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April Ellis Herald Staff [email protected] Mercer County Lady Titans senior basketball player Lexy Lake knows how to sink a three point shot. As a matter of fact, she’s hit 307 in her career so far. Now Lake has the opportunity to show off her skills nationally in the High School Slam Dunk and Three-Point #DreamFearlessly …

A Family Hopes To Identify Vandals Who Destroyed Home “I’m just aggravated,” said Alice Brown, “they were so mean.” Brown is talking about the person or persons who destroyed the trailer she owns located at 980 Harvey Pike. Sometime over the last month, someone went into the trailer and broke every single window, knocked down every…

Campbellsville University’s Conover Education Center dedicated their second building at a grand opening ceremony on Wednesday, but that wasn’t the only announcement. University officials officially opened the second building, which is named O’Dell Hall in memory of Delmer and Louise O’Dell. The university also held a ceremonial groundbreaking for a third building. The proposed 17,000-square-foot facility…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] This year is shaping up to be one of the most contentious non-presidential election years in American history, with thousands of people across the country as well as here in Kentucky, many of them political novices from either side of the aisle, challenging incumbents. In the last election, Republican Brett…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] In the past few months, Kentucky’s ongoing pension crisis has cost the City of Harrodsburg their fire chief and police chief, who both retired to lock in their benefits ahead of any move made by the state government. With budget cuts and an underfunded pension plan, it’s a challenging time…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The state has canceled a contract with the Mercer County School District cutting funding for Mercer County’s Day Treatment Program. “We’re going to lose 33-percent of our funding for Day Treatment,” said Mercer Superintendent Dennis Davis. Davis said the state canceled the contract after the governor ordered government to make…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Over the years, the ladies who run the Family Resource and Youth Service Centers (FRYSC) at Mercer County schools have come together to help their students and their families. Now, thanks to budget cuts proposed by Gov. Matt Bevin, they’ve come together to help raise awareness about their own perilous…

Dalton Christopher Herald Staff [email protected] The West Lane Park Board of Harrodsburg will sponsor two events to celebrate Black History Month: the second annual Heritage Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 3 and the Fourth Annual Black Tie Gala on Feb. 17. The theme for both events is “Black History – The Strength in Our Past Gives…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Sheriff Ernie Kelty hasn’t had time to accept the award he recently got from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. The sheriff returned to work Monday after being out with a knee injury. Kelty underwent surgery last Thursday to repair a tendon he tore while investigating a crash on…

Dalton Christopher Herald Staff [email protected] While many people seek opportunities in large cities, Chicago native Chris Bartels  moved to Harrodsburg to pursue his dreams. Bartels arrived in Mercer County in August and enrolled at Campbellsville University’s Conover Education Center. “On my first day here I went to Pioneer Days,” he said. “Everyone seemed so nice…