Mercer Golf Is Ready To Tee Off For 2021
Samuel Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Titan’s golf program is hard at work preparing for the 2021 season. Senior Matthew Mays is the only upperclassman on the team and Head Coach Jay Anderson is expecting the program to face a rebuilding year. Mays, Regon Southworth, Levi Cheek, Nick Winburn, Ben Chapman, Tyler Robinson,…
Read MoreWith Experience And New Coach, Titans Boys Soccer Looks To Make A Big Improvement
Samuel Warren Herald Staff [email protected] Last year was a disappointing season for the Mercer County boy’s soccer team. Due to the shortened season the Titans were only able to play seven regular season games before district tournament play started. Jeremy Carlson’s Boyle County Rebel team ended the Titans season with a 5-1 route in the…
Read MoreLady Titans Soccer Team Is Ready To Roll
Samuel Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The Lady Titans soccer team was a force in 2020, winning their opening six games by a combined score of 33-7. That run was followed by the team’s first loss, coming to Bardstown. Mercer went on to win four more games including a 5-0 win over Pulaski County and a…
Read MoreReese Johnson Wins Shot At A Million Scholarship
17-Year-Old From Salvisa Plans To Attend UK, Become A Teacher Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Sherry Johnson said she first thought a voice message she received last week from the governor’s office was a scam. But Johnson’s family—especially her daughter, Reese—is glad she didn’t delete it, because the message informing them that Reese had won…
Read MoreCity Commission Votes To Tear Down Playground At Young’s Park
Commissioners Debate Changing Meeting Time Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The playground at Young’s Park will be demolished as soon as possible. At a special-called meeting on Tuesday, the Harrodsburg City Commission voted unanimously to tear down the playground equipment by the end of the week. This only applies to the equipment such as the…
Read MoreJennifer Kazimer Named City Commissioner
Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The Harrodsburg City Commission has appointed Jennifer Kazimer as a city commissioner. Kazimer replaces Billy Whitenack on the commission. At the last city commission meeting, Whitenack was chosen to replace Mayor Art Freeman, who resigned for health reasons in June. Whitenack had previously been serving as mayor pro tem. After…
Read MoreFord Recalls More Than 850,000 Vehicles
Ford Motor Company has announced safety recalls that involve more than 850,000 vehicles in North America and across the world. Ford, the second largest automaker in America, is issuing recalls for certain models of 2020-2021 Ford F-350 Super Duty, 2013-2017 Ford Explorer and 2020-2021 Lincoln Aviator. The Dearborn, Michigan based company will begin notifying owners…
Read MoreWeekender July 29–Aug. 5: Mercer County Fair And Much, Much More
Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The 194th Whitaker Bank Mercer County Fair and Horse Show continues through Saturday. Officials are expecting one of the biggest horse shows in recent memory. The horse show starts at 6:30 p.m. Everything wraps up on Saturday, July 31, which begins with the academy horse show in the center ring…
Read MoreFreeman Charged With Reckless Homicide After Shooting Death
UPDATE: This story has been edited to more accurately portray what happened in the car and before Freeman’s arrest. The spelling of the deceased’s name has also been corrected. We regret the errors. Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] One woman is dead and a local man has been charged with reckless homicide after…
Read MoreBlood Drive On Friday, Aug. 6
Kentucky Blood Center is holding a community blood drive on Friday, Aug. 6, from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Lions Park Community Center (133 Factory Street). The blood center is encouraging blood donors to give blood during the summer months, typically a difficult time of the year to keep blood on the shelves. Donors…
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