Area News

The Kentucky Blood Center will host a spring blood drive for Mercer County Friday, April 12, from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Lions Park Community Center (133 Factory Street). As a thank you, all donors will receive a great springy “Give Y’all” T-shirt (while supplies last). Donations only take 45 minutes from registration to…

Samuel Warren Herald Staff [email protected] Missy Wilham Banks has been serving on the Harrodsburg City Commission since January 2023, but she has called Harrodsburg home for much of her life. When she’s not serving the city commission as head of the police and fire departments, she is working with the highest educational opportunity Harrodsburg has…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Mercer County is not in the path for the totality of the solar eclipse on the afternoon of Monday, April 8, but we should still get a spectacular show, with the area predicted to see 96.5 percent of the eclipse, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s website. Experts…

April Ellis Herald Staff The Mercer Chamber of Commerce is adding a new event to their Spring Shop Local event in conjunction with Harrodsburg’s 250th birthday celebration in June. It’s the Settler Showdown and community members can decorate a blank cutout of Harrodsburg’s founding father, James Harrod, for prizes. The Mercer Chamber of Commerce started…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Harrodsburg is celebrating its 250th anniversary this year. While the oldest continuous settlement has a lot of history to celebrate, one aspect of life in Mercer County that tends to get overlooked is the outsized role of industry. Nearly 22 percent of Mercer County’s workers labor at a factory, making…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Looking ahead to a busy week here in Mercer County. At Shaker Village of Pleasant Hills, it’s all about the babies for April, with Bedtime with the Babies on Friday and Saturday Evenings through the month, and Family Farm Days and Brunch with the Babies on the next three Saturdays:…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Board of Education agreed to go forward with building the new home for the Mercer County Elementary School at a project cost of $33.6 million. While that number may seem high to some, district officials said it’s more than $2.5 million lower than initial estimates. While the…

Mercer County Indictments Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] A Harrodsburg man has been indicted on charges including criminal attempt to commit murder of a police officer related to an hours-long standoff on Mooreland Avenue on Jan. 2. According to the complaint warrant, two officers from the Harrodsburg Police Department—Patrolman Dustin Mical and Cpl. Ridge Yeast—were…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] A local business owner complained to the Harrodsburg City Commission about Police Chief Tim Hurt this week. “Our police chief violated the public trust,” said Jennifer Kazimer, who, with her husband, owns the Vault Ciders, Suds and Spirits on South Main Street. Kazimer also served a partial term on the…

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman announced $2,284,367 in funding to improve water quality by enhancing wastewater treatment services and protecting the watershed near Herrington Lake. The announcement was made on Friday, March 22, at the Mercer County Fiscal Courthouse. According to a state press release, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Sewer…