Area News

Last week, the Harrodsburg Fire Department and the Hughes-Jones Harrodsburg Area Technology Center (HATC) worked together to tear things apart. For two days, HATC students—as well as students from Anderson County schools—watched firefighters demonstrate techniques to extricate accident victims from wrecked cars. In emergency situations, first responders try to remove the car from the victim…

Mercer County’s first Art Exposition will be held on Saturday, Sept. 16, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., during the Fort Harrod Jazz Festival sponsored by the Mercer Chamber of Commerce. The expo is a free admission, juried artisan event and will feature regional art, as well as art from around the state. The Jazz…

The Mercer County Fiscal Court has elected to raise the property tax rate from 11.2 per $1,000 in assessed value to 11.8 per $1,000. The new personal property tax rate for is 16.26 while the motor vehicle and watercraft tax rate is unchanged at 9.2 per $1,000. At a tax hearing on Tuesday morning, Judge-Executive…

The Mercer Chamber of Commerce will present the 2017 Fort Harrod Jazz Festival on Friday, Sept. 15, through Sunday,  Sept. 17. What began as a one day event with three bands and a borrowed public address system has grown in a very short time into a three-day event with 16 acts from across the Bluegrass.…

There has been a change of plans on the Brooklyn Bridge, officials say. The contractor found the bridge needed more repairs than planned and stopped work, leaving only one lane open and Mercer motorists wondering what went wrong. While the state still intends to complete work this fall, no schedule for completing the project has…

The owner of a pit bull that attacked a 6-year-old boy in Mercer County had pled not guilty to charges of harboring a dangerous animal. According to the arrest warrant, the incident happened on Wednesday, July 26, a little after 2 p.m. here in Mercer County. Capt. Scott Elder of the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office…

The Grand Jury handed down indictments on Aug. 9 on charges ranging from assault, burglary, to flagrant nonsupport of a child. ASSAULT Ronald Puckett, 56, of 150 Walnut St., Salvisa, was charged with 1st-degree assault by stabbing a victim with a deadly weapon causing serious injury, a class B felony, on June 25. Puckett’s bail…

It’s that time again, when local taxing districts set their rates for the year. The Mercer County Board of Education will hold their tax hearing today, Thursday, Aug. 24, 5:30 p.m. at the Harlow Education Center. The hearing will be followed by a special called meeting to set the tax rates for 2018. Last year,…

The Commonwealth of Kentucky has tentatively agreed to close Lexington Street at the Main Street intersection during Oktoberfest, which will run from Friday, Oct. 13, through Sunday, Oct. 15. Greg Souder, chairman of the board of directors of the Harrodsburg First Main Street Program, said the street closing was necessary because the stage being used…

Mercer County Judge-Executive Milward Dedman said he was “pleased” with this year’s audit of the Mercer County Fiscal Court financial statement. While the state auditor’s staff recommended the county make changes in the way it handles purchasing, payroll, receipts and reconciliations and how it spends Local Government Economic Assistance (LGEA) funds, they did not find…