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Queen Bee Peanut Butter hit the ground running in 2020
Jennifer Marsh Herald Staff [email protected] Starting a business during these troubling times is scary, but according to Emma Buchanan, it was the forced time at home that brought her Queen Bee Peanut Butter business. Started in September of 2020, Queen Bee Peanut Butter has gained quite a following on social media. “I’m a senior at…
Read MorePark board ready for new year
Jennifer Marsh Herald Staff [email protected] The first meeting in 2021 for the Anderson Dean Park Board was full of ideas and possibilities. Don Wilburn, event organizer for the park was excited to finalize the plans for the upcoming baseball tournaments run by the park. March begins tournament season and 2021 will be the first year…
Read MoreBeverly Baird
Beverly Baird Beverly Grall Baird, 63, wife of Keith A. Baird, died Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, from complications due to Alzheimer’s. Born Feb. 12, 1957, in Harrodsburg, she was the daughter of the late Henry J. Grall and Conchita (Brashear) Grall. She was a 1975 Harrodsburg High School graduate and was a clinical psychologist in…
Read MorePatricia Semones
Patricia Diana Semones, 74, of Harrodsburg, died Friday, July 24, 2020, at Baptist Health in Lexington. Born Feb. 21, 1946, in Lexington, she was the daughter of the late Henry Homer and Eva Beulah Thompson Bussell. She was a graduate of Lafayette High School in Lexington, an employee of IBM/Lexmark and was a member of…
Read MorePickling cucumbers made easy
Pickles are a summertime favorite for some families but the act of making them isn’t as common it was in the past. Bobbie Hancock of the Mercer County Nutrition Education Program shared an easy pickle recipe for kids from Chopped Magazine on social media. “I think all kids like pickles,” said Hancock. “They’re incredibly easy…
Read MoreSheriff’s office reacts quickly to prevent accident
Deputy Wes Gaddis was able to react quickly Monday afternoon when he received a distress call at 1 p.m. about a mother on Highway 127 who was unable to stop her vehicle. Lyndsey Tyler called the Harrodsburg 911 Center when her vehicle began accelerating with no way to stop it. Deputy Wes Gaddis and Sheriff…
Read MoreWhen Harrodsburg isn’t home
Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] Government officials and members of the public met last week to discuss one of the most vexing problems facing Harrodsburg and the nation: the swelling numbers of homeless people. Over half a million Americans are homeless, according to endhomelessness.org, with 4,079 people in Kentucky being homeless. But it’s a difficult…
Read MoreTexas man charged with kidnapping
Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] A Texas man is being charged with kidnapping a minor from Mercer County. According to a complaint, Cameron Wesley Cribbs, 20, of Hempstead, Texas, took the child, a 16-year-old girl, from her mother’s home at 10:30 p.m. on Monday, June 22. Cribbs and the victim were located in St. Francis,…
Read MoreWhat Does Healthy at School Mean for Mercer County Schools?
Jennifer Marsh Herald Staff [email protected] Most parents are eagerly awaiting the announcement of the fall school schedule all across the country and Mercer County is not an exception. COVID-19 has impacted Mercer County students since March’s shutdown and with regulations changing rapidly no concrete information has been available. “Since the end of the 2019-2020 school…
Read MoreThe end of an era: Dana Cobb retires after 29 years with Mercer County schools
Jennifer Marsh Herald Staff [email protected] For 29 years Dana Cobb has devoted her life to the students of Mercer County Schools and as of Tuesday she is officially retired. Starting as a full time substitute teacher, Cobb received her first full time position at Harlow Elementary in 1993. “It really is an end of an…
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