Month: July 2024

Hopkinsville’s Downtown Farmers Market is in full swing and on Thursday, August 1 the organizers are hosting a Kid’s Night Out and a Customer Appreciation Night at the market. Holly Boggess and Emalee Hudson from Community and Development Services appeared on WHOP on Wednesday to spotlight upcoming events set for the farmers market. Thursday’s market will feature craft and agriculture-based activities including a cow milking station, free caricature drawings, food […]

Christian County Public Schools is inviting the community to join them for a ribbon cutting for the new Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Early Learning Center.  According to a news release, it will take place on August 7 at 5 p.m. in a Christian County Chamber of Commerce After Hours event in celebration of remodeled building that once housed Indian Hills Elementary School.  The Early Learning Center will offer a […]

One person was injured in a crash at the intersection of Cadiz Road and the Eagle Way Bypass Wednesday morning.  The three-vehicle collision occurred around 9:45 a.m. in the intersection, with Hopkinsville Fire and EMS Captain Payton Rogers saying it sent one person to Jennie Stuart Medical Center for treatment of injuries. The Christian County Sheriff’s Office is investigating.

In an effort to improve motorist safety, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet will be blocking part of KY 813 in White Plains on Saturday for a widening project. According to a news release, it will take place from 6 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. to all for work on the highway widening project. KY 813 will be blocked from the two-mile point at intersection of South Bob Bruce Drive and East Church […]

The victim of a fatal shooting at the Lyrics Lounge on Fort Campbell Boulevard in Clarksville has been identified by the Clarksville Police Department.  According to a news release, the victim of the shooting that happened Tuesday around 11:15 p.m. in the parking lot of the Lounge in the 1300 block of Fort Campbell Boulevard has been identified as 27-year-old Tikoreus Gold of Clarksville.  The second victim that was transported […]

Christian County Public Schools has announced that Anita Hopson, the Director of Personnel, will be retiring effective October 1.  According to a news release, Hopson has been working in the Christian County School System since 1995, when she began her teaching career at Morningside Elementary School. She would serve as teacher, curriculum coach and principal at Belmont Elementary, before being promoted to Director of Elementary Education in 2014 and then […]