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Memorial Day: Remembering those who paid the highest price for freedom

By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Monday, May 28, 2012, 3:30 p.m. — Nelson County residents gathered at several sites Monday to honor the sacrifices of those who gave their lives in service of their country. Click here to visit the Gazette’s Memorial Day Facebook photo album. American Legion Post 121 and 167 again combined […]

May 28th, 2012 | Posted in Breaking News,News | Read More »

Bardstown firefighters respond to active alarm at local nursing home

Sunday, May 27, 4:21 p.m. — The Bardstown Fire Department was called to Life Care Center of Bardstown Sunday afternnoon about 4:10 p.m. for an activated fire alarm. The alarm was activated by a resident who used a pull station to sound the alarm. There was no fire. Firefighters assisted the building personnel with resetting […]

May 27th, 2012 | Posted in Police / Fire / EMS | Read More »

Broken cable activates fire suppression alarm at McDonald’s

Sunday, May 27, 2012, 3:35 p.m. — The Bardstown Fire Department was called to McDonald’s Restaurant Sunday morning about 8 a.m. for an active fire suppression alarm from the grill area in the kitchen. The alarm was activated by a broken cable, there was no fire. -30- Please follow and like us:

May 27th, 2012 | Posted in Police / Fire / EMS | Read More »

Bardstown firefighters called to burning furniture pile on Frazier Ct.

Sunday, May 27, 2012, 3:20 p.m. — The Bardstown Fire Department was called early Sunday morning to the 100 block of Frazier Court in Springhill subdivision for a pile of furniture that had been set on fire. Firefighters found a large burning pile of furniture in front of a residence. They quickly extinguished the fire, […]

May 27th, 2012 | Posted in Police / Fire / EMS | Read More »

Woman injured after boyfriend throws her from moving pickup

Sunday, May 27, 2012, 3 p.m. — A 24-year-old woman was injured early Sunday morning when she was allegedly thrown from a moving vehicle by her boyfriend. The incident happened about 2 a.m. Sunday morning near the 6600 block of Louisville Road in Cox’s Creek. The woman told EMTs her boyfriend threw her out of […]

May 27th, 2012 | Posted in Police / Fire / EMS | Read More »

Maurice DeWayne Prather, 85, Chaplin

Maurice DeWayne Prather, 85, of Chaplin, died Friday, May 25, 2012, at his home. He was a native of Washington County and was a self-employed farmer and carpenter. He was a member of the former Chaplin Fork Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and former sexton of Highview Cemetery for 11 years and […]

May 26th, 2012 | Posted in Deaths | Read More »

Benito Cruz Moreno, 37, Bloomfield

Benito Cruz Moreno, 37, of Bloomfield, died Thursday, May 24, 2012, at University Hospital as the result of injuries sustained in a construction accident. He was a native of Mexico, an employee of Raisor Construction and was of the Catholic Faith. Survivors include his wife, Analrma Jurez Cruz; two daughters, Joselin Cruz and Mariana Cruz, […]

May 26th, 2012 | Posted in Deaths | Read More »

Bardstown Police called to food mart for group of young shoplifters

Saturday, May 26, 2012, 12:53 a.m. — Bardstown Police were called to the Five Star Food Mart on Chambers Boulevard about midnight Friday night for a report of five juvenile shoplifters inside the business. Officers responded to the store, and the parents of the juveniles were contacted. Police turned the juveniles over to their parents; […]

May 26th, 2012 | Posted in Police / Fire / EMS | Read More »

Bardstown firefighters called to investigate smoke odor in apartment

Friday, May 25, 2012, 11:25 p.m. — The Bardstown Fire Department was called to 602 W. Stephen Foster for a report of smell of smoke in an apartment. Firefighters arrived on scene and determined the cause was burned food on a stove. Firefighters helped remove smoke from the building. They were on scene for about […]

May 25th, 2012 | Posted in Police / Fire / EMS | Read More »

Woman injured in two-vehicle crash Friday on North Third St.

Friday, May 25, 2012, 4:25 p.m. — A 21-year-old woman who was 16 weeks pregnant was injured Friday in a two-vehicle accident near the intersection of North Third Street and Daugherty Avenue. The accident happened about 2:25 Friday afternoon. The woman complained of lower abdomen pain and lower back pain. First-responders said the woman was […]

May 25th, 2012 | Posted in Police / Fire / EMS | Read More »

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