Sunday, April 22, 2012 — The monthly membership and business meeting for Rolling Thunder, Inc. Kentucky Chapter Four is 2 p.m. May 6, 2012, at the Lebanon Junction Community Center, 135 N. Poplar St. Meetings are open to the public and dues are $30 per year. Anyone can join, even though many members are veterans […]
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. […]
Peggy Bruce Merritt, 89, of Bardstown, died from complications of a hip fracture at Flaget Memorial Hospital on Friday, April 20, 2012. She was born Peggy Bruce Hunt in Bartlesville, Okla., on Dec. 4, 1922. She served in the US Navy (WAVES) in World War II. She held a Master’s Degree in English and taught […]
Everette Charles Skeen, 69, of Bardstown, died Friday, April 20, 2012, at Norton Hospital in Louisville. He was born Dec. 21, 1942, in Cincinnati. He was a self-employed cabinet maker, former Cub Scoutmaster and Boy Scoutmaster for Troop 142 of Bardstown, and a member of Bardstown United Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by […]
By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Friday, April 20, 2012, 11 p.m. – Don’t sacrifice the “possible” for the “perfect.” That’s the latest and greatest advice a Bowling Green Daily News editorial delivered to those affiliated with the tea party movement – via a “memo.” The editorial pointed to 2010 elections in Nevada […]
Friday, April 20, 2012, 8 p.m. — The Boston Fire Department, Nelson County EMS and police were sent to the 1300 block of Wilson Creek Road in Boston for a single-vehicle accident that happened about 6:20 Friday evening. A 40-year-old man ran off Wilson Creek Road into a field and his pickup truck turned over. […]
Randall Dale “Randy” Luckett, 44 of Bardstown, died Thursday, April 19, 2012, at his residence. He was born in Louisville, a Catholic by faith, and was employed at Flowers Baking Company in Bardstown and an US Navy Veteran. He was preceded in death by his father, Donald Luckett and a brother Gary Luckett. He is […]
Dorothy Ann Coomes, 85, of Bardstown, died peacefully in the loving care of her family and friends at her home on Thursday, April 19, 2012. She was born Jan. 27, 1927, in Metuchen, N.J. Her parents were Captain Charles G. and Hilda Bridwell. She was raised at various Army bases in the U.S. and Panama. […]
Walter Henry “Hank” Mattingly, 48, of Loretto, died Thursday, April 19, 2012, at his sister’s home in Loretto. He was born April 12, 1964, in Marion County and worked as a farmer. He was preceded in death by his parents, Herbert Lee Mattingly and Anna Lucille Jacobs Bowman; and a half-brother, William “Bo” Mattingly. Survivors […]
Thursday, April 19, 2012, 1 p.m. — The Nelson County Sheriff’s Office and Nelson County EMS and a police department chaplain responded about noon Thursday to Greer Lane in the Botland community for a reported suicide by hanging. Children at the address went to a neighbor’s home and said they found their father had hanged […]
