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6 days ago | 
the-messenger.com | M G McKinley
The Hopkins County man convicted in the death of his eight-year-old stepson in 2024 was sentenced to 25 years in prison Tuesday in circuit court. The sentencing comes from a plea deal Antonio Person made with the state in March. The 34-year-old entered a plea of guilty to nine charges, including second-degree manslaughter in the death of Trey Major Harris, a student at Hanson Elementary School.
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6 days ago | 
the-messenger.com | M G McKinley
A host of shovels dug into the earth earlier this week as local and state officials broke ground at the future site of an electrical plant in Hopkins County. The project is part of the Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency (KYMEA) system. The generator plant was announced in September 2024, and is expected to be completed and online by summer of 2027, according to KYMEA officials.
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1 week ago | 
the-messenger.com | M G McKinley
You can ask anyone who has faithfully attended over the years, but no one knows exactly when the joint Sonrise Easter Service in Slaughters began. They can share memories, and tell you how much it has meant to the small Webster County community, but that first Sunday is lost to history. The annual gathering has taken place each year since at least 1943. That's the first date that can be securely written in the books. But it certainly started earlier.
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1 week ago | 
the-messenger.com | M G McKinley
A Madisonville man is dead after he drove recklessly through his own neighborhood, striking one woman and almost hitting two more before perishing in a traffic collision on Interstate 69 Saturday.
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1 week ago | 
the-messenger.com | M G McKinley
More than a week after record rainfall blanketed western Kentucky and neighboring states, floodwaters continued to rise in Webster County this week. The levels crept higher as rivers on both sides of the county reached their crests by midweek. The result has been stagnant water flows near the Tradewater and Green rivers. Because those waterways are so far above flood stage, the excess in towns like Providence, Sebree, Wheatcroft, and Blackford have been unable to empty.
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1 week ago | 
the-messenger.com | M G McKinley
You can ask anyone who has faithfully attended over the years, but no one knows exactly when the joint Sonrise Easter Service in Slaughters began. They can share memories, and tell you how much it has meant to the small Webster County community, but that first Sunday is lost to history. The annual gathering has taken place each year since at least 1943. That’s the first date that can be securely written in the books. But it certainly started earlier.
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1 week ago | 
the-messenger.com | M G McKinley
Webster County Schools’ middle and high school athletic departments could end up under the leadership of one person rather than two, if a proposed salary schedule for the position passes later this month. Superintendent Aaron Harrell shared the potential 2025-26 payroll numbers with the board of education during Monday’s meeting. The certified list included a $13,000 stipend for a district athletic director.
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1 week ago | 
the-messenger.com | M G McKinley
Last year, Bill and Nadean Young provided 10 scholarships for Hopkins County seniors at the Hopkins County Career and Technology Center. This year, they have added five more awards to be given in the career pathways at the two county high schools. The couple hopes this announcement will encourage others to invest in the education of local students as they move into the next stage. “We wanted to get it out there, because it may inspire someone to do something similar,” Bill said.
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1 week ago | 
the-messenger.com | M G McKinley
A Madisonville man is dead after he drove recklessly through his own neighborhood, striking one woman and almost hitting two more before perishing in a traffic collision on Interstate 69 Saturday.
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2 weeks ago | 
the-messenger.com | M G McKinley
While not the hardest hit by last week’s torrential rains, Webster County has been the victim of a rising Tradewater River on one end of the county and Green River on the other. The flooding led to multiple road closures on state and county lists. Many of those roads remained closed at press time. The official rainfall total measured at the mesonet in Dixon was 8.37 inches between Wednesday, April 2, and Sunday. Other areas reported higher amounts, with totals in the double digits.
