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Commission Approves $2 An Hour Raises For City Workers Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Harrodsburg Mayor Scott Moseley is resigning. Moseley’s last day as mayor is Wednesday, May 31. At the Harrodsburg Board of Commissioners’ regular meeting on Monday, May 22, Moseley announced he was resigning as mayor to take a position with the Kentucky…

Sfc. Andrew Dickson Kentucky National Guard Public Affairs Office This April marked 81 years since the Bataan Death March in the Bataan Peninsula during World War II. And a recently rediscovered cache of letters gives a frontline account of the service and sacrifice of the Harrodsburg Tankers. Almost every member of the military can tell…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] A local man has been indicted for engaging in illegal activities with a minor. Last week the Mercer County Grand Jury indicted Kobe Ford, 26, of 280 Carson Court, on three class B felony counts of 1st degree unlawful transaction with a minor, one class D felony count of 2nd…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Editor’s Note: The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is advising motorists that Harrodsburg Road/US 68 will be closed between Pekin Pike/KY 33 (milepoint 1.5) and the Jessamine-Mercer County line (milepoint 0.0) for 36 days. The closure starts Wednesday, May 31, and runs through Thursday, July 6. There will be detours set up…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Another busy weekend coming up with A.T.O.M. Fest, the Dairy Breakfast and much more. Like tomatoes? The Mercer County Cooperative Extension Office will be giving away tomato plants Thursday, May 18. Giveaway. They will also be teaching how to grow productive tomatoes all summer long. The Tomato giveaway runs 9…

Kacey McCray Herald Staff Burgin senior Hayden Short signed with Kentucky Christian University for bass fishing on Monday, April 24. KCU wields a nationally recognized bass fishing program, and ended the 2022 school year ranked sixth in the Collegiate Bass Fishing Series. Their team has won Bassmasters tournaments, set records and continues to move up…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The Harrodsburg-Mercer County Tourist Commission has approved a new $1.2 million budget for the 2023-2024 fiscal year, which begins July 1. The budget projects revenues in the next fiscal year of more than $1.2 million, with $800,000 coming from the restaurant tax collected by the tourist commission, as well as…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Harrodsburg may soon get another Dollar General. On Tuesday, May 9, the Harrodsburg-Mercer County Planning and Zoning Commission approved a site plan to build a 10,640 square foot Dollar General at the intersection of US 68 and Factory Street. The plan was submitted by Kentucky Lodging and Development Company Inc.…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] At the Burgin City Council meeting on Tuesday, May 9, the council awarded the $500 Burgin scholarship to Hayden Robinson. Robinson was the only applicant this year. Last year the city had nine applicants. The council also gave second reading on cemetery ordinance to abolish the perpetual care trust. In…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Another busy weekend coming up with Dinner on Main, car shows galore at Mercer County Senior High School and Salvisa and Mother’s Day on Sunday. While the Ragged Edge Community Theatre’s production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” is not set to debut until June, you can catch a special preview…