Hopkinsville Community

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.

For decades, the Attucks Building was the only place where Black students could get an education in Christian County. Now, a local group is working to renovate the more-than-a-century-old school and turn it into a community center.

Ascend and the U.S. Department of Energy have mutually agreed to cancel a $164 million federal grant for part of the manufacturing infrastructure at the company’s Apex 1 facility, the company announced.

A lawsuit opposing Jennie Stuart Medical Center’s acquisition by Evansville, Indiana-based hospital group Deaconess has resulted in a three-month delay of any agreement between the two hospitals.

In a study published earlier this year, the Kentucky Housing Corporation identified a need for 13% more units in Christian County than is currently available to meet the community’s needs. This translates to 3,430 rental and for-sale housing options – a number the organization projects will increase by nearly 1,000 units by 2029.