By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, 8:45 p.m. — The Bardstown City Council unanimously voted down a zoning request for 303 Cathedral Manor to change from P-1 professional office to B1 neighborhood business district. The building houses Allen’s Movie Gallery, a movie rental business. The council discussion mentioned the current use […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011 — The efficiency of the city’s recycling partnership with Nelson County Industries will be improving soon thanks to grant money that will allow the purchase of additional recycling trailers and conveyor equipment for use at the Guthrie Opportunity Center. The council gave its unanimous approval […]
Anthony Gerard Mattingly, 58, of Bardstown, passed away Monday, August 8, 2011, at Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown. Born September 6, 1952 in Loretto, Mattingly owned and operated Anthony Mattingly Contracting. He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph Linton and Elizabeth Lillian Newton Mattingly and his brother, Francis Gerard “Flood” Mattingly. Survivors include […]
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, Aug. 9, 2011 — Anne Ballard of Bardstown has been named as the new manager of the city of Bardstown’s Main Street program. She will be replacing Rita Riley, who announced she will retire in October. Ballard worked with the Main Street program last year as a coordinator of the streetscape program. […]
Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, 9:22 a.m. — The Bardstown Fire Department is responding for a report of a tractor-trailer on fire near the 18 mile marker on the Blue Grass Parkway. The to dispatchers happened about 9:20 Tuesday morning. According to firefighters at the scene, it appeared the fire involved the rear tires on the […]
Monday, Aug. 9, 2011, 12:07 a.m. — A 58-year-old man was injured when he laid his motorcycle down while trying to turn it around. Nelson County EMS and the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of KY 605 and Springfield Road for a report of a motorcycle accident. The man complained of severe hip […]
STAFF REPORT Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, 11 p.m. — State Sen. Jimmy Higdon and state Rep. David Floyd will be studio guests on WBRT’s “Brooks & Company” talk show from 11 to noon Tuesday morning. In addition to the host Jim Brooks’ report from the Fancy Farm picnic, Sen. Higdon and Rep. Floyd will be […]
Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, 9:30 a.m. — The Bardstown Fire Department was called to the Cox’s Creek Baptist Church, 600 Fairfield Road, for an active fire alarm called in by the alarm company. A heating and air conditioning contractor was doing some work that triggered the activation, there was no fire. The call was dispatched […]
Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, 12:05 a.m. — One person was injured about 11:30 Sunday night in an injury accident at the BG Parkway off ramp at US150 the Springfield Road. A 34-year-old woman who was driving one of the cars was transported by Nelson County EMS complaining of back, hip and chest pain. Another person […]
