Dawson Springs Progress

Town Crier The Hopkins County Genealogical Society will have a meeting, today, at 10 a.m., at the Government Center, Fiscal Court Meeting Room, 56 N. Main St. The program will be an audio recording of a speech made by the late, well-known Edwin McGary. He made this speech in 1980. It is full of McGary family history, Madisonville, Evansville, Ind., and Kentucky history. A True Treasure. Everyone is welcome. Please use the north entrance.

Madisonville-North Hopkins ran away with the boys’ Class 2A Championships golf sectional Tuesday, and Union County captured the girls' tournament played at Breckenridge Golf Course in Morganfield. Both teams will advance to the next round of the state competition. Boys' scores The Maroons turned in a team score of 303, which was 28 strokes better than second-place Paducah Tilghman. The Blue Tornado carded a 331. Hopkins County Central’s 337 was third, while Union County’s 361 was fourth.

Town Crier The Hopkins County Genealogical Society will have a meeting, Saturday, at 10 a.m., at the Government Center, Fiscal Court Meeting Room, 56 N. Main St. The program will be an audio recording of a speech made by the late, well-known Edwin McGary. He made this speech in 1980. It is full of McGary family history, Madisonville, Evansville, Ind., and Kentucky history. A True Treasure. Everyone is welcome. Please use the north entrance.

A group of Kentucky lawmakers voted Tuesday to not revoke a contract with a former president of the State Fair Board that had already been voided by the Beshear administration. Government Contract Review Committee co-chairman Rep. Mark Hart, R-Falmouth, told members the vote would be “basically making a statement.” The committee had deferred review of the contract with David Beck, former president and CEO of the Kentucky State Fair, during its meeting last month.

The countdown is on for Panthers enrolled in the Dawson Springs Independent School District. The first day for students is Tuesday. To prepare for the first full day of classes, the district’s Family Resource Youth Services Center, or FRYSC, is planning the annual Back-to-School Bash. The event will be held this evening from 5 to 7 p.m. and is for students in preschool through 12th grade. In her fifth year as FRYSC Coordinator, the bash is how Shannon Garrett kicks off the new school year as well.

Federal immigration agents may soon be outfitted with a device – electrical shock gloves – manufactured by a Kentucky company. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security plans to spend between $10 million to $20 million on a device from Kentucky-based Compliant Technologies, according to a recent notice. The Associated Press first reported about the upcoming no-bid contract. The devices the department is seeking are called “G.L.O.V.E,” which stands for Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter.

LEXINGTON — The judge overseeing the murder case for former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines has ruled he cannot be released on bond and his trial will need to be moved to another county. Warren Circuit Judge Christopher Cohron, who was appointed as a special judge in the case, ruled Tuesday afternoon that Stines will be held without bond until his case is over. Stines, 45, is charged with shooting and killing Letcher District Judge Kevin Mullins in Mullins’ chambers in September 2024.

The Earlington City Council approved the Kentucky Local Assistance Road Program (LARP) funding for three city roads at their meeting Tuesday evening. Officials also discussed ongoing issues with the city’s intended animal control officer position. “It’s $151,000 for three different roads,” said Mayor Albert Jackson. “It can only be used for those roads.

Officials and preschool teachers from Dawson Springs Independent Schools were in Frankfort on Thursday for a big announcement. Governor Andy Beshear made the official proclamation staff members affiliated with the district's Little Panther Academy preschool had been anticipating during his Team Kentucky update. "Team Kentucky's Pre-K Pilot Program is now expanding to Dawson Springs, which will serve over 160 children over two years," said Beshear.

An award-winning Kentucky State Police trooper who was recently honored for making several impaired driver arrests has been charged with DUI. Tyler Walters, 25, was charged with DUI and possession of an open alcoholic beverage container in a motor vehicle in Hardin County Friday, Aug. 7, according to court records. No details about the alleged incident were made available, but court records say his blood alcohol level was 0.083.