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.
Total solar eclipse over Kentucky. The point where the Sun, Moon, and Earth line up most perfectly during the eclipse is near Hopkinsville. This is called the Point of Greatest Eclipse and eclipse duration here is within 0.2 seconds of the maximum in Illinois.