Remembering Coach Stark
Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] One of the most popular and successful coaches in Mercer County died in a car accident last week. Garrett Stark, 49, of Harrodsburg, head coach of the Mercer County Senior High School soccer team and an assistant coach at Campbellsville University-Harrodsburg, was killed in a two-vehicle collision on Tuesday, Feb.…
Read MoreMercer County Remembers Garrett Stark
Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] Garret Stark, seven-year head coach of the Mercer County Senior High School boys soccer team, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 9. Stark’s family and friends, the impact of his influence on those he coached and his dedication to the sport he loved are a few of the many ways he will…
Read MoreLady Pioneers Win In Overtime
Joe Mathis Contributing Writer Saturday was Senior Day for the CU Harrodsburg Lady Pioneers. But it a junior stole the show. Lady Pioneers guard Oriona Woods poured in 34 points, including a step back three pointer with two seconds left in overtime to lift CU Harrodsburg to a 77-74 win over Johnson University. It was…
Read MoreBulldogs Lose To Powell County In Overtime
April Ellis Herald Staff [email protected] Burgin (1-10) traveled to Powell County (1-12) on Saturday, Feb. 13. While the two teams battled back and forth, the Pirates proved to be too much for the Bulldogs in the final minutes of overtime and Burgin lost, 65-58. In the first quarter, sophomore Brendan Stanley had the hot hand…
Read MoreCardinals Fly Past Mercer Titans
April Ellis Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Titans (4-5) struggled to score Saturday afternoon in their 51-45 loss to the Nelson County Cardinals (5-13). The past few weeks Mercer has struggled with foul shots, but Saturday’s game saw improvement with a 60 percent free throw percentage. However, during game play, the Titans couldn’t get…
Read MoreFrom Basketball To Chemo, Kaiden Lewis Fights On
Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] Beginning high school can be a stressful and challenging time for many adolescents. As if tougher classes, peer pressure and making difficult decisions about the future isn’t hard enough, Burgin sophomore Kaiden Lewis has been forced to face these challenges while battling a disease for which there is still no…
Read MoreMercer County Celebrates Black History
Jennifer Marsh Herald Staff [email protected] For Black History Month, the Harrodsburg Herald asked Mercer County residents to name the members of the African American community they admire the most and explain why. Sindicat “Sid” Dunn, a radio personality and the longest serving member of the Burgin City Council, didn’t go far from home. Dunn said…
Read MoreMercer County Sanitation District Reviews Audit
Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Sanitation District has received a clean audit for the most recent fiscal year. At the February board meeting, which was held online via Zoom, the sanitation district went over the 2019-2020 audit. Auditors Craig Butler and Chad Robinson of Kerbaugh, Rodes and Butler PLLC of Danville, said…
Read MoreDock Warren
Dock Warren, 68, of Harrodsburg, died Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, at Baptist Health of Lexington. Born Aug. 9, 1952, in Harrodsburg, he was the son of Geneva P. VanDyke Penman and the late William Davis Warren Sr.
Read MoreBetsy Napier
Betsy Ruth Yates Napier, 71, of Harrodsburg, died Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, at the Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Danville. Born March 5, 1949, in Harrodsburg, she was the daughter of the late Lucian and Rosalind Morris (Hawkins) Yates Jr. She was a retired Corning Inc. employee and a member of the First Baptist…
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