s, '60s and '70s, was among several notables featured in a celebration of the museum's 50th birthday.
Miss J Turner
bell hooks way street sign
bell hooks’ 'Communion' is having a moment
byJulia Hunter

Hoptown 

Virginia Street Baptist
Nominations sought for Eighth of August awards
byHoptown Chronicle
hot weather thermometer
Hopkinsville heat indices will exceed 100
byHoptown Chronicle
Pennyroyal Area Museum
bell hooks Book Club has next gathering on July 20
byHoptown Chronicle
literacy book mobile
Christian County Literacy Council launches a book mobile for young readers
byJennifer P. Brown

Regional & State 

Willie Carver
Adkins, senior adviser to Beshear, leaving Kentucky governor’s administration
byMcKenna Horsley and Tom Loftus
fancy farm sign
Kentucky politicians, mostly Republicans, confirm they will speak at Fancy Farm Picnic
byMcKenna Horsley
hand sliding ebt card through processor
Food stamp changes will cost states billions, raising fears about SNAP’s future
byKevin Hardy
McConnell rehab feature
McConnell moves to a rehabilitation center after hospital stay, shares photo with wife
byMcKenna Horsley

Arts & Culture 

memorial building exterior
Hopkinsville museum's birthday celebration moving to Memorial Building
byHoptown Chronicle
Showbox theater
Library support group plans Gatsby Gala event at The Showbox
byHoptown Chronicle
sparklers-fireworks-feature
Independence celebrations in and near Hopkinsville planned for nation's 250th anniversary
byJennifer P. Brown
Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History
Events in Frankfort to celebrate 'America250' on Fourth of July
byTom Latek

Views 

Commentary: Nation’s future depends on finding things in common
by Al Cross
Commentary: Kentucky’s open door on government transparency is closing
by Caleb O. Brown
Commentary: Kentucky leaders should look to history to solve data center controversies
by Kathryn Hargraves

History 

Rev War Bios_Feature
They brought forth a new nation: Christian County's Revolutionary War soldiers
byYvette Holmes
Grace Abernethy
Local architecture topic for June 25 History on Tap
byHoptown Chronicle
Frederick_Douglass_(circa_1879) feature
Juneteenth is a reminder of Black Americans’ long struggle for education following end of slavery
byRodney Coates
Betsy Ross
What Betsy Ross’ real story tells us about women’s work in the Revolution — and why it still matters 250 years later
byMarla Miller