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Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Fiscal Court held their first meeting of the year and the county clerk and the sheriff presented their budgets for the upcoming fiscal year. Mercer County Sheriff Ernie Kelty showed up on crutches to present his budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Kelty, who was injured Monday…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The Harrodsburg Board of Commissioners met for the first meeting of the new year. Most of the meeting was taken up with personnel decisions, including naming interim replacements for the city’s recently retired chiefs of the fire and police departments. Scott Hammon was named interim fire chief effective Jan. 1.…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Officially, the Vietnam War ended in 1973. But in many ways, it has never stopped. Not for the soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines who came back from the war, and not for the families and loved ones of the 1,600 Americans who have still not been brought home. One Harrodsburg…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] A big piece of Harrodsburg’s history is up for sale. The former Harrodsburg High School building is for sale for $375,000. The historic 90,000 square foot school building sits on 7.46 acres. The former school, which was constructed in 1923, offers classrooms and offices, a commercial kitchen with walk-in freezer…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] It’s the first of the new year and the elections are bearing down upon us. Candidates for local and state offices have until Jan. 30 to apply to run. The 2018 ballot will feature Kentucky’s six seats in the U.S. House of Representatives as well as the 100 seats in…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Some Scrooge has taken advantage of the holiday rush to pass fake $100  bills and the Harrodsburg Police Department is warning local merchants to be alert. One local business has been victimized twice during the last two weeks and there have been at least two other attempts, said Patrolman David…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Fiscal Court heard some good news during their final meeting of 2017. The population at Boyle County Detention Center is down below 300 for the first time in at least two years. There were 263 inmates in BCDC on Friday morning. Mercer County Attorney Ted Dean said…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Three people have died in Lexington from flu-related complications, according to the Fayette County Health Department, and officials are advising the public to get their flu shots now. One of those officials is Glenn Phillips, the emergency management director of Mercer County. “Get the shot,” Phillips said. That’s his advice…

Dalton Christopher Herald Staff [email protected] The celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day will go on as planned. The events will still be held at the Harrodsburg Community Center, formerly the Harrodsburg High School. While the building will soon be listed for sale, facility owner Keith Currens has announced he will allow the planned MLK…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Educators at  Burgin Independent School are looking at improving student engagement. Principal Chris LeMonds said the staff were working with teachers on how to draw students in. LeMonds said they are trying to break lessons down in order to get students actively engaged— getting them moving around and able to…