Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 8:30 p.m. — A severe thunderstorm that has generated confirmed toradoes is approaching Nelson County from the west. A tornado warning is in effect in Central Hardin County until 9 p.m. — this storm is traveling west-northwest, and will be approaching western portions of Nelson County within the next hour. Tune […]
STAFF REPORT 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 Jail. 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. […]
Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 9:05 a.m. — Nelson County EMS responded to the Bardstown Fire Department for a reported hand injury. EMS transported an 18-year-old male who injured his hand after it was struck by a pole. Please follow and like us:
Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 7:17 a.m. — Nelson County Schools will be operating on a 2-hour delay today due to a power outage in the Bloomfield/Northeast Nelson County area. WBRT radio is reporting that a storm knocked out power to the Bloomfield/Chaplin area. Kentucky Utilities is reporting a power outage in Bloomfield and north of […]
Monday, April 25, 2011, 5 p.m. — Gov. Steve Beshear has declared a state of emergency in Kentucky due to the rapidly rising river levels and the threat of new rain over the next few days. Communities along the Ohio River are already experiencing flooding of low-lying areas. Some residents of the West Point community […]
Monday, April 25, 2011, 2 p.m. — The Rolling Fork River near Boston remains under a flood warning. The National Weather Service reported that the Rolling Fork was at 41.1 feet, 6.1 feet over flood stage at 10:30 a.m. Monday, and is expected to continue to rise to near 42.5 feet by early Tuesday afternoon. […]
STAFF REPORT 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 Jail. 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. […]
By JIM BROOKS The Nelson County Gazette Sunday, April 25, 2011, 11:45 p.m. — As someone who discovered Ayn (rhymes with “mine”) Rand only 20-some years ago, I long wondered why there hadn’t been a film version of her blockbuster 1957 novel, “Atlas Shrugged.” After all, Rand’s earlier novel, “The Fountainhead,” became the 1949 film of […]
Sunday, April 24, 2011, 7:40 p.m. — A flash flood warning has been issued for Nelson, LaRue, Washington, Marion, Green, Hart and Taylor counties until 1:30 a.m. Monday. The National Weather Service radar indicates today’s rain is pushing streams out of their banks, and 2 to 3 inches of additional rainfall are possible in the […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Saturday, April 23, 2011, 10:45 a.m. — A line of severe thunderstorms dropped upward of 3 inches of rain across Nelson County late Friday night into early Saturday morning. A weather station in the Greenbrier area recorded 2.44 inches of rainfall in the past 24 hours. Other areas reported […]
