Authorities are working to prevent people from occupying unsafe structures by enforcing city codes and citing or demolishing unsafe buildings.
Hopkinsville Fire Department Spokesman Captain Payton Rogers says code enforcement investigators have had over 1000 investigations in 2025 and have condemned over 20 structures due to code violations.
Rogers says they condemned a home on North McPherson Street on Thursday with the help of Hopkinsville Police and an administrative search warrant, due to the home not being structurally safe and because feces was found in several rooms; the home also has no running water…