Shooting of Trayvon Martin. On the night of February 26, 2012, in Sanford, Florida, United States, George Zimmerman fatally shot Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African American high school student.
Hopkinsville lies in the time zone Central Standard Time. A Time Zone is a Geographical Area that follows the same time in all the points including Cities, Towns inside that geographical area. Hopkinsville has an UTC Offset/GMT Offset of UTC-5:00. UTC Offset is the time difference between the time at particular place and the UTC - Coordinated Universal Time.
Hopkinsville, Ky., has hit the astronomical jackpot. When a total eclipse of the sun darkens skies on Aug. 21, 2017, the show will last longer in a stretch of bucolic hill country near Hopkinsville than any place on the planet. It will last two minutes and 40 seconds, not much longer than the Kentucky Derby.