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Legality Of City’s Commitment To Campbellsville University-Harrodsburg Questioned Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Wes Carter of Campbellsville University-Harrodsburg is calling a letter that appeared to show a payment from the City of Harrodsburg for paving a road was used elsewhere is a mistake. “It’s an honest mistake,” Carter said Tuesday at morning. The Freedom From…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Deputies from the Mercer County Sheriff arrested a man who has been connected to the armed robbery of a drug house in Louisville last week. According to Dep. Matt Swabey, the sheriff’s office had received complaints on Wednesday, Jan. 22about a parked vehicle on U.S. 127 south of Oregon Road.…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] If you live in Burgin and you have not received a water bill, you are still expected to pay your bill on time. Officials are blaming the city’s problems with sending out water bills on a third party billing system. According to Water Clerk Britney Smith, all water bills are…

Theater Bringing Beloved Book Series To Life Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Something terrible happened to Junie B. Jones at school. Someone stole her new furry mittens. So when Junie B. finds a wonderful pen of many colors, she should be allowed to keep it, right? Because finders keepers, losers weepers. That’s the moral conunmdrum…

Jennifer Marsh Herald Staff [email protected] The 2019-2020 school year marked change for Mercer school counselors with a new initiative to help the counselors be more available to students. “We have taken the building assessment coordinator responsibilities off our counselors to make them more available to students,” said Dennis Davis, superintendent of Mercer County Schools.  “This…

Rosalind Turner Featured Writer Campbellsville University-Harrodsburg continues to expand in academic and athletic programs. One of its next major expansions will be the construction of a new athletic field house for men’s and women’s soccer, track and cross country. The ground-breaking for the $600,000 facility was held last week. The 6,914 square feet field house…

Jennifer Marsh Herald Staff [email protected] A push for Harrodsburg to be included in HGTV’s “Home Town Takeover” television show is underway. “The Harrodsburg/Mercer County Tourist Commission, Harrodsburg First Main Street Program, the Mercer County Chamber of Commerce and citizens of Harrodsburg are meeting with me every Wednesday night to coordinate the application, submit pictures and…

Landen Bartleson, Two Minors Arrested Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Three youths, including a Notre Dame football recruit from Harrodsburg, face charges in connection to a gun store robbery in Danville last week. Landen Zane Bartleson, 18, of Harrodsburg, was booked at Boyle County Detention Center on Friday, Jan. 24, according to the jail website.…

Closing Of Recycling Company Leaves County Dealing With A Mess Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The closing of a Clark County recycling facility has left Mercer County and counties across the Bluegrass with a real mess on their hands. According to Judge-Executive Milward Dedman, Mercer County was notified earlier this month that Bluegrass Recycling of Winchester is…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Any Burgin Independent High School graduate with at least a 3.0 grade point average and a 21 ACT score is guaranteed a minimum scholarship of $20,000 per year with Georgetown College. Burgin Independent Schools has announced they are entering a new scholarship initiative with Georgetown. The scholarships could even be…