By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011, 11:15 p.m. — The former home of Nelson County Industries in the 800 block of Allison Avenue – and once home to a sewing factory – is one step closer to being demolished. The Bardstown City Council voted Tuesday night to accept the low bid […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011, 9:45 p.m. — Steve Beshear will return to Frankfort for a second four-year term as Kentucky governor after decisively winning a three-way race against Republican state senate President David Williams and independent candidate Gatewood Galbraith. With 95 percent of the precincts reporting, the Beshear-Abramson ticket […]
By ANDREW VAN HORN Business Columnist Editor’s Note: Willisburg-based business coach and consultant Andrew Van Horn will be writing columns for the Nelson County Gazette offering tips and strategies for business owners and entrepreneurs. Send your business questions to him by e-mailandrewvanhorn@actioncoach.com or call (859) 940-5517. Tuesday, Nov. 8, 20111 — Goal setting is the key […]
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, Nov. 8, 2011, 4:45 p.m. — The Bardstown City Council will review bids tonight on the demolition of the old sewing factory building. A revised agenda distributed late Tuesday afternoon added the sewing factory demolition to the council’s agenda. The building more recently housed Nelson County Industries until that operation moved. A […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Monday, Nov. 7, 2011, 11:30 p.m. – Election Day is upon us, and Kentucky voters – the ones who show up, anyway – have the opportunity to change the course of the Commonwealth. Gov. Steve Beshear is seeking four more years, and bringing along former Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson […]
William “Bill” Campbell Jr., 73, of Bardstown, formally of Athens, Ga., died Sunday Nov. 6, 2011, at Green Meadow Health Care Center, Mt. Washington. He was born June 19, 1938, in Penn Station, Penn., a retired mechanical engineer for General Mills, graduated from Athens High School and a 1961 graduate of the University of Georgia. […]
STAFF REPORT Monday, Nov. 7, 2011, 11:14 a.m. — Bardstown Police are asking for the public’s help to track down the individuals who robbed Mr. Tubs, 104 North Fourth Street Sunday evening. Police say that an employee was mopping the floor about 7 p.m. when an unidentified man entered the store and forced the employee […]
Monday, Nov. 7, 2011, 10:38 — The Bardstown Fire Department responded to the 5900 block of New Haven Road for a smoke investigation. A caller reported seeing a lot of smoke from behind a mobile home located off the roadway. Firefighters determined the smoke was coming from a controlled burn. All fire units are canceled. […]
Mary Helen “Nellie” Smith Mattingly, 95, of Sunrise Manor Nursing Home in Hodgenville, died Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown. She was born Aug. 20, 1916, in Springfield. She was a former homemaker and employee of Makers Mark Distillery. She was an avid quilter and member of St. Rose Catholic Church. […]
