Month: May 2023

Three people were injured in a two-vehicle crash on East Ninth Street in Hopkinsville Tuesday afternoon. The call came out around 2:45 p.m. and Hopkinsville Police Department Public Safety Officer Jess Bufford says a vehicle was exiting the driveway of Hopkinsville Electric System when it pulled into the path of a westbound vehicle and the two collided. https://media.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/1411/files/2023/05/0530buffordeastninth.mp3 Three people were transported to Jennie Stuart Medical Center for treatment of […]

The City of Madisonville will be ending their public transportation service—called Go Madisonville—in July. According to a news release, Pennyrile Allied Community Services Transportation and the City of Madisonville have mutually agreed to cease the operations of Go Madisonville Transit on July 1.  Go Madisonville has been providing public transportation services since 2017, but officials say due to low ridership, the program is no longer sustainable. Madisonville residents who used […]

The Hopkinsville Human Rights Commission is gearing up for their 60th anniversary and they’ll be hosting a gala on July 15 to celebrate. Appearing on WHOP Tuesday morning, Executive Director Idalia Luna and Executive Assistant Raychel Fort-Farmer say they’re excited to celebrate 60 years of service to the community, and they’ll highlight the founding force behind the Hopkinsville HRC and the directors that have served since. https://media.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/1411/files/2023/05/0530hrcgalahonor.mp3 Farmer says they’ll […]

State Senator Whitney Westerfield of Christian County has been appointed as a member of the newly formed Jail and Corrections Reform Task Force. He says the group will look into what’s working and what’s not when it comes to the corrections system and what can be done to address any potential needs. https://media.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/1411/files/2023/05/whitney-committee-0530.mp3 One thing that’s known is that the system is understaffed and that corrections officers are underpaid and […]

A pair of small earthquakes just west of Calhoun in McLean County were felt by more than a few people in that area of western Kentucky. The U.S. Geological Survey says a tremor registered at 3.0 on the Richter Scale at about 9:45 p.m. and four minutes later a 2.5 quake was recorded just west of the first. Respondents on the USGS website reported feeling shaking as far away as […]