Area News

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The Blue-White Preseason Event on Friday, Oct. 18, will be presented by the Harrodsburg-Mercer County Tourist Commission. The event provides an early look at both the men’s and women’s basketball teams, led by Coaches Mark Pope and Kenny Brooks. It happens at Historic Memorial Coliseum in Lexington. Daarik Gray, executive…

The Mercer County Political Candidate Forum will be held Monday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m. at Mercer County Senior High School (124 Moberly Road). The forum will feature the following candidates for the four seats on the Harrodsburg City Commission: Commissioner Missy Wilham Banks, Commissioner Charlie Mattingly, Commissioner Kerry Anness, Brian Steele, CommissionerMarvin “Bubby” Isham,…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The Harrodsburg-Mercer County Tourist Commission has released attendance figures for local events from 2023 to 2024 as well as local attractions from Jan. 1, 2024, through Sept. 30, 2024. Of the eight locations selected for the first report, Anderson-Dean Community Park received the most visits. According to the report, Anderson-Dean…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The Harrodsburg City Commission voted to bar city employees from using medical marijuana. At their meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 15, the board discussed creating a personnel policy for medical cannabis. The commission had already voted to not allow distribution and sale of medical marijuana within city limits. The Mercer County…

The next Mercer County Drug Take Back Day will be Saturday, Oct. 26, from 8 a.m. to noon at the Mercer County Fiscal Court Building (207 West Lexington Street). Participants are encouraged to bring all their unwanted, unknown, unused or expired prescription (narcotic and non-narcotic) or over the counter medicines for safe disposal, including pills,…

Residential Trick-Or-Treating on Thursday, Oct. 31, from 5 to 7 p.m. in Burgin and 6 to 8 p.m. in Harrodsburg and the rest of Mercer County. Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Residential trick-or-treating will be Thursday, Oct. 31, from 5 to 7 p.m. in Burgin and from 6 to 8 p.m. in Harrodsburg and Mercer…

The water tower overlooking Mercer County Senior High School has been nominated for tank of the year and city officials are asking everyone to vote. Earlier this year, the city voted to allow the school logo and an altered version of the Harrodsburg city logo to be painted on the tower. The school paid for…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) has released assessment and accountability data for the 2023-2024 school year on as required by state statute and the federal Every Student Succeeds Act. According to a press release, KDE will release the assessment and accountability data in phases. The data is initially available…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The Col. James Harrod Chapter of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution are hosting a Patriot Grave Marking Service at New Providence Cemetery (490 Providence Road) on Saturday, Oct. 11, at 2 p.m. with the muster at 1 p.m. For more information, email Jim Stinnett at…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] A Harrodsburg woman is in custody after shooting a man in an apparent domestic dispute Saturday. Kadesha Aundrea Burch, 30, of Harrodsburg, has been charged with attempted murder and 1st degree wanton endangerment. Officers from the Harrodsburg Police Department were dispatched after a man living on Perryville Road called 911…