Local businesses and government entities are still seeing the financial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic even as the state begins to reopen.
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Local businesses and government entities are still seeing the financial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic even as the state begins to reopen.
Christian Fiscal Court had its first reading of the Fiscal Year 2020-21 budget in a virtual setting amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Most criminal court proceedings in Kentucky have been suspended since March due to COVID-19. After a Kentucky Supreme Court order, courts may now reopen in June.
Jennie Stuart Health has released new visitation guidelines as the state slowly reopens among the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Monday’s rain cast a dreary shadow over athletic fields across the southern Pennyrile but that shadow will remain for the foreseeable future with KHSAA’s mandated dead period for high school athletics.
Tuesday was filled with ups and downs for local teams as the Trigg County Lady Wildcats made history against Caldwell County, and the Hopkinsville Lady Tigers suffered a tough defeat at the hands of the Henderson County Lady Colonels.
The boys’ Eighth District Tournament kicked off at Christian County on Tuesday night.
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Christian Fiscal Court had its first reading of the Fiscal Year 2020-21 budget in a virtual setting amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Most criminal court proceedings in Kentucky have been suspended since March due to COVID-19. After a Kentucky Supreme Court order, courts may now reopen in June.
Jennie Stuart Health has released new visitation guidelines as the state slowly reopens among the COVID-19 pandemic.
While Monday was Memorial Day, a day to remember, honor and mourn military service members who have passed in the line of duty, Oak Grove recently celebrated being dubbed Kentucky’s most patriotic city by Insurify.
Paying tribute to service members who lost their lives in service to their country, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 1913 held a Memorial Day service Monday afternoon on the VFW grounds.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear recommended schools in the commonwealth to prepare for the fall semester by creating contingency plans due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Last week during the Christian County Board of Education meeting Melanie Barrett, director of pupil personnel, said the district is …
Some Hopkinsville churches that closed for two months because of COVID-19 are restarting in-person worship services this Sunday, while others are delaying reopening out of an abundance of caution.
The Alhambra Theatre is turning 92.
Wedding and event industry vendors in Christian County are petitioning Gov. Andy Beshear to allow all event venues across Kentucky to reopen at a percentage of their capacity limits.
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Retail stores across the state are allowed to reopen to in-person customers Wednesday while following a long list of guidelines from Gov. Andy Beshear, but just because they can open doesn’t mean they will.
Nearly 10 weeks have passed since the dining rooms of restaurants and bars were closed by a March 16 order from Gov. Andy Beshear in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
After the COVID-19 pandemic ended the chance for graduating high school seniors to walk across a stage in front of their classmates, friends and family, the Oak Grove mayor and Community Center director wanted to remind them that they weren’t forgotten.
As businesses begin to reopen amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Christian County Jail is also looking to slowly return to normal.
As local businesses look to reopen amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the Christian County Chamber of Commerce held a virtual meeting Thursday to help bring light to unanswered questions. Kayla Bebout, Christian County Health Department public health director, and Randy Graham, Christian County e…
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Matthew Boehman has been chosen as the next principal of Christian County High School. The CCHS site-based decision-making council announced the appointment virtually Tuesday night after a lengthy closed session.
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The City of Hopkinsville issued a detailed reopening plan Tuesday for departments and local utility companies.
Christian Fiscal Court felt the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic Tuesday morning as the court was made aware that it would be losing over $200,000 for the revised fiscal year 2020-21 Rural and Secondary Road Program.
About a century ago, the world faced the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918. Today, the world is battling a COVID-19 pandemic with quarantines, social distancing and the wearing of masks.
Sunday marked the beginning of National Police Week and, to kick it off, local law enforcement held a ceremony to remember the county’s fallen officers despite the pandemic.
As of Friday, senior centers in the Pennyrile region have served 30,500 drive-thru and delivery meals to senior citizens since March 23 — just after the coronavirus outbreak.
Jared Chance-Martin, a junior at Hopkinsville High School, has been named to the Governor’s School for the Arts 2020 class. Chance-Martin is one of only 256 students — out of 1400 candidates — to be selected for the program.
The coronavirus has dramatically changed how Kentucky will conduct the upcoming election. After the May primary election was moved to June 23, local election officials began planning how the election will happen with social distancing guidelines.
Hopkinsville Parks and Recreation announced Tuesday that the fifth annual Summer Salute Festival scheduled for Aug. 28 and 29 has been canceled due to potential crowd size concerns related to COVID-19.
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Christian County Health Department has started collecting demographic data of the local confirmed COVID-19 cases after numerous requests.
The Hopkinsville-Christian County Public Library Board of Trustees held a special meeting Tuesday to discuss changes to the library’s 2020-21 budget. Due to shortfalls in both the state and city of Hopkinsville’s budgets, the library is faced with cuts in funding for its new fiscal year.
After a weekend of warm, clear weather and a couple of high profile crime reports — like a body being found in Little River near Marietta Drive and a child being left alone in a vehicle for several hours — Hopkinsville Police Chief Clayton Sumner shared with the New Era how weather affects crime.
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Renikka Owen has been appointed interim principal at Millbrooke Elementary School, according to a Monday news release from Christian County Public Schools.
Gov. Andy Beshear said this Wednesday about his slow, gradual steps to reopen the state: “If it proves that we can’t do any of them safely, it is always subject to pause.”
Christian County author Susan Vaught won the Edgar Award for Best Juvenile book for “Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse.”
The Oak Grove Committee of the Whole met via Zoom Thursday afternoon to discuss changes to be made to the recently approved animal control ordinance.
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The American Legion Auxiliary Fort Campbell Unit 233 of Oak Grove sponsors the Americanism Essay Contest annually at Pembroke Elementary School. 17 fifth graders and one sixth grader participated in the 2019-20 school year contest.
Oak Grove council members have teamed up again with the community center to host another food drive for local residents, this time specifically for individuals aged 55 and older.
Christian County Health Department released an informational video explaining what people can expect when going to get a free COVID-19 test at Tie Breaker Park.
Hopkinsville Community College was on spring break when the school made its decision to finish the spring semester online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The shift from in-person instruction sent HCC staff in motion to make the transition as painless as possible.
With 46% of Kentucky’s COVID-19 deaths occurring in long-term-care facilities, up from 32% just a week ago, nursing homes continue to be a tinderbox for the coronavirus. That has prompted state officials to ramp up testing and to create a Long-Term Care Task Force charged with finding ways t…
Tonya Henderson and her sister Darlene Cardwell pulled into the parking lot next to the Christian County Baptist Association Impact Ministries building on West Ninth Street Friday morning.
Just a couple weeks ago, four medical students were called to volunteer to be on the frontlines of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in Lyon County.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced Monday that in-person instruction for public schools in the state has been canceled for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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One of the highlights of Dawn Ray’s health science classes is teaching students how to do chest compressions and perform CPR, but in the midst of COVID-19, those in-person lessons have been postponed.
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As the national shortage for personal protective equipment mounted last month, critical care nurses at Jennie Stuart Medical Center employed ingenuity to both treat their patients and preserve PPE.
When local law enforcement requests the community’s help to find missing youth, people can often think the worst case scenario for the juvenile.
A bond hearing was held via Zoom Thursday morning after a motion was made by the defense to reduce the bond of the man accused of the 2015 Pembroke triple homicide.
This week marks a month since Commonwealth Agri-Energy embarked on a partnership with local craft distilleries to make hand sanitizer for health care facilities, first responders and the general public.
A Hopkinsville woman is fighting for her life against COVID-19 as her family prays and modern medicine works on her behalf.
The Supreme Court of Kentucky has extended its order to limit in-person access in courthouses across the state through May 31.
Fort Campbell officials gave updates Tuesday night regarding the base’s COVID-19 situation and a recent deployment, however, officials are still not reporting specific numbers.
The number of people fighting COVID-19 in Christian County is nearly equal to the number of people who have recovered, and several coronavirus patients have been discharged from Jennie Stuart Medical Center.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear recently asked law enforcement across the state to do their part in ensuring communities adhere to his guidelines and help flatten the curve of COVID-19. Local law enforcement officials said the community’s response to the governor’s mandates and guidelines has bee…
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