NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, Oct. 21, 2024 — A Bardstown man was died Sunday morning in a single-vehicle motorcycle crash in Meade County. According to the Kentucky State Police, Dustin C. Gray, 30, of Bardstown, was operating a 2009 Harley-Davidson motorcycle eastbound on Garrett Road when, for unknown reasons, he lost control […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024 — The trials of the three co-defendants in the Crystal Rogers murder case will be located next year in Warren County. Nelson Circuit Judge Charles Simms issued his decision Monday, ordering that the trials of Brooks Houck, Steven Lawson and his son, Joseph Lawson, will […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024 — Two Bardstown men have been charged with attempted murder following a shooting incident Tuesday evening in Bardstown. At around 8:40 p.m. Tuesday evening, Bardstown Police were dispatched to the Filiatreau Lane area for a shooting report. The victim gave responding officers a description of […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024 — Nelson Fiscal Court had some hard questions regarding a request by the New Hope Fire Department to increase its annual dues from $40 to $60. The request first came to Nelson Fiscal Court in June 2024. The court has delayed taking action […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radiio Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024 — Meeting in regular session Tuesday night, the Bardstown City Council gave initial approval of a new, lower property tax rate. The council approved reducing the property tax rate that is currently set at 16.3 cents per $100 value to 16.1 cents per […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Sunday, July 21, 2024 — A Bardstown man was shot and injured Saturday afternoon at a home in the 5000 block of Boston Road. At 12:35 p.m., Nelson County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the Boston Road home for a disturbance involving someone who had been shot. When deputies […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Sunday, July 21, 2024 — The Nelson County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the eastbound lanes of the Bluegrass Parkway at the 32-mile marker for a report of a single-vehicle crash. When deputies arrived, they found a single vehicle that struck a tree fulling involved in flames. The driver, […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, July 17, 2024 — One of the defendants charged in the murder of Crystal Rogers appeared in Nelson Circuit Court briefly Thursday afternoon. Joseph Lawson is facing charges that include complicity to murder and tampering with evidence in the disappearance and presumed murder of Crystal rogers. Nelson Circuit […]
BY JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Friday, July 12, 2024 — A Louisville man arrested by Bardstown Police in February 2023 in the wake of a human traffickiing and prostitution investigation at Asian spas in Bardstown was recently arrested on similar charges in Richmond. Shizhe Jin, 54, of Louisville, was arrested Thursday, July […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, July 8, 2024 — Nelson Circuit Judge Charles Simms III heard arguments in court this morning to hear arguments by Brooks Houck’s attorneys regarding a motion for a separate trial in the Crystal Rogers murder case. Prosecutors have asked the court to try the three co-defendants […]
