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Funeral arrangements are now complete for Hopkinsville’s most beloved character, Charles Steven “Bird Dog” Paige.  This comes after the unexpected death of Birddog, who was found deceased at his home in Hopkinsville on August 7. Now, celebration of life services for one of the community’s most colorful characters will be held this coming Friday, August 14 at King’s Funeral Home in Cadiz at 7 p.m. Visitation will take place from […]

It was a full agenda at Tuesday’s Christian Fiscal Court meeting, as magistrates approved leaving numerous tax rates the same as last year’s, while one tax rate was reduced.  The tax rate that saw a reduction—as approved on first-reading—was the tangible property rate, which went from 18.7 cents to 18.1 cents per $100 of assessed value, while the real estate property tax rate will remain at 16.7 cents per $100 […]

Summer break is ending for Heritage Christian Academy students as they kicked off their first day of school Tuesday, and other area schools aren’t far behind. Heritage Christian welcomed back students Tuesday morning bright and early, which means motorists undoubtedly noticed the uptick in school traffic on the Eagle Way Bypass near the Hopkinsville YMCA. Folks are reminded that the school zone speed limit will be in effect once again, […]

The heat is the name of the game this week weather-wise, as a blanket of hot temperatures and high humidity is settling over the region for an extended duration. Forecaster Sean Polous with the National Weather Service in Paducah says this heat isn’t one to play around with—combined with high humidity, the heat index values will likely stay above 100 degrees the rest of the week, with no real relief […]

The Hopkinsville Fire Department helped set a scary situation back to a calm one Sunday, after responding to an elevator emergency at a local hotel.  According to Hopkinsville Fire and EMS, Battalion 2 responded to the hotel, where it was determined that 12 occupants were trapped on the malfunctioning elevator. After evaluating the options, it was determined the safest option was to manually lower the elevator to the ground floor.  […]