Hopkinsville Community

The U.S. Department of Justice has settled a civil lawsuit against Ascend Elements, which was once building a massive battery plant in western Kentucky. The company was accused of inflating the cost of labor and construction for a battery recycling plant in Christian County that would serve the electric vehicle industry.

A new group working to bring more classical music performances to western Kentucky is hosting its debut concert this weekend in Hopkinsville.

Challenger Russ Guffey defeated one-term incumbent James R. Knight Jr. by 180 votes Tuesday in the Republican primary for Hopkinsville mayor, earning a spot in the November general election.

The Hopkinsville Art Guild is seeking proposals from area artists for a project that will establish three permanent art installations on the Hopkinsville Greenway.

Friday marks the 40th anniversary of the crash in Gander, Newfoundland, Canada that took the lives of 248 Fort Campbell soldiers who were on their way home from a deployment to Egypt, as well as eight crew members.

The Rev. Lisa Lewis Balboa, senior pastor of Freeman Chapel CME Church in Hopkinsville, has been elected president of the Kentucky Council of Churches.

City officials, community members and descendants of Peter Postell gathered Saturday afternoon for a historical marker dedication honoring the formerly enslaved man who became a wealthy Hopkinsville grocer and philanthropist after the Civil War.

On a sunny morning in early October, students took their brushes and rollers and put paint to brick working on two new murals that pay homage to Hopkinsville.

Bowen National Research, a real estate marketing and analysis consultant, presented its study this week focusing on the characteristics and trends of housing availability within Hopkinsville and Christian County.

An electric vehicle battery supplier has paused construction on a factory in western Kentucky.