Area News

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] “James Harrod: The Battle for Kentucky” returns for a two week run starting 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 21, at Old Fort Harrod State Park (100 South College Street). The production features Eric and Sarah Forman as James Harrod and his wife, Ann McDonald, Harrodsburg’s original power couple. The play…

  Keiara Denny Reflects on Her Time as Miss Mercer David Carpenter Herald Staff [email protected] Keaira Denny didn’t have plans to be the 2021 Miss Mercer County Fair and Horse Show. Although she grew up performing in pageants, Denny left the pageant world behind eight years ago to pursue other interest. Last spring, her mother…

  Dial 988 For Suicide Prevention Kentucky has launched an easy-to-remember three-digit mental health crisis hotline, 988, which connects Kentuckians facing a risk of suicide, mental health distress or an addiction crisis to compassionate and trained counselors who can help. The 988 suicide and crisis lifeline is available every hour of every day, and counselors…

Park Officials Say Pool Is Ready Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The Anderson-Dean Community Park board of directors is inviting everyone to the grand re-opening of the Aquatic Center on Friday, July 22. If everything goes well, the pool will reopen at 11 a.m., with a special Weekend @ The Pool event featuring live bands,…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County School District will break ground on the athletic complex at Mercer County Senior High School on Thursday, July 21, at 7 p.m. At the Mercer County Board Of Education’s special-called meeting on Wednesday, July 13, Superintendent Jason Booher gave a progress report on the project. Booher said…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Additional charges have been filed in connection with the death of a Lexington woman last year in Harrodsburg. Two men—Robert Kegan Freeman, 19, of 243 Dix Dam Road, and Aaron Luke Steele, 24, no address given—were indicted last week and charged with criminal complicity to commit 1st degree robbery. According…

  Sam Warren Herald Staff Apart from building homes throughout Harrodsburg, Mercer County Habitat for Humanity works to make the expense of building a new home reasonable. They hold their partners responsible for part of the building process, but part of the work they do is instructing homeowners how to take care of their homes…

April Ellis Herald Staff Soon the air will be filled with scents of cotton candy and corn dogs, as the 195th  Mercer County Fair and Horse Show starts Monday, July 25 and runs through Saturday, July 30, with gates opening at  6 p.m. nightly.  This year’s horse show spectators will get the added bonus of the U.S. Saddle…

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is advising motorists of a temporary road closure in Burgin to replace a deteriorating cross drain pipe. The road closure is scheduled for Wednesday, July 20 , from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. KYTC is closing East Main Street/KY 152 between milepoints 14.3 and 14.4. Motorists are advised to use alternate…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] .Okay, there is a ton of great events happening in Mercer County with live music, horse shows and night hikes, but you need to pace yourself. Wake the kids and call the neighbors because it’s almost fair time That’s right, the 195th Mercer County Fair And Horse Show, the oldest…