Aaron Matthew Hunt, infant, of New Haven, died Saturday, May 19, 2012, at Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown. He was a member of St. Catherine of Alexandria Catholic Church in New Haven. He was preceded in death by a great-grandfather, T. B. Thurmond; and his paternal great-great-grandparents, John and Beulah Kennedy, and Clyde LaMar and […]
Sunday, May 20, 2012 3:10 p.m. — Bardstown Police, Nelson County EMS and the Nelson County Coroner were called to a residence in the Cardinal Hill subdivision for a reported suicide. First responders arrived at the residence about 2:21 p.m. to find a victim who apparently died of a gunshot wound. A police department chaplain […]
Sunday, May 20, 2012, 3:20 p.m. — The Bardstown Fire Department was called to 875 Pennsylvania Avenue, Dr. Sewell’s office at 1 Sunday afternoon for an active fire alarm called in by the alarm company. Firefighters found a strong burnt electrical smell and a light haze in the building. The odor was traced electrical panels […]
Sunday, May 20, 2012 3:10 p.m. — The Northeast Nelson Fire Department was called to the 300 block of Sweeny Ridge Road for a tractor on fire about 2:50 Sunday afternoon. Firefighters arrived to find a tractor on fire near a wooded area. Firefighters knocked fire down quickly. extinguished it and pulled the tractor away […]
Elizabeth “Libby” Cecelia Elliott, formerly of Bardstown, died Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at DuPont Hospital in Ft. Wayne, Ind. She was the former Libby Allen, and a graduate of Rutgers College in New Jersey. She worked for Kentucky Alliance, the NAACP and other organizations. She was awarded Volunteer of the Year by NAACP. She was […]
By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Friday, May 18, 2012 – The randomness of occupational licensing regulations in Kentucky, especially for jobs often filled by lower-income citizens, has specific – and unfortunate – consequences. For example, the fact that Kentucky law forces barbers to pay hundreds of dollars in fees and train hundreds […]
Thursday, May 17, 2012, 12:40 p.m. — Bardstown Police were called to the Chapeze House, 107 East Stephen Foster Ave., to investigate a break-in that happened over the weekend. Police were sent to the business at about 12:30 Thursday afternoon. -30- Please follow and like us:
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 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 Wednesday, May 17, 2012, 1:30 p.m. — Students from Nelson County High School assisted a team from Morehead State University with a near-space balloon launch Wednesday morning from Dean Watts Park. See more photos from the balloon launch and a map of its flight on the Nelson County Gazette […]
