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Jennifer Marsh Herald Staff [email protected] (Editor’s note: This is a weekly series interviewing community leaders to share their thoughts and goals for the community.) Dennis Davis, superintendent of Mercer County Schools chose to come back to his hometown after college to live. “I wouldn’t want to be in any other place,” said Davis.  “I love…

Planning And Zoning Commission To Consider Controversial Zoning Request For The Third Time Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] It’s round three for the lakeside Dollar General. The Mercer County Joint Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a special called meeting on Tuesday, May 7, at 4 p.m. to discuss—for the third time—the rezoning of 2.33…

Offenders Mixing Drugs Complicates Law Enforcement Efforts Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] What was once called routine police work is becoming far from routine. Police officers are now struggling with offenders who are high on a mixture of drugs that endanger their lives as well as the lives of the law enforcement community. “It’s like…

Celebrating Cinco De Mayo At Burgin Hammer-In Jennifer Marsh Herald Staff [email protected] A  Blacksmith Hammer-In to celebrate Cinco De Mayo will be held on Sunday, May 5, at 12:30 p.m. on Main Street in Burgin. The event will have members from the Blacksmiths of Kentucky group bringing their forges for demonstrations. “The event is basically…

Sheriff’s Office Has Launched Fraud Investigation Jennifer Marsh Herald Staff [email protected] The Arts Council of Mercer County fired Executive Director Sarah Morgan Tolbert on Monday, April 22, after donors and artists expressed concerns about financial discrepancies. According to an official press release from the board of directors, an investigation into Tolbert’s activities while she served…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] A deputy from the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office interrupted a burglary in progress on Mackville Road on Friday, April 26. The owners of the home were at the hospital when neighbors saw a man and a woman entering the house through a window and called 911. When Dep. Sean Brown…

Beef May Be Contaminated With Same E. Coli Strain That Has Made 156 People Ill Authorities have announced the recall of ground beef that may be contaminated with E. coli O103, the same infection that has made 156 people in 10 states ill, including 65 in Kentucky. Grant Park Packing of Franklin Park, Illinois, is…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] A nearly 12-hour long standoff between police and a man threatening to kill himself was resolved peacefully Monday night. At 9:15 a.m. on Monday, April 22, the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office was called to the Cottonwood Estates subdivision to deal with a man threatening to end his life. It is…

As Weather Heats Up, So Does Local Crime Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Sheriff’s Office say they have recovered more than $10,000 in property stolen from homes in and around Burgin. Dep. Sean Brown said one pawnshop in Nicholasville had over nine pages of items which had been pawned by Frankie Mason,…

City Commission Awards Sewer Expansion Bid Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Fiscal Court unveiled an $11.9-million proposed budget for the 2019-2020 fiscal year while the Harrodsburg City Commission approved a bid to expand the sewer system on U.S. 127. MERCER COUNTY FISCAL COURT The fiscal court unveiled their proposed budget at a…