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Officials Blame Escalating Costs Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Burgin City Hall has been flooded with complaints about high water bills, with some online commenters threatening to complain to the attorney general. City officials say they are not to blame. Water bills in Burgin—like Harrodsburg—also include sewer and garbage collection. Mayor Joseph Monroe said increases…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer Grand Jury handed up indictments last week on charges including burglary, criminal mischief, drugs, flagrant nonsupport and bail jumping. BURGLARY • Joshua Morgan, 27, of 358 Cedar Riffle Road, Greenup, was charged with 2nd degree burglary, a class C felony, and 4th degree assault, a class A misdemeanor.…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The City of Harrodsburg is accepting letters of application for anyone who wants to be the next mayor. Applicants must live in city limits. The Harrodsburg City Commission will select a group of candidates from the letters and appoint someone to serve as the city’s mayor until a special election…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Board of Education has hired their first law enforcement officer, and he’s going to be a familiar one to many. At their meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 17, the school district announced they had hired Michael Shewmaker, a patrolman formerly with the Harrodsburg Police Department who served as…

Historian Bill Cooke To Speak At Jane McAfee DAR Meeting Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Historian Bill Cooke is coming to Harrodsburg to talk about the horsemen who played a key role in making the Bluegrass the thoroughbred capital of the world. A Harrodsburg native, Cooke is scheduled to speak about the Black horsemen of…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Mercer County Senior High School (1124 Moberly Road) is hosting a charity basketball featuring the MCSHS staff squaring off against members of the Lexington media on Sunday, Jan. 22, starting at 1:30 p.m. The cost is $5 at the door, with all proceed benefiting Chloe’s Petals For Hope, the nonprofit…

City Looks For State Funds To Possibly Fix Flooding Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The City of Burgin has learned they will receive a $562,000 earmark grant from the federal government to alleviate flooding along Water Street in the city. Burgin Mayor Joe Monroe made the announcement at Burgin City Council’s first meeting of 2023,…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The Harrodsburg-Mercer County Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing next month on a proposed text amendment which would allow property owners to apply to be included in Harrodsburg’s historic district. The hearing will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 5:30 p.m. Joni House of the Harrodsburg…

The Story Of A Liberty Ship With A Historical Connection To Mercer County Bobbi Dawn Rightmyer Guest Writer The SS James Harrod was a Liberty cargo ship named for the founder of Harrodsburg and built in 1943. This war craft was constructed of steel and was a steam-powered vessel. The Harrod was operated by Sudden…

100-MPH Winds Damage Structures In Mercer County Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Crews are still working to repair the damage left from a severe strom that roared through Mercer County this morning. According to the National Weather Service, an EF-1 tornado with 100 mph winds touched down in the western Harrodsburg, knocking down trees and…