Area News

Robert Moore [email protected] The City of Burgin has lost their auditor, leaving thousands of dollars in state road aid in limbo. Craig Butler, a CPA with Kerbaugh, Rodes and Butler of Danville, resigned as the city’s auditor on Tuesday, June 14. According to Burgin City Clerk Michelle Russell, Butler quit because he was receiving too…

Jennifer Marsh Herald Staff [email protected] Two King Middle School students, Alexis Laughlin and Savannah Burchett, have earned the right to participate in the world’s largest junior high rodeo in South Dakota against thousands of contestants from four different countries through the National High School Rodeo Association. The girls will compete in the first round on…

MAFEW Teacher Appears In New Series, ‘Cobra Kai’ Jennifer Marsh [email protected] Shinji Matsuda of Danville, who has been teaching the martial arts around Harrodsburg for 18 years, is appearing in a revival of the ’80s classic, “the Karate Kid” called “Cobra Kai.” Matsuda plays a corner judge during the 50th Anniversary All Valley Under-18 Karate…

Volunteers are still needed for the Kentucky River Cleanup, which is scheduled for Saturday, June 16, starting at 9 a.m. Volunteers will receive a free T-shirt and a certificate of participation as well as a free lunch, said Franklin Nooe, a volunteer with the Mercer County Chamber of Commerce. Nooe is organizing this year’s river…

This past weekend was a busy one at Northpoint Training Center in Burgin. An inmate briefly escaped on Friday while four other inmates were injured during a blackout on Sunday night. The escapee, Alfred Knox, 26, was recaptured  on U.S. 68 by staff approximately three hours after escaping early in the morning on June 8, according…

The Mercer County Fiscal Court has extended a contract with the Bluegrass Area Development District to revise street addresses. Bluegrass ADD failed to meet the July deadline to complete the project, Mercer County Judge-Executive Milward Dedman said at Tuesday’s meeting of the Mercer County Fiscal Court. Dedman said AT&T did not provide the new numbers…

Jennifer Marsh Herald Staff [email protected] The second annual Herrington Lake Conservation League Lighted Boat Parade is scheduled to assemble at dusk on Saturday June 23. Come watch the parade at the Kennedy Mill Bridge for free or support the cleanup fund for lake Harrington by entering your boat for a $50 entry. A bourbon barrel…

Jennifer Marsh Herald Staff [email protected] Landon Dean Rogers and Christy Baxter Ingram of Burgin have been named Mr. and Miss Campbellsville University for 2018, 60 years after Gene Robinson and Jan Parrott Robinson of Burgin were named Mr. and Miss Campbellsville University in 1958. Ingram and Rogers were honored at the annual Awards and Honors…

Mercer and Boyle Counties have formalized an agreement to reduce Mercer’s share of jail expenses. At last week’s meeting of the Boyle-Mercer Joint Jail Committee, both counties agreed to amend the interlocal agreement, which will allow Mercer to pay a smaller share of operating costs at the Boyle County Detention Center. The change in the…

The Mercer County Fiscal Court has extended a contract with the Bluegrass Area Development District to revise street addresses. Bluegrass ADD failed to meet the July deadline to complete the project, Mercer County Judge-Executive Milward Dedman said at Tuesday’s meeting of the Mercer County Fiscal Court. Dedman said AT&T did not provide the new numbers…