Area News

West Office Street between College Street and Chiles Street will become a one-way street effective Monday, May 1. In other traffic news, the Harrodsburg Board of Commissioners also tabled ordinance 2017-06, which would have banned tractor-trailer traffic on Moberly Road, until the ordinance is amended so that the ban will be in effect only during…

Ashton Dawahare, a fourth grader at Mercer Intermediate School and Mary Joyce, a senior at Mercer County Senior High School, both earned top honors at this year’s Mercer County Conservation District Art/Writing Awards Banquet. The theme for this year’s contest was “Backyard Adventures, Exploring Trees in Your Hometown” and garnered a total of 1,242 art…

The Harrodsburg Board of Commissioners is reconsidering a recent decision to charge city police officers who live outside Mercer County for taking their cars home. In January, the commission voted 4–1 to require Harrodsburg Police officers living outside Mercer County to pay mileage for every mile they travel outside county limits. Commissioner Scott Moseley voted…

The Mercer County Fiscal Court has unveiled their proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The preliminary budget totals slightly over $11 million. The biggest allocations  include $3.8 million, 35-percent of the budget, for the general fund; $2.1 million, 19.5-percent, for the road fund; $1.677 million, 15.25-percent, for the jail fund, and $1.661 million, 15.1-percent,…

The Mercer Board of Education is facing some sobering choices. On one hand, the district needs to deal with aging infrastructure—especially the school sewer system. On the other hand, the district faces uncertain funding on the state and federal levels along with declining enrollment and a related decline in revenues. The district is projected to…

The Harrodsburg First Main Street program has received recognition from the state. Harrodsburg First has earned the award for the Best Main Street Program in 2017 for Oktoberfest, which brought thousands of people downtown last fall, while Goldie Goldsmith-Vigneri, who chairs the Harrodsburg First promotion committee, earned the 2017 Spirit of Main Street Award for…

There is one thing that is undeniable about Mercer County: its sense of community and support. When anyone is down, someone is always there to lift them up. And that couldn’t be more evident than when the community surrounded Nathan Hawkins. Nathan was born eight weeks premature and only weighed one pound at birth. He…

Brandon Hellmig, 19, of 2380 Oregon Road, Salvisa, was indicted for two more counts stemming from the break-in at Old Fort Harrod State Park earlier this year. Hellmig was charged with receiving a stolen firearm, a class D felony, and receiving stolen property, a class A misdemeanor. Both offenses occurred on Feb. 8. Hellmig’s bail…

“The purpose of the planning commission is to help regulate and plan for land development, future land use, growth and things like that,” said Shawn Moore, executive director of the Greater Harrodsburg/Mercer County Planning and Zoning Commission. The organization itself is an independent government entity and although partially funded by both, it is not part…

James Lester Wheeler said he’d like to see the World War II Memorial. Wheeler is one of 73 veterans from  41 counties across Kentucky who will be taking part in the Honor Flight to Washington D.C. on Saturday, April 22. Wheeler is the only one from Mercer County going this year. He will be one…