County Will Pay To Clean Roadsides
Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Instead of complaining about litter on local roadways on Facebook, why not do something about it? Mercer County is looking to pay local organizations to help keep the county clean. At Tuesday’s meeting of the Mercer County Fiscal Court, the magistrates voted to resume paying local groups to pick up…
Read MoreWeekender Oct. 7–14: KSR, Fall Brawl And More
Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Editor’s Note: Please send any listing for upcoming Halloween events to [email protected]. The biggest event this week is the return of Kentucky Sports Radio to Mercer County. Matt Jones and crew will be at Lemon’s Mill Brewery on Friday, Oct. 8, with the show slated to begin at 10 a.m.…
Read MoreDENNIS WORTHINGTON
DENNIS WORTHINGTON Dennis Worthington, 60, of Harrodsburg, husband of Dena Holderman Worthington, died Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021, at the Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Danville. Born Dec.15, 1960, in Boyle County, he was the son of Jessie Lee (Anness) Worthington and the late Bobby Joe Worthington. He was an entrepreneur, auctioneer and owner and…
Read MoreRICHARD TINGLE
RICHARD TINGLE Richard Tingle, 75, husband of Lana Cornish Tingle, died Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington. Born June 23, 1946, in Washington County, he was the son of the late Jessie and Gillie Ann Sagracy Tingle. He was a retired Hitachi receiving department forklift operator, was a…
Read MoreWALTER JOHNSON
WALTER JOHNSON Walter P. Johnson, 61, of Harrrodsburg, husband of Phyllis Smith Johnson, died Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021, at the Ephraim McDowell-James B. Haggin Hospital. Born Jan. 11, 1960, he was the son of the late Mahlon and Mildred (Bishop) Johnson. He was retired and a member of the Church of Christ.
Read MoreMARK HARRIS
MARK HARRIS Mark Dwayne Harris, 60, passed away on Sept. 27, 2021. He was born in Lexington, to the late James Franklin Harris (1907-1990) and Nellie Mae Carroll (1919-1979). He was a retiree from the Fayette County Public School Operations Department. In 1980, he married the love of his life, the girl next store, Bonnie…
Read MorePAMELA HARDIN
PAMELA HARDIN Pamela Doyle Hardin, 72, wife of Charles E. Hardin, died, Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, at the Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Danville. Born June 8, 1949, in Jefferson County, she was the daughter of the late John William and Cova Mae Bradley Doyle. She was a homemaker and a member of the…
Read MoreThree Candidates Vie For Buford’s State Senate Seat
Dunn Runs As Independent Write-In Candidate Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] A Mercer County resident is one of three candidates running to replace the late Tom Buford in the state senate. Burgin City Councilman Sindicat “Sid” Dunn is running as a write-in candidate to replace Buford, who died July 6. Buford, a Republican, had represented…
Read MoreBecci Loomer Earns Blue Ribbons In International Dressage Show
April Ellis Herald Staff Mercer County native Becci Loomer recently won two championship classes in the international Western Dressage Association of America (WDAA) and second in another class to take home the freestyle division reserve championship. Dressage—the French word for “training”—is about the balance and responsiveness of the horse. The horse and rider are judged…
Read MoreZoning Commission Discusses Possible Text Amendment For ‘Granny Flats’
Commission Approves Site Plan For Sports Complex Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The Harrodsburg-Mercer County Planning and Zoning Commission is discussing possibly taking steps to curtail the use of structures which are not designed to be permanently inhabited as residential units. That includes “granny flats,”storage sheds which have been converted into dwelling spaces and illegal…
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