Area News

  Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Last week, Boyle County announced they were forming a committee to look for ways to improve and preserve Constitution Square in Danville. Normally this would not be news here in Mercer County, but some residents are taking exception both to the name of the committee and to who was…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] It took over nine hours to clean up the mess after a tractor-trailer delivering liquid nitrogen fertilizer overturned while trying to cross   US 127. According to Deputy C.W. Gaddis of the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office, the weight shifted while the truck was crossing the median strip about one mile…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] If you’re in the mood for music, you’re really in luck this week. Lisa Allen Foster plays at Lemons Mill Brewery on Thursday, March 5, while Alton Station Bluegrass Band performs at Kentucky Fudge Company  and the Soaked Oak Band plays at Rock Haven Cigar, Tap & Pourhouse on Saturday,…

Weekender Feb. 27-March 5 Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Ragged Edge Community Theatre is turning back the clock this weekend, with a Rock and Roll Golden Oldies concert on Sunday, March 1, starting at 3 p.m. Natalie Berry Marshall is producing the event, and will perform as well. Pat Portman will host. The concert will…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Two people were arrested after a traffic stop turned into a drug bust last week. On Friday, Feb. 21, police stopped a vehicle for expired plates. According to a Facebook post by the Harrodsburg Police Department, a positive response from a drug-sniffing dog led police to search the vehicle as…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Two women, including one from Mercer County, face multiple counts of animal cruelty. Last week, Melanie Logue, 47, of 178 Talmage-Mayo Road, was charged with 18 counts of second-degree animal cruelty and two counts of failure to dispose of carcasses within 48 hours. According to the complaint warrant, officers from…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The Harrodsburg City Commission talked water Monday night. At their regular meeting, the commissioners addressed a resident’s flooding complaints, discussed adopting new technology that might solve current billing issues, talked about possibly extending sewer service to Riverview and learned the city had narrowly averted a disaster that could have left…

Weekender Feb. 20-27 Robert Moore Herald Staff The Ragged Edge Community Theatre’s production of “Junie B. Jones is Not a Crook,” begins the last week of its run on Friday, Feb. 21. Other events coming up this week include live music at Lemons Mill Brewery on Thursday, Feb. 20; an Ethereal Tap Takeover at Rock…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Over the past two years, the City of Burgin has flooded 18 times, city officials say. Three families have been forced to leave their homes while others are struggling to pay mounting repair bills from flood damage. Many blame the Mercer County Sanitation District, specifically the blasting done by contractors…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Last week, the Harrodsburg-Mercer County Joint Planning and Zoning Commission gave preliminary approval to a proposed subdivision off U.S. 127. The commission approved a preliminary plat submitted by Vantage Engineering PLC for the subdivision, which will consist of duplexes and fourplexes, according to Kendall Wise of Vantage Engineering. Wise, along…