News and Information
Deputy Terry Vick died in a single-vehicle automobile accident while traveling home from an overnight COVID testing site security detail.
Town Marshal A.H. Hamby was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a man causing a disturbance in a company store. (1910)
County Patrolman John Allen was shot and killed from ambush while arresting three men for being drunk in public. (1925)
Deputy Sheriff Richard Hunter was shot and killed as he and a deputy attempted to arrest a man for cutting his wife's throat. (1921)
Deputy Murphy was shot and killed while going to the assistance of another deputy and the Madisonville police chief, who were involved in a shootout with two suspects. Deputy Murphy was struck once in the abdomen and suffered a fatal wound. He was taken to the local hospital where he died three days later. (1925)
