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Nelson County Jail Logs — July 1-5, 2025

Editor’s Note: The Nelson County Gazette believes the public has a right to know who has been arrested by local officials and lodged in the Nelson County Correctional Center. The information below is a compiled list of daily booking logs from the jail. The bookings state the person(s) arrested and the charge(s) against them. Everyone […]

July 12th, 2025 | Posted in Courts,Jail Logs,Police / Fire / EMS | Read More »

Nelson County Jail Logs — June 26-30, 2025

Editor’s Note: The Nelson County Gazette believes the public has a right to know who has been arrested by local officials and lodged in the Nelson County Correctional Center. The information below is a compiled list of daily booking logs from the jail. The bookings state the person(s) arrested and the charge(s) against them. Everyone […]

July 12th, 2025 | Posted in News,Police / Fire / EMS | Read More »

Nelson County Jail Logs — June 21-25, 2025

Editor’s Note: The Nelson County Gazette believes the public has a right to know who has been arrested by local officials and lodged in the Nelson County Correctional Center. The information below is a compiled list of daily booking logs from the jail. The bookings state the person(s) arrested and the charge(s) against them. Everyone […]

July 11th, 2025 | Posted in Jail Logs,Police / Fire / EMS | Read More »

Jury finds Brooks Houck guilty of murder; recommends a life sentence

By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Tuesday, July 8, 2025 — A jury of six men and six women deliberated for about four hours Tuesday morning and found Brooks Houck and his co-defendant, Joseph “Joey” Lawson guilty of the charges against them. The jury found Brooks Houck guilty of the murder of Crystal Rogers […]

July 9th, 2025 | Posted in Breaking News,Courts,Crystal Rogers,Police / Fire / EMS | Read More »

Houck trial Day 9: Closing arguments complete; deliberations begin Tuesday

By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, July 7, 2025 — The attorneys defending Brooks Houck and Joseph “Joey” Lawson made their closing arguments today in Warren Circuit Court. BROOKS HOUCK DEFENSE. Brooks Houck’s defense team made it clear they never believed Houck was guilty of murder. The Commonwealth is throwing everything they […]

July 7th, 2025 | Posted in Breaking News,Courts,Crystal Rogers,News,Police / Fire / EMS,Public Record | Read More »

Houck murder trial Day 8: Defense rests, closing arguments set for Monday

By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, July 3, 2025 — On the 10th anniversary of Crystal Rogers’ disappearance, the trial of her boyfriend — Brooks Houck, the last man to see her alive and is charged with her murder — heard the final defense witnesses. Houck faces murder and tampering with evidence […]

July 3rd, 2025 | Posted in Breaking News,Courts,Crystal Rogers,News,Police / Fire / EMS | Read More »

Houck trial Day 7: Defense questions K-9 skills, analysis of cell phone, cell tower info

By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, July 2, 2025 — Brooks Houck’s sister, Rhonda McIlvoy testified Wednesday morning in her older brother’s trial on charges of murder and tampering with physical evidence in the 2015 disappearance of his girlfriend, Crystal Rogers. McIlvoy testified that she and Rogers together planned most of the […]

July 2nd, 2025 | Posted in Breaking News,Courts,Crystal Rogers,News,Police / Fire / EMS | Read More »

Houck trial Day 6: Cadaver dog ‘hits’ on Houck grandmother’s white Buick

By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, July 1, 2025 — During testimony on Day 6 of the Brooks Houck murder trial, a search and rescue expert testified that his dog — trained in locating live humans and human remains — hit on the rear trunk area of a white Buick LeSabre previously […]

July 1st, 2025 | Posted in Breaking News,Courts,Crystal Rogers,News,Police / Fire / EMS | Read More »

Houck trial: Coonhunters find white Buick on July 4, 2015, near Houck farm

By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, June 30, 2025 — The prosecutors continued to present witnesses and evidence to the jury of eight men and seven women on the fifth day of the murder trial of Brooks Houck. Monday’s testimony provided insight about the actions of Brooks Houck’s brother, Nick Houck, during […]

June 30th, 2025 | Posted in Breaking News,Courts,News,Police / Fire / EMS,Public Safety | Read More »

Houck trial witness overheard Lawsons discuss ‘moving a body’ at Houck farm

By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Friday, June 27, 2025 — A woman who had an on-again, off-again relationship with Stephen Lawson testified today in the Brooks Houck murder trial that she overheard Stephen Lawson and his son, Houck co-defendant Joseph “Joey” Lawson talking about “moving a body” on the Houck family farm […]

June 27th, 2025 | Posted in Breaking News,Courts,News,Police / Fire / EMS | Read More »

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