Area News

Jennifer Marsh Herald Staff [email protected] Holiday spirit is found all over Mercer County with the festive lights, decorations and the season’s jolly atmosphere. Some households make decorating a family tradition. The Harper House in Burgin is one of those households, with their extensive and bright light display that dances with music. Colby and Crystal Harper…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The Harrodsburg Police Department wants the public to know that a couple asking for donations for Shop With A Cop are on the up and up. HPD Chief Dispatcher Gail Napier said Douglas Garrison and his wife Gloria have already raised $400 for Shop With A Cop, also known as…

Program Helps Addicts Help Themselves Jennifer Marsh Herald Staff [email protected] The Shepherd’s House Day Reporting Program in Danville serves both Mercer and Boyle Counties. And goal is to help addicts learn to help themselves, said Program Director Roger Fox. Shepherd’s House was selected by Mercer and Boyle Counties to operate a nonresidential substance abuse treatment…

City Bans Parking On North Side Of Pheasant Drive Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] A local man is asking the Harrodsburg City Commission to reconsider their commitment to spend $1-million to build a road for Campbellsville University. At the commission’s last meeting in November, the City of Harrodsburg entered a tentative agreement with Campbellsville to…

An Early Christmas Present To Herrington Lake Businesses, Commuters Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Commuters and businesses along Herrington Lake are getting an early Christmas present this year. The replacement for the Kennedy Mill Bridge will be open by the end of the day on Friday, Dec. 21. “Merry Christmas,” joked Kevin J. Buch, P.E.,…

Long And Greenburg Proud To Leave City A Better Place Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Mayor Eddie Long said he will not appeal last week’s recount, which handed the victory to his opponent, Art Freeman. “It’ll be a little less money and a lot less grief,” Long said. “I’m not willing to fight for it.”…

Retired Teacher Eager To Continue Second Career Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Dep. Bill Cruce of the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office is returning to full duty on Thursday. Cruce, a retired teacher who graduated from the police academy earlier this year, suffered a heart attack during a live shooting drill at Burgin Independent School on…

Jail Study Released To Public Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The public got a chance to go over the results of a recently completed study of the Boyle County Detention Center as well as the local criminal justice system with the authors of the study. The authors—Allen Beck, Kenneth Ray and Eric Chambers of Brandstetter…

Mercer County Kids Count Profile Released Jennifer Marsh Herald Staff [email protected] Mercer County’s family, health, education and economic security profile from the 2018 Kentucky Kids Count report has some surprising statistics, according to Community Health Educator for the Mercer County Health Department, Emily Steer. The Kids Count Profile compares statistics from 2010-2012 to 2015-2018. “Some things…

Public Meeting Roundup Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The executive director of the Harrodsburg-Mercer County Industrial Development Authority has received a raise. Mike Willand, who works part-time, has received a raise from $30,000 to $34,000 a year, according to John Trisler, chairman of the industrial development authority board of directors. The board voted unanimously to…