Month: October 2024

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Local Sports

HCA advances to Region 2 Volleyball Tournament semifinals

Heritage Christian Academy swept past Livingston Central Tuesday night 3-0 to advance to tonight’s Region 2 Volleyball Tournament semifinals. But the news wasn’t all good for the Lady Warriors, who may have lost one of its top players for the rest of the tournament. Junior Katie Cansler was ruled out for Tuesday night’s game with Caldwell County after she was injured in the stands while watching the opening match of […]

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Hopkinsville downtown trick-or-treating event pushed back to Friday

Hopkinsville Parks and Recreation has made the decision to push back their Downtown Family Trick-or-Treating event one day due to the threat of rainy weather. According to a news release, the only thing that changes with the delay is the event will take place on November 1 instead of October 31—everything else stays the same, including the start time of 3:30 p.m. and the “No Scare Square” hosted by the […]

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Two Muhlenberg residents charged with drug trafficking

The Muhlenberg County Sheriff’s Department and the Pennyrile Narcotics Taskforce arrested two Greenville residents on drug trafficking charges.  According to a news release, the arrests occurred following search of a residence on Tuesday where suspected methamphetamine and other items of drug paraphernalia was found inside. Sixty-three-year-old Mitchell Latham and 41-year-old Jessica Bruce, both of Greenville, are charged with trafficking in meth over two grams, trafficking in a legend drug and […]

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KSP gives out tips on staying safe this Halloween

Kentucky State Police are urging motorists to stay alert and safe this Halloween, as trick-or-treaters and their families will be out on the hunt for snacks and scares.  Troopers says Halloween safety is a group effort between motorists, homeowners, trick-or-treaters and parents, and they’re offering some tips to all of those groups this year. For motorists, they encourage you to be patient and take your route slower than you might […]

todayOctober 30, 2024 2

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County Clerk provides voting information ahead of election

Before voters make their way to the polls for this year’s Presidential Election, Christian County Clerk Melinda Humphries provided a whole lot of voting information at Tuesday’s Hopkinsville Rotary Club meeting. From September 21 to October 22, Kentuckians who had a qualifying reason could receive an absentee mail-in ballot. Humphries says her office has mailed out over 1,100 absentee ballots and has received around 685 of them back. Humphries reminded […]

todayOctober 29, 2024 4

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Lyon County receives grant from Delta Regional Authority for water project

Lyon County was recently granted $2.4 million from the Delta Regional Authority’s Community Infrastructure Fund for a water reliability project. According to a news release from the Pennyrile Area Development District (PeADD), the Authority issues grants through the fund that supports community-based projects that address flood control, public infrastructure, transportation and much more. The investment in Lyon County will go toward a public infrastructure project that is combining three separate […]

todayOctober 29, 2024 4

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Three Christian Co. applicants awarded medical cannabis licenses in lottery

On Monday, the Kentucky Office of Medical Cannabis held a lottery drawing to see what 26 applicants for medical cannabis cultivators and processors would be awarded licenses—and three from Christian County were drawn.  The lottery was held in an effort for random fairness to see who would be awarded licenses first, to hopefully be ready by the time medical cannabis becomes legal in Kentucky on January 1, and those applicants […]

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Hopkinsville Police arrest man for assault, strangulation

Hopkinsville Police arrested 25-year-old Xavier Hernandez of Hopkinsville for strangulation after he reportedly assaulted a victim on Thursday. According to a report from police, they responded to the location of an open 911 call where a man was heard yelling at the caller. At the residence where the call came from, officers initially made contact with Hernandez who reportedly did not want to allow officers inside. Officers then made contact […]

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Candidates for Ward 12 meet in League of Women Voter’s debate

When Election Day comes through on November 5—or for those who take advantage of early voting—those in Hopkinsville’s Ward 12 will have some names to consider on the ballot.  After current City Councilman Matthew Handy’s bid for re-election came to a stop in the May primary, Republican Elizabeth Draude and Democrat Samual Goodman are squaring off for the seat.  Last week, the Hopkinsville League of Women Voter’s hosted a debate […]

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