Local observances begin with a Pennyrile Area Community Band concert on Thursday and continue with a big fireworks show Saturday at the fairgrounds.

Gov. Andy Beshear vetoed several health-related bills during the veto recess, but the Kentucky General Assembly overrode them during the last two days of the 2026 legislative session, April 14-15. The ...

Mose Thomas Bell, 87, died on Tuesday, June 30. He was retired from Cayce Mill Lighting, where he had been an assistant manager, and he was a self-employed Realtor. He was a deacon and trustee of West ...

Joe Farris, 77, of Old Madisonville Road, Hopkinsville, died on Friday, July 3, at his home of natural causes. A native of Christian County, he was a U.S. Army veteran and a mechanic. Funeral services ...

Ruth Ann Taylor Palmer, 77, of Christian County, died on June 24. She had worked for Holiday Inn, Econo Lodge and The Bingo Hall. She was a member of St. John Baptist Church and served as a Sunday ...

Mary Ann “Sissy” Seay, 95, of Clarksville, Tennessee, died at 7:28 a.m. Monday, June 29, at Spring Meadows Healthcare & Rehab. A native of Pembroke, she was a retired bookkeeper, having worked for the ...

Steve Dunning, 68, of Antioch Road in Hopkinsville, died on Tuesday, June 30, at his home. A native of Christian County, he was a cattleman and owner/operator of Water Witch Pools. He was of the ...

John Bacon West, 80, of Herndon, died on Tuesday, June 30, at his home. A native of Washington, D.C., he graduated from Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, Maryland, in 1964 and then went on to ...

Neveah Monae Gill, 19, of Hopkinsville, died on Tuesday, June 23. She was the daughter of Nichelle Nicole Babb Derrick Antonio Gill, and was to be sworn into the military on Monday, June 29. She ...