Jennifer P. Brown

The 60th anniversary of the Freedom March on Frankfort — a protest that brought together Gov. Edward T. “Ned” Breathitt, of Hopkinsville, and civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — will be observed with a reenactment on Tuesday, March 5, in the state capital.

Bill Munday chairs the foundation board and Angie Major is the executive director.

The remains of Chief Warrant Officer 2 Shane Barnes, of Hopkinsville — and two other special operations soldiers who died when their Blackhawk helicopter crashed on Nov. 10 — have been recovered from the Mediterranean Sea, U.S. military officials and the Barnes family said.

Most years on the anniversary of the 1985 Gander, Newfoundland, crash, Lora Hobbs drives from Kingsport, Tennessee, to Hopkinsville to stand for her brother's memory.

U.S. Army helicopter pilot Shane Barnes, who died Nov. 10 in the Middle East, made Hopkinsville his hometown and worked to get four generations of his family in the same community.

The $225 million facility in South Park near Interstate 24 is expected to be operational in 2025.

The facility will supply material to the $1 billion Ascend Elements Apex I plant currently under construction at Commerce Park II.

In the wake of a controversial video posted to social media by a Hopkinsville Police Department officer, many in the community have called for action and expressed concerns about perceived racist symbols.

A storm packing destructive winds late Wednesday afternoon hit downtown Hopkinsville and damaged several buildings along Ninth and 10th streets. Flash flooding occurred around the L&N Train Depot and in the adjacent Peace Park.

The company had planned to invest $504 million in a plant at Commerce Park II that would employ more than 500 workers.