Man Indicted For Unlawful Transactions With Minors
Mercer County Indictments Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The Grand Jury handed up indictments last week on charges including unlawful transaction with minors, witness tampering, assault and fleeing the police. All indictments are merely allegations. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt in a court of law. UNLAWFUL TRANSACTION WITH MINORS…
Read MoreFiscal Court Hears EMS Concerns
Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] A former employee of Mercer County Emergency Medical Services complained about the company to both the Harrodsburg City Commission and to the Mercer County Fiscal Court this week. City and county officials—as well as Mercer County EMS’s new owner—are asking for the public’s patience while they move forward. “Something’s got…
Read MoreTitans, Bulldogs Swept At Volleyball Districts
Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] Mercer County Senior High School volleyball (9-19) competed in the first round of District 46 play this past Tuesday, Oct. 17, when they faced off against a very talented Trinity Christian squad (26-6). The young Titans were desperate to make a run after a rocky regular season. The starters for…
Read MoreHarrodsburg Mayoral Candidates Answer Questions
General Election On Tuesday, Nov. 7 Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Three people running to be the next mayor of Harrodsburg—Bob Williams, Jennifer Kazimer and Interim Mayor Sam Carr, who is running as a write-in candidate—appeared at the Harrodsburg Mayoral Roundtable of Candidates Monday, Oct. 23, night at Mercer County Senior High School. A fourth…
Read MoreTitans Run All Over the Golden Lions, Win First Championship In Eight Years
Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] Mercer County Titan football (8-1) has won its first district championship in eight years after its 48-20 thrashing of the Garrard County Golden Lions (3-6) this past Friday, Oct. 20. “It’s a great feeling,” said Head Coach Craig Yeast, who was able to sweep the district in his second year…
Read MoreCity Approves Street Closings For Harrodsburg’s 250th Anniversary
Work Begins On Tank Memorial Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The public is getting their first glimpse at the celebrations planned for Harrodsburg’s 250th birthday in 2024. At the Harrodsburg City Commission’s regular meeting on Monday, Oct. 23, Daarik Gray, chairman of the 250th board of directors, asked for permission to close city streets in…
Read MoreMercer Sends Both Cross Country Teams To State
Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] For the first time since 2006, both boys and girls Mercer County Cross Country teams qualified for the KHSAA State Cross Count1y Championship at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. Junior Marshall Hart finrshed first amongst all Mercer mnners with a time of 17:21.16. Hart’s time was enough to claim…
Read MoreKroger Collard Greens Recalled Due To Possible Listeria Contamination
Baker Farms of Norman Park, Georgia, is voluntarily recalling a single production run of Kroger 16-ounce bagged Collard Greens due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Listeria monocytogenes is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may…
Read MoreLorraine Tackett
Lorraine Tackett, 92, of Danville, formerly of Harrodsburg, died Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023, in Danville. Born Nov. 23, 1930, in Harrodsburg, she was the daughter of the late Sanford and Myrtle (Lambert) Taylor. Lorraine was a member of the Covenant Church of the Nazarene in Danville. Survivors include: two daughters, Janice Hall of Sevierville, Tenn.…
Read MoreDebra Waggener
Debra “Debbie” Waggener, 56, of Harrodsburg, wife of Joshua “Josh” Waggener, died Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023, in Lexington. Born Jan. 15, 1967, in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., she was the daughter of Terrance Wayne “Terry” Rogers of Harrodsburg and the late Beverly Ann (Judge) Rogers. She was a retired paramedic with Boyle County EMS after previously…
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