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April Ellis Herald Staff [email protected] When thinking about the homeless, big cities like New York and Chicago come to mind. Dirty men sleeping on sidewalks or women in tattered clothing pushing grocery carts. While that is one reality for the nation, the other is the average looking family, including children, not having someplace to call…

It’s little more than a historical footnote now, but Kentucky is the first state in America to host a school shooting. In 1853, William H.G. Butler 28, was murdered in his classroom at the Louisville School—which Butler had helped found—by Matthews Ward, the son of a cotton merchant. Ward was upset because the teacher had…

The Boyle County Fiscal Court voted to continue using jail staff to transport Boyle inmates to and from jail, despite the recommendation of the Boyle-Mercer Joint Jail Committee. According to the Danville Advocate Messenger, the Boyle magistrates elected to retain a full-time transport officer at the Boyle County Detention Center. The Joint Jail Committee had…

There’s good news for the long-suffering residents of Marimon Avenue. After years of being passed over while it seemed like every other street in Harrodsburg was being resurfaced, this is your year. City Commissioner Charlie Mattingly said Marimon is finally getting some blacktop. Of course, considering that the street is so high that some residents…

April Ellis Herald Staff [email protected] Burgin Independent School, with the help of Kendyl and Friends Foundation, had their ribbon cutting ceremony Monday morning for the completion of the first phase of renovations to the playground. The 18-year-old playground was in need of some tender loving care along with some necessary updates so that all of…

The Herrington Lake Conservation League is holding a fish fry on Sunday, May 20, starting at noon. The fish fry will be held at Sunset Grill and Marina, on the Garrard County side of the bridge. The event is for the benefit of everyone who lives along the lake or relies on it for drinking…

Festival season starts off with a bang with the third annual Broadway Days, a multicultural two-day festival which runs from Friday, May 18, through Saturday, May 19. The festival honors Broadway, the oldest street in Kentucky, with live music, basketball, fashion, art, food, movies and more, said Sindicat “Sid” Dunn. The festivities kick off on…

An escaped inmate from  Northpoint Training Center in Boyle County is back in custody after leading police on a high speed chase through two counties. At approximately 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 29, Kenneth Daniel Bolin, 44,  of Louisville, overpowered a correctional officer. According to a press release from the Kentucky Department of Corrections, Bolin—a…

April Ellis Herald Staff [email protected] Geraniums, begonias and tomatoes, oh my! Even though Mother Nature has kept spring a little on the gloomy, wet side, it’s time to start planting and the Mercer County Senior High (MCSH) greenhouse is in full bloom and ready to sell. Students in agriculture teacher Kyle Porter’s greenhouse class have…

After nearly two years of discussions about jail costs, the Mercer County Fiscal Court have finally made a move. On Tuesday morning, the magistrates voted to renegotiate the interlocal agreement which determines how costs at Boyle County Detention Center are divided. The agreement, which was passed in 1996, splits the costs 35–65 according to county…