At least one local organization is questioning the requirements of the Harrodsburg-Mercer County Tourist Commission for ...

A teenager was airlifted to Lexington for medical treatment after being injured in a tubing accident on Herrington Lake this ...

The International Overdose Awareness Day event happens Saturday, Aug. 30, from noon to 3 p.m. at the Harrodsburg Community ...

Mercer County Cross Country has been training tirelessly this summer in hopes of another successful performance at the regional meet and an appearance at the state meet. The program graduated two ...

Hope White, of Cambridge, Mass., died Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. Survivors include: one son, Narai White. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Aug. 23, at the St. Pauls AME Church with Rev. Dr. Ellis ...

Eugenia “Genie” Ingram Whayne, 85, widow of Dr. Thomas “Tom” French Whayne Jr., of Lexington, died Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025 at her home. Born Feb. 10, 1940, in Harrodsburg, she was the daughter of the ...

Van Jewel Brown, 78, husband of Rose Brown, died Monday, July 28, 2025, in Dallas, Texas. Born Feb. 16, 1947, in Harrodsburg, he was the son of the late James and Imogene (Yates) Brown. He was a 1966 ...

Mary Ann Bartleson, 69, of Burgin, died Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025, in Danville. Born May 28, 1956, in Harrodsburg, she was the daughter of the late Cecil and Mary Patton Bartleson. She was a retired ...

Burgin resident Kevin Wallace has been appointed to the Burgin City Council. Wallace was elected by the city council to fill out Jamie Keebortz’s unexpired term on the county at their regular meeting ...

Mercer County football achieved a feat last fall that the program had never had: back-to-back district championships. The newest member of Class-3A District 4, Lexington Catholic, will undoubtedly ...

Robert Moore Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Habitat for Humanity Benefit Dinner and Patriot Quartet Concert happens at Salvisa Baptist Church on Monday, Aug. 25, with ...

Glenn Phillips has resigned as chief of the Mercer County Fire Protection District. Phillips offered his resignation at a special-called meeting of the Mercer County Fire Board on Monday, Aug. 18.