The overall health of your perennial flower garden can drastically affect its need for pest control. A practical and effective approach to pest control involves a process known as integrated pest management, or IPM. The IPM process is multifaceted and much broader than simply applying pestic…

Pacing back and forth, Meka, a 3-year-old Australian Shepherd, darted around her owner’s legs at the Hopkinsville Dog Park on Pardue Lane.

Several key pests of vegetables need to be controlled in the late spring, as control during this period will also help with their management later in the summer. It is important to get seedlings and transplants off to a good start. Here are some of the early-season insects that need to be ma…

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Chadwick Maynard and Melissa Maynard, Lebanon, Tennessee, announce the engagement of their daughter, Leslie Brooke Maynard, MSN, RN, NP-C, to Ross Byron Pruett, P.E., son of Ronald and Alisa Pruett, Knoxville, Tennessee.

Hannah Bullard of Hopkinsville is one of two Murray State University journalism and mass communications students who have been selected as winners in the radio and television categories of the prestigious Hearst Journalism Awards program this year.

Nothing signals springtime quite like the smell of freshly cut grass wafting through the neighborhood. With warmer weather on the way, your annual lawn duties begin. Of those tasks, mowing at the right height can have a big impact on the overall health of your turf and future weed problems.

As we drive East on 68/80 going from Hopkinsville to Elkton — on the right hand side — we soon catch sight of what was originally the R. H. Kelly place, a most unusual house dating from the late 1880’s or 1890’s. As it was in the 1950’s, when I would pass it regularly on my way to church in …

Since they were seventh graders at Hopkinsville Middle School, friends Dustin Wilcox and Cade Utterback have shared the same interests in animation and television production.

Clay soils, found in many of our landscapes, do not mean you can never achieve a garden worthy of glossy magazine coverage but it does mean you will have to work harder at it. Improving your clay soil starts with a basic working knowledge of soil structure and plant needs.

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In a year restricted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Christian County High Class of 2021 reminisced about their years in school Thursday with a milestone.

April 22 is Earth Day, and we’ve got a great selection of books about climate change, conservation, and climate fiction on display. The five books below are examples of climate fiction, also known as cli-fi, in which the plot is based on climate change whether it takes place now or in the fu…

Starting on Easter Sunday, a new associate pastor of young adults and young families will begin serving at Hopkinsville’s Second Baptist Church.

Throughout history, no one has made a greater impact on this earth than Jesus Christ, yet many still do not understand who he is. During Christmas, people around the world acknowledge his birth was over 2,000 years ago but actually he existed long before that. As the Son of God, Jesus is the…

A purple backdrop decorated the stage where about 30 young boys in the Men 2 Be Inc. mentoring program stood waiting for their turns to speak.

A year ago, churches across the state and country shut down right before Easter out of an abundance of caution because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The grass is turning green. Soon it will be time to start mowing, if you have not already started. As you rev up your mower’s engine for the first time this spring, here are some reminders to keep you and your family safe.

While it may be just a little early to start planting tomatoes and peppers, there is one crop tough enough to take the inevitable cold snap before our frost-free date — salad greens, specifically lettuce, spinach and various greens or some combination thereof.

The National WWII Museum in New Orleans has selected Fort Campbell High School sophomore Jaeoni Amaker to represent Kentucky as a 2021 Billy Michal Student Leadership Award recipient.

The Cadiz/Trigg County Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7890 honored students for their speech/essay contest submissions and teachers for their service to the community during a ceremony earlier this month at the VFW, 62 Lafayette St.

The term mausoleum dates back to at least 350 B.C. in Halicarnassus, Asia Minor, where King Mausolus’ queen decided to erect a large temple-like structure as her husband’s final resting place. This trend, once initiated was soon imitated, and has grown exponentially throughout the ages.

If you’ve been thinking about growing small fruit this year, whether for personal use or for sale at a farmers market, now is the time to start scouring nursery catalogs or visit local nurseries.

A nice landscape of a few trees and shrubs, some flowers and well-tended turf has value. Our landscapes help define our outdoor living space, provide shade and help screen unwanted views. A well-maintained landscape may add as much as 5 to 10% to the value of our property.

This March we’re featuring Big Read Read-A-Likes at the library. The Big Read book for this year is “Circe” by Madeline Miller, which focuses on the witch Circe of Greek mythology. If you enjoyed this mythology book, you’re sure to enjoy these other looks at myth as well:

Award winners for 2020 were announced Feb. 25 at the Hopkinsville, Christian and Todd County Association of Realtors monthly membership meeting held virtually.

It may not seem like it, but spring is just around the corner. And while we have been snowed in recently, one of the busiest and most enjoyable times for gardeners begins next week. Here are some spring garden tips to help turn your thoughts to warmer days.

Anyone seeking a special gift for someone or just in the mood for some retail therapy will find a wide variety of products at the Christian County Chamber of Commerce Spring Vendor Fair.

PRINCETON — The 33rd annual Western Kentucky Evangelism Conference on Monday will focus on the Kentucky Baptist Convention’s “Gospel to Every Home” initiative, and will feature a lineup of speakers familiar to Kentucky Baptists.

Viewed by many Christian denominations as time of reflection and repentance, Lent is a solemn religious observance covering about six weeks before Easter.

Bramble is the common name for the genus Rubus which includes raspberries, blackberries and their hybrids and cultivars. The term bramble is used to denote “thorniness” a common trait among these plants. This is not always the case as new varieties have been released that lack thorns. Brambl…