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UPDATE:  The man accused of attacking Burgin Mayor George Hensley is out on bond. James H. Hurley, 56, turned himself in Wednesday afternoon at the Mercer County Judicial Center and was charged with 4th-degree assault and 2nd-degree disorderly conduct. Both charges are misdemeanors, court officials say. Hurley paid a $500 bond and left the courthouse. According…

Now that the state has closed the Kennedy Mill Bridge to traffic, all eyes are on its replacement. The contractors are confident they can beat their projected finish date. If only the weather would cooperate. “Right now, the lake water’s killing us,” said Kevin J. Buch, P.E., project manager with Walsh Construction Company LLC, who…

Getting older doesn’t have to mean losing quality of life. Beth Alvey, accountable care organization coordinator for Ephraim McDowell James B. Haggin Hospital, is trying to get the word out about a free wellness visit available to medicare patients of the Haggin Primary and Dedman Primary offices. Alvey said most seniors aren’t aware that traditional…

Aaron Burch Contributing Writer A special Child Abuse Prevention event will take place from 4-7 p.m. on Monday, April 23, at the Mercer County Extension Office featuring community leaders and educational services. The evening is an important step towards raising child abuse awareness in Mercer County and the public is invited to attend. The Department…

The Harrodsburg City Commission is looking for a compromise in a dispute between car and motorcycle show organizers and city merchants. For the past several years, the city has been closing Main Street to allow the Central Kentucky Hot Rodders host a monthly car show during the warm months. Last year, the city also began…

The City of Burgin has been found to have violated the Kentucky Open Records Act for the second time this year. In a letter dated April 3, the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office found that the city violated state law by failing to provide access to the city’s check registry. However, the City did not violate…

The most notorious of the three contractors who built Burgin’s sewer system is suing the Mercer County Sanitation District. In a lawsuit filed at Mercer County Circuit Court, Todd Johnson Contracting Inc. of Danville, who were awarded the $3.5 million contract to build a 25,000-foot gravity sewer main on South Main Street, said the District…

Michael Moore Kentucky Law Enforcement Magazine For most people who made a nearly-three-decade career as a public-school teacher and administrator, retirement means traveling and relaxation. Retirement was the stage of life 64-year-old Bill Cruce found himself in August 2013. But retired life didn’t last long. It lasted one weekend, to be exact. It didn’t take…

A series of panels showing the history of the Ephraim McDowell-James B. Haggin Memorial Hospital have been removed, and some local hospital supporters are beside themselves. “I thought it was a nice welcome to the hospital,” said Joy Burgin Stevens, who served as chair of the James B. Haggin Memorial Hospital Auxiliary for 10 years.…

A state audit of the Mercer County Fiscal Court found that the county did not have an effective purchase order system, did not comply with bidding requirements and did not have adequate controls in place over payroll. The first and third are repeat findings, which have been noted in previous county audits. The audit, which…