Harold David Mattingly, 72, of Bardstown, died Sunday, June 17, 2012, at Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown. He was a native of Nelson County, a retired dairy farmer, a United States Army Veteran, and a member of the Little Union Baptist Church. He was the son of the late Nellie Elizabeth Metts Mattingly, and was […]
Monday, June 18, ,2012, 11:15 a.m. — A search and rescue operation just located the victim of a automobile accident that sent the vehicle off the road and down an embankment in the Bloomfield area. A Northeast Nelson firefighter located the woman and the car on Old Tunnel Mill Road at its intersection with Murphy Lane […]
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. […]
Sunday, June 18, 2012, 3 a.m. — The Bardstown Fire Department responded to an active commercial fire alarm at Colonial Health and Rehab, 708 Bartley Ave., just before 3 a.m. Sunday morning. A sprinkler system problem caused the alarm to activate, there was no fire. The building maintenance personnel were called, and firefighters stayed on […]
Saturday, June 16, 2012, 5:35 p.m. — The Bardstown Fire Department was called to the street in front of Sugar Buzz, 111 North Third St., for a possible vehicle fire about 5:10 Saturday afternoon. A firefighter who arrived on scene reported light smoke coming from the vehicle’s engine compartment. The fire department check the vehicle […]
STAFF REPORT Saturday, June 16, 2012, 1:35 p.m. — The Blue Grass Parkway was closed for 5-1/2 hours Saturday morning after an injury accident involving a tractor-trailer rig that caught fire and burned. The Boston Fire Department was called out at 7:48 Saturday morning for what was reported as a non-injury accident in the eastbound […]
Friday, June 15, 2012, 6 p.m. — The Bardstown Fire Department was called to 109 Windsor Avenue for an odor investigation. A resident at that address reported a strong smell of gas inside the residence. Firefighters report a very strong smell of gas in the basement, and they discovered a gas-powered lawn mower that was […]
Richard Theodore “Ted” Barnes, 84, of Lexington, died Thursday, June 14, 2012, at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington. He was a Bardstown native, a self-employed realtor, an Army veteran of World War II and a member of The First Cedar Creek Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Virginia Jury Barnes of Lexington; one […]
By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Thursday, June 14, 2012 – For Kentucky legislators, the gold rush isn’t an historical phenomenon of sunny California’s past. It’s happening here and now in the Bluegrass State. That’s largely because of House Bill 299, a little piece of legislation passed in 2005 that supersized our elected […]
