Virginia “Ginny” Lee Wilson, 60, of Bardstown, died Sunday, June 5, 2011, at Jewish Hospital in Louisville. She was born Feb. 10, 1951 in Edenton, N.C.. She was a homemaker and a lifelong caregiver. She will be loved and missed by her children, grandchildren and friends. The funeral is 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 7, 2011, […]
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 Nelson County Gazette Saturday, June 4, 2011 — With the music of Stephen Collins Foster as a backdrop, it was standing room only Friday morning as local residents, business owners and civic leaders gathered at the Old Court House to mark a historic event — the official removal of the orange construction […]
Anna Carol Yates Potts, 69, of Loretto, formerly of Louisville and New Haven, died Saturday, June 4, 2011, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown. She was a member of the Rolling Fork Baptist Church in Lyons Station. She retired after 42 years of service with General Electric in Louisville. She was born Aug. 12, 1941, […]
STAFF REPORT Friday, June 3, 2011, 1:15 a.m. — Editor’s Note: Nelson County Judge-Executive Dean Watts delivered the following remarks to the Bardstown City Council on Thursday, June 2, 2011, regarding the proposed rate hike of the city’s occupational tax. * * * I apologize in advance for the anger in my tone of voice […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Friday, June 03, 2011, 1:14 a.m. – A public hearing to discuss raising the city’s occupational tax sparked some sharp exchanges between two of the county’s top elected officials – Bardstown Mayor Bill Sheckles and Judge-Executive Dean Watts. Sheckles opened the meeting with an overview of the city’s revenue […]
Thursday, June 2, 2011, 9:25 p.m. — The Bardstown Fire Department was called to the area of Fairfield Road (KY 509) near the Cox’s Creek Baptist Church for a report of smoke in the area. Firefighters found no fire or smoke. The call came in from a resident on Wheeler-Wright Road. -30- Please follow and […]
Thursday, June 2, 2011, 4:55 p.m. — The Bardstown Fire Department responded about 4:40 p.m. Thursday to Deatsville Road for a report of woods on fire. The fire turned out to be a controlled burn. Firefighters’ response is canceled. Please follow and like us:
Theodore “Theo” Vittitow, 75, of Boston, died Thursday, June 2, 2011, at Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown. He was a member of the Nelsonville Church of Christ. He retired after 42 years of service as a truck driver and laborer with Charlie Reichmoth Logging of Shepherdsville. He was born June 16, 1935 to the late […]
STAFF REPORT Thursday, June 2, 2011, 12:15 p.m. — The Bardstown City Council will meet this evening to address questions and concerns about the proposed occupational tax hike. Mayor Bill Sheckles has proposed doubling the occupational tax rate — from 1/2 to 1 percent — and raising the existing cap from $75,000 to $100,000. Mike […]
