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Kentuckians and Tennesseans are celebrating the Eighth of August this week. The regional holiday – similar to Juneteenth – celebrates the emancipation of Black Americans from slavery.

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.

Four aircraft landed Thursday morning at the Hopkinsville-Christian County Airport, carrying individuals who were in town to discuss a proposed beef processing facility. Flight logs and public records hint at possible topics of discussion during the whirlwind of meetings that followed their arrival.

State officials and representatives of a Wisconsin meat processing company arrived in Hopkinsville on Thursday, as opponents of the facility announced another community meeting.

Up to 1,000 city residents can receive $100 each if they get a COVID-19 vaccination between Sept. 13 and Oct. 31.

As health care workers grapple with the pandemic’s most recent wave, a few things are clear: patients hospitalized with COVID are getting sick quicker, are younger than before and are mostly unvaccinated.

Following a year of financial hardships, regional cinemas are starting to see more consistent attendance of new movie showings.

“Sister Therapy” podcast hosts Emily Polish-Sims and Nancy Polish headlined “Girls’ Night Out,” their first live comedy show, at the Alhambra Theatre in downtown Hopkinsville on Saturday.

The Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County hosted a “Downtown Summer Stroll” on Friday evening to showcase Hopkinsville history.

An annual yard sale that includes Kentucky communities stretching from the Purchase region to northern Kentucky is slated to start Thursday. The “400-Mile…