Amy Rogers

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Visit Hopkinsville director spotlights last year’s tourism spending numbers

In 2025, tourism spending in Christian County set a record, and Visit Hopkinsville Executive Director Amy Rogers spotlighted the milestone at Thursday’s Hopkinsville Kiwanis Club meeting. This is the fourth consecutive year where local tourism spending has risen reaching $245 million, a $1.6 million increase from 2024. Last year, tourism also generated $47.3 million in labor income, $16.4 million in state and local taxes and supported 1,798 jobs. Rogers says […]

todayJune 25, 2026 3

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Community members crowd the local visitors center for Juneteenth celebration

Citizens across the country hosted Juneteenth events last weekend to celebrate Black history and the end of slavery in the U.S., and on Saturday, the Hopkinsville-Christian County Visitors Bureau was filled with folks celebrating the holiday.  Juneteenth is a federal holiday that commemorates the end of slavery. On June 19, 1865, Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, and announced that the over 250,000 slaves in the state were freed […]

todayJune 22, 2026 5

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Tourism spending in Christian County reaches a new record for 2025

For the fourth year in a row, tourism spending in Christian County has set a new record, increasing by $1.6 million from 2024. In 2025, tourism generated $245 million in revenue, $47.3 million in labor income, $16.4 million in state and local taxes and supported 1,798 jobs. Last year, Kentucky tourism generated $14.6 billion, and 81.1 million travelers visited the state.  Christian County hosts a wide variety of events that […]

todayJune 14, 2026 4

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Visit Hopkinsville invites alien lovers to inaugural GoblinCon

Lovers of the supernatural and the extraterrestrial are invited to Visit Hopkinsville’s first-ever GoblinCon UFO and Paranormal Expo in October. When she was named Executive Director of Visit Hopkinsville, Amy Rogers says she knew she wanted to spotlight some of Hopkinsville’s extraterrestrial history. In 1955, the Hopkinsville police station was swarmed with reports of people saying they had a close encounter with extraterrestrial beings in the Kelly community. The incident […]

todaySeptember 24, 2025 6

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Visit Hopkinsville spotlights the region’s extraterrestrial history with community events

Seventy years ago, the Hopkinsville police station was swarmed with reports of people saying they had a close encounter with other worldly beings in the Kelly community. To spotlight the region’s extraterrestrial history, Visit Hopkinsville is hosting a variety of events. Starting at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Visit Hopkinsville Executive Director Amy Rogers says they will be hosting their Great Goblin Hunt. She says the event is a week-long scavenger […]

todayAugust 15, 2025 4

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Visit Hopkinsville joins film commission, prepares for GoblinCon

Visit Hopkinsville Executive Director Amy Rogers spotlighted new opportunities and events coming to the community at Tuesday’s Hopkinsville Rotary Club meeting. The West Kentucky Film Commission launched in May and invites creators in the entertainment industry to film movies and shows in the region. Rogers was thrilled to announce that Hopkinsville is now a member of the commission along with cities such as Oak Grove, Owensboro and Bowling Green. Rogers […]

todayJuly 8, 2025 3

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Carentan, France delegation explores Nashville during visit

A delegation from Hopkinsville’s sister city, Carentan, France, has returned to town to peek into the economic side of the region and explored Nashville on Wednesday.  Hopkinsville and Carentan became sister cities in 2019 when a French delegation from the town visited to acknowledge the contributions of Fort Campbell soldiers in World War II. Soldiers from the 101st liberated Carentan from Nazi control in the days following the D-Day Invasion […]

todayMarch 20, 2025 5

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United Way encourages community to donate to annual campaign

After launching their campaign in September, Amy Rogers from the United Way of the Pennyrile appeared on WHOP on Monday to spotlight their progress and to encourage the community to donate. The United Way hosts annual donation campaigns to benefit regional nonprofits. This year they are seeking $700,000 for 18 partner agencies which include Aaron McNeil House, Inc., the Boys and Girls Club and the Salvation Army. At the United […]

todayOctober 7, 2024 6

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Visit Hopkinsville invites community to Alien Invasion Day

On August 21, 1955, members of the Kelly community reportedly had a close encounter with extraterrestrial beings and the event has now become known as the Kelly Green Men Encounter. On Wednesday Visit Hopkinsville will be hosting its inaugural Alien Invasion Day to remember the strange encounter. Visit Hopkinsville Executive Director, Amy Rogers appeared on WHOP on Monday and shared that on the day of the encounter, the Sutton family […]

todayAugust 20, 2024 5

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