Hopkinsville, KY, USA / WHOP 1230 AM | News Radio
Apr 23, 2021 6:02 AM
A Hopkinsville teen has been selected as Kentucky State Youth of the Year by Boys and Girls Clubs of America.
Jarquavious Ward has been a member of the local Boys and Girls club since first grade and plans to attend Hopkinsville Community College in the fall to become an electrician.
Executive Director Terrence Davis says he and the staff are “incredibly proud” of Ward.
He will compete for the Midwest regional title this fall and the winner of that competition will receive $20,000 in scholarship money and advance to the national competition.
The Hopkinsville City Council met Tuesday for its second meeting of April in council chambers to discuss ordinances, municipal orders, appointments to the Non-Partisan Elections Citizens Committee with a pinning ceremony for new Hopkinsville Police Department officer Jarrit Beasley.
The 24-year-old officer, from Paris, Tennessee was hired to the department during the middle of the coronavirus pandemic and has worked for the police department as a Public Safety Officer before he was sworn in at the meeting.
Beasley was taking classes under HPD Chief Clayton Sumner at Hopkinsville Community College which is where he showed interest in becoming a part of the department.
He earned his degree, got a job and began helping clients design their dream homes.
The young manâs ambition of drawing building plans for a living was being realized.
âIn the beginning I wasnât at all interested in (Godâs) call,â Cadiz resident Harrison recalls.
âI my mind I was set and ready to go to become my dream as an architect,â he said. âI wanted to work in the office. In my mind I was just really following what I wanted to do.â
But then the company he worked for went bankrupt, and Harrison was at loose ends.
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.
Senior Reflections is a day for 12th graders to look back on their education experience from kindergarten until the present.
âSenior Reflections is to reflect on that first day of school and all your years in school,â said art teacher Paula Gieseke. âWhether they realize it or not, what this symbolizes is the beginning of the end (of their school career). Itâs one of the last few events we do (for seniors).â
CCHS principal Matthew Boehman said seniors have missed out on in-person activities like pep rallies because of COVID-19. Some students enrolled in virtual classes, while others received non-traditional instruction.
Hopkinsville, KY, USA / WHOP 1230 AM | News Radio
Apr 1, 2021 2:19 PM
The Kiwanis Club of Hopkinsville heard from the Hopkinsville Community College HOPFAME program at Thursday’s meeting and how it’s helping local students pave the way for future careers.
HOPFAME stands for Hopkinsville Federation of Advanced Manufacturing Education and is focused on getting students the knowledge and practical studies they need to move into the manufacturing workforce after school, while also giving them the chance to earn money and have a debt free college experience. HCC Workforce Solutions Liaison Lea Martin says they currently have 18 students that are working with local industries, of which they have multiple partners in the program.