By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Wednesday, July 25, 2012 — With their frustration over last months’ budget process fresh in their minds, the Bardstown City Council moved Tuesday to table the city’s job classification and compensation plans in order to take a closer look at new jobs it will create. The nearly hour-long discussion […]
By BOBBY WEBB Guest columnist Wednesday, July 26, 2012 – Are you too busy to take time to read this column? We all live in a rush and have a busy lifestyle these days. Do we really have to live this way? We somehow find time for the things we like to do — so […]
Paul Harold “Hurley” O’Bryan, 90, formerly of New Hope, died Tuesday, July 24, 2012, at his home in Shepherdsville. He was born Jan. 27, 1922, in New Hope. He was a former employee of Bird and Son in Bardstown and the Kentucky Highway Department. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He […]
Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 2 a.m. — Police and Nelson County EMS were called Wednesday morning to the area of Valleyview Drive for a report of a 25-year-old man who was believed to have intentionally overdosed on prescription medications. Police found the man outside the home and walking along Valleyview Drive. The individual reportedly took approximately […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Tuesday, July 24, 2012, 11:30 p.m. — Bardstown Mayor Bill Sheckles announced Tuesday that Barbie Bryant will be the new city clerk and Bardstown Cemetery sexton effective August 1. Bryant will replace current Bobbe Blincoe, who is retiring at the end of the month. Bryant has been employed by […]
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. […]
Tuesday, July 24, 2012, 9 a.m. — City police, EMS and the Bardstown Fire Department were called to the area of Sutherland Road and Beechfork Trail for a suicide victim found by an EMS squad at 7:38 Tuesday morning. Traffic on Sutherland Road was shut down while police and the Nelson County coroner conducted their […]
STAFF REPORT Monday, July 24, 2012, 12:45 a.m. (Updated 4:30 p.m.) — An unidentified man was shot and injured late Sunday night during a domestic dispute that took place at a home in the 4700 block of Bloomfield Road. About 11:20 p.m. Monday, Nelson County Dispatch received a 911 call from a woman who said […]
Earleen Offutt Crume, 71, of New Haven, died Friday, July 20, 2012, at her residence. She was the former Earleen Rummage, a native of Jefferson County, a graduate of Old Kentucky Home High School, and a retired employee of Barton Brands LTD with 47 years of service. She was a member of the New Salem […]
William Leroy Downs, 62, of Nazareth, died Monday, July 23, 2012, at Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown. He was born June 15, 1950, in Chico, Texas. He received a Bachelor of Science degree and was a retired Army veteran with 20 years of service. He was preceded in death by his parents, William Austin and […]
