They can’t build the new humane society building in Madisonville fast enough. The much smaller Dulin Street facility is over capacity. It’s being used due to the April 2025 tornado that greatly damaged the Lafoon Trail location. Meanwhile, adoptions are leaning heavily on the website. No appointments are needed. You can also read about the plan to raise over 2-million dollars to fund the new building. The website address is hopkinscountyhumanesociety.com.
What happens in a traffic stop when the the officer suggests that the vehicle be searched and a passenger disagrees? When this occurred on Dulin Street, the officer searched the Dodge Caravan when one Gabapentin pill fell to the ground. It is listed as a controlled substance. Then, the officer found more of the pills. Then, two baggies suspected of containing meth were located. Arrested was the passenger, Melissa Barber.
In Madisonville, one of the major concerns of city hall is storm water. Here is City Administrator Rob Saint.
Saint says one block of McCoy Avenue will run about a million dollars to repair.
The Dawson Springs Independent Schools invite all veterans and their families to a Veterans Day Celebration tomorrow morning. It begins with a breakfast at 8:15 at the high school, followed by a program in the gymnasium at 9.
The Madisonville Hopkins County Economic Development Corporation is glad to report that things are coming along nicely for the new E. Hofmann Packaging plant. The building is beginning to take shape. Hofmann’s first U.S. facility is a 43 million dollar investment that includes 164 new jobs. The 100,000 square-foot production facility will be located on the US 41A industrial site.
The driver of a U-Haul box truck on I-69 who was swerving from lane to lane told the officer during the traffic stop that this was the first time he had ever driven a U-Hall truck. Christopher Looney gave the officer permission to open the back door to the truck. That’s when the K-9 Loki sniffed some meth in a thermos. Looney explained that he found the thermos at a Subway in Hanson.
An improperly displayed registration plate is what led to the arrest of an I-69 driver. The officer found that Mary Ann Sheetz had a suspended driver’s license, and appeared to be intoxicated. The drug dog Loki found a glass smoking pipe coated with suspected meth. Sheetz had to be detained in order for the officer get her car keys. Central Dispatch reported that Sheetz had been cited recently for driving with a suspended license and with registration violations.
Lots of work is being done this week on the twin bridges at Henderson. Included will be repairs to the southbound bridge’s support structure, including replacement of damaged rocker bearings and to a structural support beam. Completing these repairs will make it possible to reopen all four lanes much sooner than the expected Thanksgiving deadline.
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