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With many of the biggest Halloween canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, public health authorities are asking treat-or-treaters to stay in their own neighborhoods. But as children take to the streets to trick-or-treat, parents and guardians need to be alert to more than the risk posed by the coronavirus. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration…

Automaker Has Recalled Nearly Six Million Vehicles This Year Due To Fuel Pump Issues Toyota is recalling an additional 1.52 million vehicles because their fuel pumps may stop working. Yesterday, the world’s second largest automaker announced they were recalling certain Lexus and Toyota-branded vehicles produced between July 2017 through September 2020. The company had already…

Jennifer Marsh Herald Staff [email protected] Burgin Independent School received a bit of a shock Monday morning when a large construction cane tipped over onto the new section of the school. “There was not any danger to any students,” said Chris LeMonds, principal of Burgin Independent. “It landed on a part of the building where no…

Jennifer Marsh Herald Staff [email protected] A mountain of love food drive is being held all over Harrodsburg to help create holiday food boxes for Mercer County families. “With COVID regulations the schools are unable to have our annual food drives to supply backpack families with a holiday meal box,” said Georgiana Bray, Coordinator for Family…

Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams has provided guidance to protect voters from intimidation at the polls. “Voting is your sacred right. Don’t let anyone take it away – know your rights,” Adams said in a press release. Make A Plan And Protect Your Vote • Know and plan ahead how, when and where you…

20-Percent Of Registered Voters Have Already Cast Their Ballots Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] At least 20-percent of Mercer County’s registered voters have already cast their ballots for the 2020 election. According to the Mercer County Clerk’s Office, 3,684 county residents had voted by Tuesday morning. That’s roughly 20-percent of the 18,744 people registered to…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Fiscal Court made appointments and appropriations at their meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 27, the last regular meeting before election day. On Tuesday, the fiscal court appointed David Hopewell and Tiffany Yeast to the Mercer County Extension District Board for three-year terms beginning Jan. 1, 2021. The magistrates…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The biggest news to come out of the latest meeting of the Harrodsburg City Commission is that the resurfacing of Beaumont Avenue should be finished this week and that contractors will move on to Greenville Street where they will finish out the year. That’s according to Commissioner Charlie Mattingly, who…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The Harrodsburg-Mercer County Tourist Commission voted to provide $5,000 in funding to the Harrodsburg First Main Street Program. Allen Goldie, chairman of the Harrodsburg First board of directors, asked the tourist commission at their board meeting last week. The agency faces an uncertain future. Executive Director Julie Wagner resigned to…

COVID-19 Update For Tuesday, Oct. 27 Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Burgin elementary students are returning to virtual instruction. Burgin Principal Chris LeMonds announced Monday a primary teacher tested positive for COVID-19. On Burgin’s Facebook page, LeMonds said it was determined the teacher had been in close proximity to other primary teachers during lunch and…