Oak Grove City Council met Tuesday night for a regular meeting to approve the first reading of the compensation plan ordinance and continue discussions regarding the council hiring an outside auditor to conduct an independent forensic audit.

Ahead of the November general election, an Oak Grove City Council member is establishing a meet-and -greet between city council candidates and the public.

The executive director of the Pennyrile Area Development District announced on Monday that, given the ongoing threat of the coronavirus, his agency won’t host its annual recognition for industries in the region.

Hay! The Christian County 4-H is rolling out a family-friendly fundraiser this fall with its inaugural Bale Trail.

Trigg County Public Schools has approved a measure that will leave the tax rate the same as last year in the district, choosing to keep the rate at 55.1 cents per $100 of assessed valuation for real and personal property.

The two men accused on the 2016 Ghost Bridge murder appeared in court Thursday morning via Zoom to be scheduled for one additional pretrial conference before the case is scheduled for trial or the defendants take pleas.

Christian Fiscal Court has unanimously approved on first reading its tax ordinance for the 2020-2021 fiscal year, with the tax rates remaining the same for the new fiscal year.

Oak Grove Committee of the Whole held a special meeting Friday morning to change the format of the city’s meetings after council members shared concern over certain issues not being placed on the meetings’ agendas after council request.

A new Gold Star Families Memorial Monument honoring the families of servicemen and women who sacrificed their lives while serving in the military is currently being planned at Fort Campbell.

In the midst of its plants, surrounded by the garden’s flowers, vegetables and herbs, the clients of Sanctuary Inc., have already sought healing from the traumas they’ve experienced.

Hopkinsville City Council voted Tuesday to go back to the drawing board on the recommended spending plan for COVID-19 Relief Funds and voted to keep the property tax rate the same as last year’s rate.

Christian County Public Schools Superintendent released a video Tuesday with his upcoming plan for in-person reentry to the district’s schools.

The Kentucky Supreme Court office announced Friday two amended administrative orders. The orders related to in-person testimony in courtrooms and evictions.

The South Western Kentucky Economic Development Council has agreed to amend its bylaws to include two additional school administrators as ex-officio members of the EDC board.

In wide swaths of Kentucky, tracing the contacts of people with the coronavirus is no longer preventing its spread, because the spread has become too wide. Instead, it is, at best, slowing the disease rate. And many people don’t cooperate with the contact-tracing process.

Oak Grove City Council had a special meeting Thursday morning to further discuss the city’s compensation plan.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Friday that Hopkinsville will receive $264,378 for housing assistance programs.

A trial date has been set for May 31 in the 2015 Pembroke murder case, and it will be held outside of Christian County.

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U.S. Army Fort Campbell officials gathered once again for a weekly COVID-19 town hall Tuesday to update everyone on the post’s coronavirus rates and parameters it is using to ensure the safety of its soldiers.

The local airport board is in the process of acquiring a small strip of land adjacent to the runway at the Hopkinsville-Christian County Airport in hopes of preventing changes to the airport’s designation.

Christian County Public Schools has created a school meals website for parents to sign their child up for daily school meals while the district is conducting non-traditional instruction.

The Christian County Health Department reported seven new COVID-19 cases Tuesday. The county currently has 277 active cases.

Christian County Public Schools is leaving the door open to return to in-person instruction before Sept. 28. On Aug. 12, the Christian County Board of Education voted to follow Gov. Andy Beshear’s recommendation and move to non-traditional instruction until Sept. 28.

The COVID-19 pandemic has shut down most events in the local area since March. The Hopkinsville Rotary Club announced Tuesday that its 70th annual auction will still happen.

A new sheriff has been appointed in Trigg County.

Tuesday’s Hopkinsville City Council meeting included the council approving two ordinances on second reading and Mayor Wendell Lynch and Judge-Executive Steve Tribble reading a proclamation for the centennial of women’s suffrage, which was approved by the Senate on Aug. 18, 1920.

The Oak Grove Committee of the Whole met Monday for a special-called meeting about the city’s recently proposed compensation plan, its job descriptions and pay grades.

Christian County Public Schools Family Resource and Youth Services Centers are hosting the 2020 CCPS #ALLIN Back-to-School Drive-Thru from noon to 6 p.m. Aug. 25 at the Stadium of Champions.

The Christian County Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Committee has created a new subcommittee to strategize ways to create new housing and attract military families to stay in the area.

Gov. Andy Beshear recommended Monday that schools across the state delay the first day of in-person instruction to Sept. 28, leading not only public but also private school officials to consider yet another pivot as they plan to reopen amid the COVID-19 crisis.