Inspections

The following restaurants and food services were routinely inspected by the Clark County Health Department and graded on a scale of 1 to 100 for sanitary and other health conditions. - Animal Krackers Discovery Center, Canary Lane: 99 percent. - Animal Krackers Too, East Lexington Avenue: 96 percent. - Arby's, Bypass Road: 93 percent. Violation: spray nozzle below rim of three-comp. sink. Follow-up: 98 percent. - Bailey's Cafe, South Main Street: 98 percent.

About 70 mobile homes between Ashgrove Pike and Tates Creek Road are being inspected and will possibly be torn down in a joint effort between Jessamine County Fiscal Court, county planning and zoning, code enforcement and the health department, Judge-Executive Neal Cassity said. All the homes have been identified as abandoned and/or posing a health and safety risk to residents in those areas. “There are some (mobile homes) in each of those trailer parks that are not suitable for people to live in,” Cassity said.

HARRODSBURG - Mercer County Health Department conducts at least two inspections a year on food service establishments and retail food stores in Mercer County. The inspections focus on food protection during preparation and storage, food temperatures, cleaning and sanitizing of equipment and utensils, insect/rodent control, storage and use of toxic materials and overall sanitation. Violations carry a weight of 1-5 points depending on the seriousness of the violation. Items marked 4 or 5 points are considered critical and must be corrected within 10 days.

Protecting the health and safety of all who eat at Boyle County's food-service establishments is a top priority of the Boyle County Health Department. The health department routinely provides food safety training for the county's restaurant personnel, in addition to conducting at least two unannounced inspections each year. Key items of concern during inspections include employee practices and cleanliness, food protection during storage and preparation, cleaning and sanitizing of equipment and utensils, insect and rodent control, and the storage and use of toxic materials.

Protecting the health and safety of all who eat at Boyle County's food-service establishments is a top priority of the Boyle County Health Department. The health department routinely provides at least two unannounced inspections each year. A perfect inspection score is 100; points are subtracted when department guidelines are not met. In general, the lower the score, the lower the level of sanitation; however, a low score does not necessarily imply an imminent health risk. Regular inspections A Children's Place, Lebanon Road, 100. Annie's Bar-B-Q, Stanford Road, 91. Battlefield Marathon, Perryville, 98, 100. BHI Assisted Living, Argyll Woods, 100. Big Valley Coffee, Hustonville Road, 100, 100. Bluegrass Caf, Third Street, 94. Front and back doors propped open.

Counterfeiting is a serious problem in our world today. Counterfeiters go to great lengths to produce fraudulent clothing, electronics and currency. Have you ever seen a counterfeit 200 dollar bill? No, of course not, there is no such thing as a 200 dollar bill. A counterfeiter does everything he can to work in all the details of an authentic dollar bill.  The most commonly counterfeited currency in the world is the American 20 dollar bill. The bank teller or merchant that is trained to identify a phony, is not trained to know what fakes look like, but in what the real dollar bill looks like.

Protecting the health and safety of all who eat at Mercer County's food-service establishments is a top priority of the Mercer County Health Department. The health department routinely provides food safety training for the county's restaurant personnel, in addition to conducting at least two unannounced inspections each year. Key items of concern during inspections include employee practices and cleanliness, food protection during storage and preparation, cleaning and sanitizing of equipment and utensils, insect and rodent control, and the storage and use of toxic materials.

The following restaurants and food services were recently inspected by the Jessamine County Health Department and graded on a scale of 1 to 100 for sanitary and other health conditions. Wendy's - 100 Children's Choice Learning Center - 97 Wilmore Day Care Center - 98 Dixie Café/Kitchen - 94 Dixie Café/Store - 98 Dollar General/Orchard/Retail - 93 Double Kwik/Store - 94 Double Kwik/Kitchen - 91 Fazoli's - 96 The Pocket - 98 CiCi's Pizza - 92 Rosenwald-Dunbar Elementary School - 100 Wah Mei - 94 Blue Grass Sportsmen League - 95 Jessamine County Head Start - 99 La Chiquita Grocery - 96 Mi Pequena Hacienda - 100 Pioneer College Catering - 98 Wilmore Elementary School - 100 A&W/Long John Silvers - 97 Fiesta Mexico - 90 Bob Evans - 98 Royal Manor - 97 Rite Aid-Keene Road - 98 Warner Elementary School - 96 Penn Station - 97 Yellow House Cakery - 100 Walgreen's North Main Street - 100 Tastebuds - 98 K. Headen Auctioneers - 94

Protecting the health and safety of all who eat at Boyle County's food-service establishments is a top priority of the Boyle County Health Department. The health department routinely provides food safety training for the county's restaurant personnel, in addition to conducting at least two unannounced inspections each year. Key items of concern during inspections include employee practices and cleanliness, food protection during storage and preparation, cleaning and sanitizing of equipment and utensils, insect and rodent control, and the storage and use of toxic materials.

Hall's on the River restaurant was closed over the weekend, but its potential re-opening could come sometime this week. The seafood restaurant on Athens-Boonesboro Road was reportedly closed because of maintenance and cleanliness issues. A former employee identified as Chris Purvis shot video of bugs and mold in the restaurant and gave the footage to WKYT in Lexington. Environmental Health Program Manager Carlene Whitt of the Clark County Health Department said she inspected the building but did not close it. “I was down there in response to a complaint,” Whitt said.