Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, 1 a.m. — A Leitchfield man was seriously injured Monday morning about 10:30 after being ejected from the vehicle involved in a crash in the westbound lanes of the Blue Grass Parkway on the Washington-Nelson County line. Ema Sapp Jr., 64, was airlifted by helicopter from the scene for treatment at […]
STAFF REPORT Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, 11 p.m. — Craig Astor is a Libertarian from LaRue County who is seeking to represent Kentucky’s 2nd Congressional District. He was formerly chairman of the LaRue County GOP, but resigned late last year and changed his party affiliation. Astor will be a special in-studio guest Tuesday, Feb. 21, […]
Evelyn M. Dones, 102, of Icetown, died Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012 at her home surrounded by her children and her caregiver/granddaughter Anita Back. She was born March 17, 1909 and lived her entire life in the Icetown area. She born to the late Rodman “Doc” and Irene Wimpsett Vowels. She was a Catholic by faith […]
Vickie Marie Ballard Monin, 51, of Bardstown, died Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, at her residence. She was born Feb. 26, 1960, in Nelson County. She was a 1978 graduate of Bardstown High School and a lifelong homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Edwin Monin, Jr.; her parents, Donnie and Bernice Ballard; […]
Alta Lee Wilson, 55, of Hodgenville, died Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012, at Jewish Hospital in Louisville. She was a Christian by faith, and was preceded in death by her parents Richard Allen “Dick” Wilson and Mary Elizabeth Cundiff Wilson. Survivors include three sisters, Mary E. Vernon, Dorothy Mae Wilson both of Hodgenville, and Maudie Burks of […]
Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, 1:30 p.m. — A man was arrested about 4:30 Monday morning after the truck he was operating struck several mail boxes, at least one parked vehicle, a street light pole and knocked over a fire hydrant in the area of North Salem Drive, McGowan and Autumn Avenues. Police were called after […]
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 Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012 – As he began his keynote speech Saturday night at the local GOP’s Lincoln Day Dinner, Ag Commissioner Jamie Comer said he was there as proof you can win in Kentucky as a Republican. After his first five weeks in office, Comer said and his […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012 – Nelson County Republicans met Saturday evening at My Old Kentucky home Country Club to celebrate the heritage of our nation’s 16th president and to look ahead to Republican races in the fall and beyond. The annual Lincoln Day Dinner is an event that takes […]
Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012, 5 p.m. — An early morning injury accident near Cox’s Creek Elementary School sent five people to the hospital Sunday about 6 a.m. Police, fire and EMS were dispatched about 5:49 Sunday morning to 5866 Louisville Road for a reported injury crash and vehicle rollover. Two victims – a man in […]
