MLK Day Goes Virtual With Community Conversation
Jennifer Marsh Herald Staff [email protected] The 15th annual Martin Luther King Day Celebration in Mercer County will be celebrated virtually on Monday, Jan. 18, at 9 a.m. “Since this is our 15th consecutive year we wanted to make sure we celebrated,” said Luci Hockersmith, one of the organizers of the event. “This year we will…
Read MoreBuchanan Named KFCA Coach Of The Year
Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] David Buchanan has been honored by fellow high school football coaches as the Kentucky Football Coaches Association (KFCA) Coach of the Year. Buchanan was recently chosen as the best coach in Class 3A by the KFCA and was also recognized in the same manner for the 2015 and 2019 seasons.…
Read MoreNo Way To Start The New Year: Man Arrested For Attempted Burglary
Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] (Editor’s Note: Due to a production error, the wrong story was run under this headline in the paper version of this week’s story. We apologize for the error and will run a correction in next week’s issue.) A local man is in jail after attempting to break into a Mercer…
Read MoreColeman Hired As New Building Inspector
Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Jack Coleman has been hired as the new building inspector. Coleman, who has served as Harrodsburg city commissioner and as Mercer County’s representative in the state legislature, will replace Bill Durham, who retired at the end of the year. While officially a county employee, half of Coleman’s $38,000 per year…
Read MoreDrug Dispute Leads To Drug Bust
Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Two people caught in an argument over missing drugs found they still had enough to be arrested this weekend. Dep. Sean Brown of the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office went to the Baymont Inn on Sunday, Jan. 3, to serve several outstanding warrants. According to the uniform citation, Dep. Brown found…
Read MoreFiscal Court To Give Bailiffs A Raise
Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Fiscal Court has taken steps to avoid a possible shortage in bailiffs at the judicial complex. But bailiffs will not see a raise until sometime next year. The fiscal court has been repeatedly warned about a possible shortage in bailiffs at the Mercer County Judicial Center due…
Read MoreRonald Keith Wilham
Ronald Keith Wilham, 54, of Harrodsburg, husband of Rebecca Lynn Willoughby, died Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021, at the Ephraim McDowell James B. Haggin Hospital in Harrodsburg. Born Sept. 21, 1966, in Mercer County, he was the son of the late Ronald J. and Daphyne (Watts) Wilham. He was a Hitachi Automotive Systems employee and was…
Read MoreRobert Shewmaker
Robert Lee Shewmaker, 95, of Salvisa, husband of Dora Manuel “Dottie” Shewmaker, died Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, at his home. Born Sept. 24, 1925, in Mercer County, he was the son of the late Cletus and the late Annie (Fallis) Shewmaker. He was a farmer, truck driver and was a member of the Salvisa Baptist…
Read MoreWilliam Storey
William Melvin Storey, 85, of Harrodsburg, husband of Carolyn Faye Roundtree Storey, died Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021, at the University of Kentucky Medical Center, in Lexington. Born Feb. 16, 1935, in Nicholas County, he was the son of the late Donald and the late Ethel (Lawrence) Storey. He served in the U.S. Navy, was a…
Read MoreDeborah Bottom
Deborah Bottom, 62, wife of Wathan Lee Bottom, of Harrodsburg, died Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, at the Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Danville. Arrangements are incomplete at the Alexander and Royalty Funeral Home.
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