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Public Tax Hearing On Monday, Sept. 27, At Noon Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The Harrodsburg City Commission is considering a new tax rate. At their regular meeting on Monday, Sept. 13, the city commission gave first reading to ordinance 2021-16, which sets the tax rate on real and personal property at 0.697 cents per…

Family Owned And Operated Pumpkin Patch Open For Its 14th Year Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Devine’s Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch has been named the top corn maze in the country. The family owned and operated agricultural tourist attraction was one 20 corn mazes selected from more than 500 across the country by editors…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] County Clerk Chris Horn presented the tax rates at the Mercer County Fiscal Court’s regular meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 14. The tax rates are approved by districts’ board of directors. The fiscal court cannot change the rates. Last month, the court approved a rate of 13.0 on real property and…

Regular Meeting On Sept. 16 Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Board of Education elected to keep their tax rates the same as last year. After a public hearing, the board voted to keeps the rates the same, at 70.1 for real estate and 72 for personal property. There will be no increase…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] In many parts of the country, Labor Day marks the end of the peak season, but here in Mercer County, we do things different. September is the start of the busiest time of the year. It all kicks off tonight, Thursday, with Lemon’s Mill Brewery celebrating their fifth anniversary with…

Lane Hall Herald Staff At age 13, Abbie Moulton of Burgin is a horse show world champion. Recently at the Saddlebred World Championship in Louisville, Moulton lined up against select competitors in the junior exhibitor three-gaited 13 and under championship class and won the blue ribbon. While the win is impressive on its own, it’s…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] A local man has been arrested on charges including strangulation and domestic violence. Jeffrey Cole Carmickle, 23, of Harrodsburg, is being charged after an incident that is alleged to have happened on Tuesday, Aug. 31. According to the complaint, officers from the Harrodsburg Police Department received a call about a…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Board of Education will hold a public hearing on Thursday, Sept. 9. The board will hear public comments on a proposed general tax levy of 70.1 cents on real property and 72 cents on personal property. The hearing is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. at the 530 Perryville…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] With COVID-19 cases exploding across Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear has called lawmakers to Frankfort to extend the pandemic state of emergency. “This is one of the most dangerous times we’ve experienced this entire pandemic, with the delta variant burning through Kentucky and taking more of our loved ones and neighbors,”…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Labor Day is here and you can do a little bit of everything this weekend, from tours of the Shaker cemetery by lantern light to solving a murder in 1920s Atlantic City to seeing if your homebrew is the best in the Bluegrass. First up, September Spirit Strolls begin at…