Alisa Coleman has been named the new president of Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville. She has served as the interim president since Robert Ramey left last winter to become the president of Baptist Health Hardin in Elizabethtown, KY.

Logan Fiscal Court recently awarded Dixie Restoration, a Kentucky-based full-restoration company, the bid for work needed at the historic courthouse. The necessary work is a result of last winter’s deep freeze.

Dorothy Jean Abshire Tolliver, a Hopkinsville resident and native of Russellville, has written and published a book entitled, “The Rough Journey: Bootstraps, and Beyond.”

And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.” Mark 3:21 ESV

Grace Pool Rucker, 84, of Pembroke, died at 8:31 p.m. Sunday, April 23, 2023, at her residence.

Pastor C.E. Timberlake and the First Street Missionary Baptist Church will be celebrating Sis. Alice Albritton for 65 years of faithful service as the administrative church clerk.

The community of Casky is located five miles southeast of Hopkinsville on the CSX Railroad — from the Courthouse a typical five-mile community.

As we look at the demolition currently underway on South Main Street near the corner of 9th & Main, how many of us realize that these three bays (numbers 108, 110 and 112 South Main) comprised a once proud landmark that dominated the streetscape in its day? There are no extant pictures o…

Prom can get expensive, from the dress to shoes, jewelry to hair and make-up. A new program is looking to lend a helping hand to students in the Dawson Springs school system.

A decade ago — on the 14th of September in 2013 — HIPS did an article on the L & N Depot building, at which time we also included a picture of the (1882) one which preceded it, that was lost to fire in 1891. The 1892 building that has survived to the present day was similar in design to …

The number of newcomers finding success in the Purchase Chess Foundation’s scholastic chess tournaments continues to grow. Add Trigg County junior Walker Wadlington to the list of first-time champions.

Area realtor and auctioneer Tim Haley was recently inducted into the Kentucky Auctioneer Association Hall of Fame. Tim began his career with a few nickels in his pocket, a young family, and a dream to stand behind the microphone.

Inspired by the sale of the community’s old post office, Paul Fourshee, Karen Clement and Ann Taylor decided to see if anyone was interested in forming an arts organization.

The Bowling Green Chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace (SHP) held a special bed build in Olmstead over the weekend with help from members of the Bethany Church of Christ and Dripping Spring Baptist Church.

When Elizabeth Martin-Villalobos was 10-years-old, she decided to be in the museum industry. Martin-Villalobos, who was named Executive Director of Simpson County Guild of Artists and Craftsmen and the Gallery on the Square in Franklin, Ky. in March of 2022.

We begin 2023 on on a high that comes not in the wake of any New Year’s Eve celebration, but rather in the secure knowledge that preservation in Hopkinsville is not only currently alive and well, but thriving. The thing that has brought us to this collective state of euphoria is the Trice — …

Architectural historian Patrick Snadon’s remark, that “Kentucky’s architecture is just as good as that of Virginia’s — without the attitude,” has happily stuck in my craw since I initially heard it. Because, in addition to being a snappy phrase, it’s absolutely true!

When Glenda Clark, author of “A Table in the Frontier” first found out it was possible to attend her very first Christmas Candlelight Service at the Red River Meeting House in Logan County, she knew for sure she would see her friends, Richard and Darlynn Moore, Tom and Dreama Ruley, and Stev…

She envisioned a homey place, a place where people feel comfortable and relaxed, a place where they can sit and enjoy a cup of coffee.

Donna Perry gestures wide with her arms.

Kicking off the holiday season, the Pennyroyal Arts Council and Brooke Bailey Dance Addiction & Gymnastics collaborated to present the third annual production of The Nutcracker ballet at the Alhambra Theatre.

It’s unusual for long-held ideas to happen in the reverse order, but a couple new to Logan County has done just that — they sold the farm to buy the bank.