Month: January 2020

Three people were displaced by a fire that began in the kitchen of a Roney Drive home New Year’s Day. Firefighters were called to 309 Roney about 2:53 p.m. and found heavy smoke coming from the kitchen, according to Hopkinsville Fire Department Captain Michael Pendleton. Crews were able to contain the blaze to the kitchen, but the Red Cross was called to assist two adults and one child who were […]

She will soon be exiting the office, but Secretary of State Alison Lundergan-Grimes has issued a new online notary portal. The portal can be found at the Secretary of State’s office website, sos.ky.gov. According to a news release, it follows passage of 2019 legislation, Senate Bill 114, to bring Kentucky’s notary laws into conformity with the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts.  It allows county clerks to record real estate […]

Hopkinsville Electric System gave their annual report at a recent Hopkinsville City Council meeting and received a clean audit. Gentry, Duiguid and Associates performed the independent audit and reported that it had a ‘clean opinion’—which is the type of opinion one wants for their audit.  HES General Manager Jeff Hurd says the system is proud to continue serving the people of the city with more than just electricity, but also […]

Even though Christmas has come and gone, the annual Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count is set to take place this Saturday. That means teams of dedicated bird counters will brace the cold temperatures and whatever weather may come, to count every single wild bird they see that day from sun up to sun down.  Irene Grace, with the Little River chapter of the Audubon Society, says the count is a […]

After over a year of anticipation, and major renovations, the Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County are finally set to reopen to the public. According to a news release, the grand reopening of the Pennyroyal Area Museum will be February 27. The building renovation is in its final phases, and designers plan to begin installation of the new exhibition near the end of January. More information about exact plans for the […]

A Hopkinsville woman was taken to Jennie Stuart Medical Center Tuesday after she was struck by a vehicle in a parking lot on Fort Campbell Boulevard. According to the Hopkinsville police report, a vehicle driven by 55-year old Kathleen Turner of Hopkinsville was parked in the parking lot of US Bank when she began backing out of her parking space.  She told officers she was unaware that Mi S. Bouc […]

A Greenville man has been charged with trafficking in methamphetamine and more, following an investigation by the Pennyrile Narcotics Task Force. According to a news release, the Task Force and the Muhlenberg County Sheriff’s Department executed a search warrant at a ST RT residence on New Year’s Eve. The search allegedly revealed approximately 60 grams of methamphetamine, scales and other items of drug paraphernalia. Forty-four year old Jason Haley of […]

Elections rarely draw a lot of local interest in odd-numbered years, but that certainly wasn’t the case in 2019 as we review the year that was. A voter referendum was held on the Christian County School Board’s proposed ‘nickel tax’ rate increase that would have serviced the debt on a new academic building at Hopkinsville High School. A group calling itself Citizens Right to Vote on Tax Increase got the […]