Harrodsburg

HARRODSBURG - The comedic stylings of Lee Cruse will be on display Thursday at Eddie Montgomery's Steakhouse here. Cruse, a WLEX-18 as well as a Lexington radio personality, started performing stand-up in 1995. “It was something I always wanted to do,” Cruse said in a telephone interview. “I started in Louisville at open mics until I was proficient enough to find work.” He worked his way through the ranks and makes regular appearances all around the commonwealth, performing.

When a massive earthquake and tsunami hit northern Japan on March 11, it’s emotional ramifications were felt all the way to Harrodsburg. “We really wanted to do something for the people of Japan besides sitting around and just watching the events unfold on TV,” said Linda Whittaker, the administrative assistant to Corning Plant Manager Casey Duffy. “We have many Japanese colleagues here at Corning, which means we’ve developed a very special bond with this culture and it’s people,” said Whittaker.

Ronald Edwin Grubbs, 69, died Friday. Arrangements are pending at Alexander & Royalty Funeral Home, Harrodsburg.

HARRODSBURG - City police were contacted Tuesday after a wallet was stolen while a woman was shopping at the Goodwill store in Harrodsburg. The wallet contained several credit cards and about $20 in cash. Since January 2012, there have been five thefts of wallets or purses while customers were shopping. The previous thefts at the same location garnered the thief or thieves more than $600 in cash, cell phones, credit cards and personal identifications and papers, Harrodsburg police said.

Allen White: Thanks for speaking to our Rotary Club today. We always have a good time but you seem to "stir it up" pretty good when you speak to our club. Just want you to know you have an open invitation to eat with us any time you are in the area. Larry: I always enjoy speaking to your club, especially at this time of year when football is starting. I do try to enjoy myself, and you have some members who know how to enjoy a good laugh as well. And don't be surprised if I take you up on that invitation one Wednesday.

This month marks the 60th anniversary of Corning Inc.'s precision glass plant in Harrodsburg. It's a special occasion not only for the people who work at this storied facility, but for all of us at the company. The plant embodies several Corning hallmarks: a commitment to breakthrough innovation; manufacturing excellence and continuous process improvement; and a history of evolution to meet the needs of a changing market.  When it opened in 1952, the plant produced state-of-the-art optical glass for binoculars and periscope lenses, aerial photography, photochromic lenses and ophthalmic applications.  When demand waned in the mid-1980s, Corning evolved the plant into the center of its new LCD glass business.  In fact, the engineers were responsible for a key breakthrough in fusion-draw manufacturing that led to Corning's market and technology leadership in the display industry.

Firearms reported stolen Tuesday  HARRODSBURG - A 57-year-old Park Avenue resident reported the theft of two firearms from his home, according to Harrodsburg police. On Tuesday, the man reported two .22 caliber pistols valued at $700 were stolen from his residence within the past few days. He could not provide any further details to support his claim and authorities do not believe someone burglarized the home to steal the weapons, according to the police report.   iPhone missing from locker room  HARRODSBURG - The mother of a Mercer High School student claims an unknown person stole her son's iPhone from a school locker room, according to Harrodsburg police.

HARRODSBURG - Officers were dispatched to a scene Sunday after a man struck the wall in front of the Mercer County Intermediate School while allegedly under the influence of alcohol. Jamie C. Peavler, 23, of Harrodsburg, told police he was attempting to avoid a collision with another vehicle, which caused him to lose control, striking the wall and overturning. He was not injured.  Peavler was charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol and was transported to the Boyle County Jail.

HARRODSBURG - Police in Harrodsburg are investigating a robbery at the Check InTo Cash business there this morning. Information from the scene is sketchy, but police said a suspect entered the business, located on Chestnut Street near the intersection with College Street, at around 9:30 a.m. The suspect, described as approximately six feet tall and wearing a yellow hooded shirt and red bandana, is thought to have fled the scene in a white automobile....

HARRODSBURG - Police raided a convenience store Wednesday afternoon and uncovered a sophisticated video gambling operation set up in two back rooms. Harrodsburg Police Chief Billy Whitenack said officers obtained a search warrant for Pioneer Market on U.S. 127 just north of Bright Leaf Resort after an undercover operative had gambled and received payouts at the store multiple times in the past week. Seventeen stand-alone video poker and slot-type gaming machines were seized, Whitenack said.