Garrard Stymies Lady Bulldogs
Casey Roberts Herald Staff [email protected] In their first match-up since returning home from the Tampa Bay Christmas Invitational the Burgin Lady Bulldogs (2-8) hosted fellow 12th region foe Garrard County (1-11) Saturday, Jan. 7. Despite an historic rebound effort by Junior Avery Gray, Burgin fell to the Lady Golden Lions 64-37. Head Coach Keith Monson…
Read MoreLady Titans Earn Back-To-Back Wins At 2A Tournament
April Ellis Herald Staff The Mercer County Senior High Lady Titans (9-10) will make their fifth appearance in the Class 2A state tournament after defeating Boyle County 50-40 Saturday, Jan. 7, at Harrison County, in the 2A sectional championship. After getting tangled up with a player during Friday’s game against Lexington Catholic, Sara Dunn, who…
Read MoreMayor Whitenack Resigns From Office Effective Jan. 23
Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Mayor Billy Whitenack has handed in his resignation, which goes into effect on Monday, Jan. 23. “This decision does not come easily, however, due to my wife and I purchasing a property outside the city limits, I am unable to continue to serve as mayor,” Whitenack said in his resignation…
Read MoreCelebrate King’s Legacy On Monday, Jan. 16
Breakfast, March And Program Starts 8 A.M. Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The community is invited to Mercer County’s 17th Annual 2023 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration on Monday, Jan. 16, at the Harrodsburg Baptist Church (312 South Main Street). This year’s theme reflects the state’s theme, “I know that love is ultimately the…
Read MoreIn First Meeting, Fiscal Court Approve Budgets, Buy Equipment
Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Fiscal Court—including new Judge-Executive Sarah Gray Steele and new magistrates Stephen “Pete” Elliott, Susan Barrington and Kevin Hicks—convened for the first meeting of 2023 on Tuesday, Jan. 10. The new members got a crash course in the minutiae of running a government, approving budgets for the county…
Read MoreHarrodsburg City Commission Talks Street Adoption And Personnel Policy In First Meeting Of 2023
Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The Harrodsburg City Commission began setting their house in order for the new year, including trying to clean up a mess from years past. In a special called meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 3, the city commission assigned departments. Commissioner Charlie Mattingly took over the public works department, which he supervised…
Read MoreCORNELL REYNOLDS
Cornell Mobley Reynolds, 94, widow of Hyman V. Reynolds died Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, at her residence. Born Jan. 7, 1928, in Mercer County, she was the daughter of the late Dewey D. and Myrtle Coker Mobley. She was a homemaker and a member of the Deep Creek Baptist Church and most recently attended Buena…
Read MoreCLARA MOORE
Clara Jean Stinnett Moore, 67, wife of Ronnie Dale Moore died Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, at her residence. Born Nov. 30, 1955, in Nicholasville, she was the daughter of the late James and Mabel Bottoms Stinnett. She was a retired Mercer County School bus driver and a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church #1. Survivors,…
Read MoreCHUCK MCGUIRE
Charles Franklin “Chuck” McGuire, 86, husband of Melissa Caywood McGuire, of Harrodsburg, died Jan. 6, 2023. Born June 20, 1936, in Adairsville, Georgia., he was the son of the late Frank D. and Willie Cochran McGuire. He was a Unites States Air Force veteran and in many of the infantry bands, was a 1954 graduate…
Read MoreSTANLEY LONG
Stanley Long, 77, of Salvisa and formerly of North Middletown, died Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023, at the V.A. Medical Center in Lexington. Born Jan. 25, 1945, in Bourbon County, he was the son of the late Chester Lee and Martha Stigall Long. He attended North Middletown School and Lexington Community College, was a member of…
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