Eleven of the nation’s top boys’ high school basketball teams will be converging on Hopkinsville this week to battle for the final spot in the Grind Session Power Conference, the largest collection of elite boys prep basketball programs from across the United States and Canada. Teams participating in the play-in tournament include Colorado Prep, Iowa United, Minnesota Prep, Quality Education, Rosemary Anderson (Oregon), SFBA Trinity Prep (Nevada), St. John’s DME […]
The Kentucky High School Athletic Association State Golf Tournaments will begin with the Section 1 tournaments Tuesday at the Hopkinsville Golf and Country Club. The girls’ tournament begins on Tuesday at 8 a.m. with several local players participating. Hopkinsville High School’s Cate Blane, who was sixth in last week’s Region 2 tournament in Owensboro, is scheduled to tee off at 8:45 a.m. from the first tee. University Heights Academy’s Conlee […]
A Clay, Kentucky man is in jail after he allegedly tried to set fire to a Dollar General store in Madisonville last week. According to the Madisonville Police Department report, officers responded to the Dollar General on Hanson Road for reports of a fire inside the store. Firefighters with the Madisonville Fire Department were able to extinguish the blaze and no one was injured, but they determined the fire had […]
There’s been plenty of buzz and questions in the community recently, concerning a letter of intent signed between Jennie Stuart Health and Deaconess Health, to potentially join. That process still has some way to go, and Christian County Judge-Executive Jerry Gilliam urged patience and thoroughness to the Board of Trustees. He says he has seen the financials for Jennie Stuart and knows they’re in good health, so he would like […]
The Pennyrile Walk to End Alzheimer’s to set to trace its way through downtown Hopkinsville on Saturday, with the festivities getting underway at the Christian County Justice Center that morning. It gets underway at 9 a.m. Saturday morning, but coordinator Martha Steil says there still plenty of time to get involved, whether that be by registering to take part in the walk or by signing up for a team to […]
Warren East picked up a key 4A 1st District win on Saturday afternoon at the Stadium of Champions with a 41 to 32 win over the Hopkinsville Tigers. The Raiders are now 2 and 0 in district play while Hopkinsville falls to o and 2 in the district with 3 district game to go. Turnovers doomed the Tigers on Saturday afternoon as they turned the ball over three times on […]
Four people were injured in a crash on Country Club Lane Saturday Night. According to Hopkinsville Fire and EMS, the crash happened around 8 p.m. in the area of Country Club and Sherwood Drive and involved multiple vehicles. Four individuals were hurt—three were transported to Jennie Stuart Medical Center for non-life-threatening injuries. A fourth victim was taken to Skyline Medical Center in Nashville for treatment of severe injuries. The Hopkinsville […]
Pennyrile Electric is heading out to assist our neighbors in Tennessee, as Hurricane Helene crashed inland, bringing with it historic flooding and stormy weather. According to a news release, two Pennyrile Electric crews that include nine line technicians, are heading to east Tennessee to help out Holston Electric Cooperative. Holston services around 30,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers near Kingsport, Tennessee. The crews will help them restore power after over […]