Month: April 2023

The governor’s office has announced funding through Land and Water Conservation Fund grants to enhance accessibility and upgrade parks and recreation spaces throughout the commonwealth. Several of those are in the Pennyrile region, with Princeton receiving $250,000 to revitalize two baseball/softball fields at the City-County Park. Fencing needs to be replaced, as well as the dugout structures, bleachers and utility poles for lighting. Mortons Gap will use $30,000 to purchase […]

Little River Festival is coming up Saturday in Cadiz. It all begins at 10 a.m. and organizers say there will be live music with Classy and Grassy starting at 10 a.m. The Mis-Fits play at 11:15, the Tennessee River Boys will be on stage at 1:30 and Steve Warren will perform as Elvis at 2:45. There will be games for children, arts and crafts vendors, food trucks, kayak demos on […]

The Christian County Public School System announced its certified and classified staff members of the year award winners at a reception Thursday night. The district says each school or department nominated a classified and certified employee. The certified employee of the year is Sinking Fork Elementary School Resource Teacher Maggie Jorgensen and Christian County High School’s Tammy Celing took top honors as the classified staff member of the year. Jorgenson/Photo […]

The ribbon was officially cut for Charter Senior Living Thursday afternoon as they look to offer housing for the senior community locally. Sales Director Ashton Winfield says they have staff that is fully certified in the proper healthcare for those who need it, though you do not have to have health conditions to live there. She says they want to do more than just house people however—they want to enhance […]

Downtown Hopkinsville is now home to its newest sculpture—an over-sized gathering of wheat on the corner of Ninth and South Main Street. The sculpture stands at 11 feet tall and weighs 1,500 pounds—a bit more than your average handful of stalks of wheat, and Conventions and Visitors Bureau Executive Director Brooke Jung says it’s made by Brainchild Creative LLC and stands tall in Founders’ Square. https://media.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/1411/files/2023/04/0427brookebiggrain.mp3 Jung says it highlights […]

A contractor will begin pavement operations on the Western Kentucky Parkway in Muhlenberg County on Friday. According to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, motorists should anticipate lane restrictions for both directions of the inside lanes and the asphalt resurfacing will take place on the Western Kentucky Parkway from about mile point 52 to mile point 54. Motorists should anticipate reduced speeds and lane restrictions for this work in order to address […]