Good morning, Hopkinsville.

Max’s Hope Pet Rescue will hold a yard sale fundraiser Friday and Saturday at 105 Metcalfe Dr., 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m.-noon Saturday; proceeds will fund surgeries, vaccines, and care for stray and surrendered dogs and cats (cash only).

Mayor J.R. Knight is inviting families to downtown for the annual Trick-or-Treat today from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., with Main Street closed between Sixth and 13th (closures run 3 to 6 p.m.; Ninth Street and connecting side streets also blocked) and WHVO 96.5 FM providing live coverage.

Kentucky won Opportunity Zone 2.0 approval for 137 census tracts across 76 counties, including tracts in Christian and Hopkins counties, to attract private investment and jobs; the new designations will take effect Jan.

1, 2027 and run through 2036.

Kentucky Education Commissioner Robbie Fletcher visited Christian County High School this month, touring classrooms and meeting students during Tiger Commitment Day (focused on the first senior class's postgraduation plans) and praising the new high school; 180 Murray State education students also observed full school days at four CCPS campuses.

Fort Campbell firefighters extinguished a garbage-truck fire Monday near the USO on Desert Storm Avenue after lithium-ion batteries were improperly tossed, and officials urge residents to tape battery terminals and take used batteries to designated disposal sites (270-798-9786).

Land Between the Lakes will pilot street-legal side-by-side UTVs on about 450 miles of federal roads under a permit program, with recreational use seasonal from March through Nov and 35 mph limits on most roads.

Permits will include fee-based recreation, free heritage access for eligible descendants, and business tour/rental permits.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet converted the U.S. 41 & Kentucky 115 intersection in Pembroke to a four-way stop Wednesday; traffic on U.S. 41 must now stop, the change aims to cut crashes, and Pembroke officials said they weren't notified while the sheriff reminded drivers to obey the signs.

The Christian County Tiger Marching Band will perform at 12:45 p.m. Saturday at Western Kentucky University in the state semifinals against 14 bands; semifinal awards are at 2:30 p.m., and finals and awards run through the evening with tickets sold only online.

Christian County's Lady Tigers beat Henderson on Oct.

29 to win the program's first 2nd Region volleyball championship.

Christian County advanced to the 2nd Region volleyball championship on Wednesday with a 3-0 win over Crittenden County (25-22, 25-23, 25-17), and a photo gallery from Your Sports Edge shows the Lady Tigers and Lady Rockets in action.

Madisonville North Hopkins first-year boys soccer coach Rylan Gentil was named KHSSCA 2026 Coach of the Year (Kentucky High School Soccer Coaches Association) after he turned a 4-9-1 season into a 2nd Region title and Elite 8 berth; the Maroons will travel to Louisville on Saturday to play St. Xavier.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet converted the U.S. 41 and Kentucky 115 intersection in Pembroke into a four-way stop Wednesday to reduce crashes, so drivers on both U.S. 41 and Kentucky 115 must now come to a complete stop (Pembroke officials said they weren't told when signs would be installed).