Month: February 2019

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Local Sports

Nashville Predators get road win at Florida

Viktor Arvidsson scored twice, and Nashville scored all its goals in the third period in a 4-1 win over the Florida Panthers. Kevin Fiala and Roman Josi also found the net. Juuse Saros made 27 saves as Nashville won its third straight game. The Predators have a short turn around as they welcome the Dallas Stars to Bridgestone Arena at 7 this evening.

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Local Sports

Fowler leads Thomas by one at PGA Tour’s Phoenix Open

Rickie Fowler closed with four straight birdies for a 6-under 65 on Friday, taking a one-shot lead over Justin Thomas into the weekend at the Phoenix Open. Fowler's birdie run started at the par-5 15th and ended with his 8-foot putt on the par-4 18th, putting him at 13-under 129 through two rounds. Thomas, his roommate for the week, was bogey-free until he pulled his approach on the long par-4 […]

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Local News

League, CCPS to hold public forum to discuss facility needs

The League of Women Voters and the Christian County Public School System will host a public forum on February 12 to discuss facility needs for Christian County and Hopkinsville High Schools. According to a news release, it will be held February 12 starting at 6 p.m. at the Hopkinsville Community College Auditorium Building. Speakers will be Superintendent Mary Ann Gemmill, Ross Tarrant, Inc, Lexington, KY, consultants for facility planning, Director […]

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Local News

Grand jury returns indictments for assault, felony theft

A Christian County Grand Jury returned several indictments Friday, including for assault of a police officer, fleeing or evading police and felony receiving stolen property. Indicted on charges of third-degree assault of a police officer and fleeing or evading police is 22-year old Jessie James Williams of Hopkinsville. According to the arrest citation, Hopkinsville Police Officer Tommy Hoffman was assisting Williams outside of the Pennyroyal Center at Hammond Plaza in […]

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Local News

Charges amended for two adult suspects in Bethel Street incident

Two of the six suspects charged in connection with the shooting death of Corvyan Thomas last week on Bethel Street had their charges amended Friday at a preliminary hearing in Christian District Court. James Yates and Lane Carter appeared before District Judge Foster Cotthoff, who heard testimony from Hopkinsville Police Detective Randall Greene about the investigation that led to the arrest of Yates, Carter, three juveniles and Shakkory Willis. Detective […]

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Local News

Kentucky investing $20 million more in state park updgrades

Governor Matt Bevin and other state officials on Friday morning announced plans for another $20 million in upgrades to Kentucky State Parks. It’s for Phase II of the Commonwealth’s ‘Refreshing the Finest’ initiative that has already invested $18 million in maintenance and operational improvements to the Kentucky State Parks system. Last year’s General Assembly allocated an additional $20 million to replace park lodge roofs, upgrade campgrounds, repair wastewater treatment plants, […]

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Local News

Kiwanis to host annual pancake breakfast fundraiser

The Kiwanis Club of Hopkinsville will host its annual pancake breakfast fundraiser Saturday morning at the War Memorial Building. Former state Senator Joey Pendleton is president of Kiwanis and says they’ll be there from 6 until 11 a.m. serving all you can eat pancakes, sausages and orange juice or coffee. https://media.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/1411/files/2019/02/pancake-joey.mp3 Pendleton says Kiwanis supports several causes that help children in Christian County, thanks to the support from its members […]

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Local Sports

Hopkinsville-Henderson County boys basketball cancelled

WHOP Sports has received word the Hopkinsville-Henderson County boys basketball game scheduled for this evening has been cancelled due to weather conditions in Henderson. Therefore, coverage of the Hopkinsville-Christian County girls basketball game scheduled for this evening at Tiger Gym will air at 7:15 with the Heritage Bank pregame show on News Radio 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP and whopam.com.

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Local News

Highway fatalities down last year in Kentucky

There were less highway fatalities in Kentucky last year than in 2017. Numbers provided by the Kentucky Office of Highway Safety show 722 people died in crashes on Kentucky roads in 2018, down from 782 in 2017. One possible factor is an increase in seat belt usage, with officials saying it jumped from 86.8 to 89.9 percent last year. Jason Siwula is the acting director of the Office of Highway […]

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