Area News

The Harrodsburg Herald took a look back at 2017, which has turned out to be one of the most contentious years in American history. Locally, the top story was Apple’s announcement of a $200 million investment into Harrodsburg’s Corning Inc. This was the first product of Apple’s $1 billion Advanced Manufacturing Fund designed to fuel production…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Mercer County schools received a clean audit. That was the news from Joseph A. Montgomery, a certified public accountant of White and  Company, of Lebanon, who conducted an audit on the school district’s finances for the fiscal year which ended on June 30. Auditors found “no issues of noncompliance.” Montgomery…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Harrodsburg Police Chief Billy Whitenack apologized for the bare walls in his office. Whitenack is retiring on Dec. 31 after serving 20 years as a police officer and there is hardly anything left of him in his office. But there will be plenty to remember Billy Whitenack at police headquarters—from…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Most of the tenants of the Harrodsburg Community Center—formerly Harrodsburg High School—have found new homes. Tenants were shocked when the building’s owner, Keith Currens, announced it would be shut down on Jan. 1, 2018, and put up for sale. The tenants—including Mercer Transformation,  Mercer County Youth Sports League, Campbellsville University’s…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] A Harrodsburg resident is dead after being struck by a car Monday morning. Nancy Long, 80, of Linden Avenue, was struck while crossing College Street around 7 a.m. according to the Harrodsburg Police Department. Long, a lifelong resident of Harrodsburg, was on her way to The Cut Above salon when…

Dalton Christopher Herald Staff [email protected] No matter what life may bring, Justice Young has a message for folks to remember. “Always stay positive, no matter what,” Young said. Young, a 9-year-old student at Burgin Independent, is known for his small business, Egg Mania. Young raises his own farm fresh eggs that he sells to customers…

Dalton Christopher Herald Staff [email protected] Mark Stratton has found a way to give back to his community this holiday season, while honoring the memory of his mother. Stratton has collected dozens of bicycles to repair and gift to children in the community. He said he thought of the idea while he was visiting his mother’s…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The Grand Jury handed down indictments last Wednesday on charges including drug trafficking and receiving stolen property. DRUG CHARGES • Matthew Ellis, 28, of 508 Perkins Avenue, Danville, was charged with 1st-degree trafficking in heroin, a class C felony. The offense occurred on Sept. 8. It is Ellis’s second offense. …

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Burgin City Councilman David R. Peavler wants to know what the Mercer County Sanitation District is going to do about Burgin’s torn up streets. Peavler, who said he was not speaking as an official representative of the City of Burgin, appeared before the Sanitation District’s board  of directors last week…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The Harrodsburg Community Center campus is shutting down and the building, formerly Harrodsburg High School, will be put up for sale at the first of the year. The owner, Keith Currens, purchased it from the Mercer County school district for $200,000 in 2016. Currens, a 1983 graduate of Harrodsburg High…