Wednesday, May 11, 2011, 7:50 a.m. — The driver of a semi tractor-trailer escaped serious injury when his rig — carrying a load of logs == left the Blue Grass Parkway at the 16 mile-marker and overturned Tuesday afternoon. The driver, a 37-year-old Willisburg man, suffered minor cuts and abrasions in the crash, which happened […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Tuesday, May 10, 2011, 2 p.m. — Two men support a banner at the intersection of East John Rowan and Salem Drive that protests the Nelson County Schools use of Bennett’s Carpets Inc. at the renovation of the former Central Office building on South Salem Drive. When asked what […]
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. […]
STAFF REPORT Tuesday, May 10, 2011, 8:30 a.m. — Traffic around Court Square in downtown Bardstown will be closed at times over the next several days as crews remove and replace asphalt paving. The work will include all of the paving around the Old Courthouse, and extend one block east and west on Stephen Foster […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Monday, May 9, 2011 11:59 p.m. – The three Republicans running in the gubernatorial primary took their shots at one another during their KET appearance on “Kentucky Tonight” hosted by Bill Goodman. Senate President David Williams, Louisville businessman Phil Moffett and Jefferson County Clerk Bobbie Holsclaw answered questions posed […]
Monday, May 9, 2011, 10:15 p.m. — The Bardstown Fire Department responded to the area of the intersection of Forrest and Allison avenues in Henrytown for a controlled burn inside the city limits. Please follow and like us:
Monday, May 9, 2011, 2:41 p.m — A 10-year-old male student at New Haven Elementary School was injured Monday after reportedly falling off the monkey bars. Nelson Counjty EMS was called to the school, 489 High St., about 2:40 p.m. The student suffered minor cuts, complained of head and neck pain, and initially told school […]
Martha K. Murphy, 81, of Bardstown, died Sunday, May 8, 2011, at Baptist Hospital East in Louisville. She was born October 9, 1929, in Bardstown. She was a lifelong homemaker, a resident of the Maple Hill neighborhood and a member of St. Joseph Parish. She was preceded in death by an infant son, Charles Hubert […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Monday, May 9, 2011, 2:15 p.m. — With the primary election a week away, Republican gubernatorial hopeful Senate President David Williams and his running mate, Ag Commissioner Richie Farmer, are planning to bring their “Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way” campaign tour to downtown Bardstown on Wednesday, […]
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. […]
