Nancy Helton Wayne, 56, of Bardstown, died at home Friday, July 20, 2012, after a battle with cancer. She was born Dec. 16, 1955m in Bardstown.She was a sales associate at Buzick’s Lumber and a member of the New Beginning Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by a son, Tyler Wayne; her parents, Jefferson […]
Connie Lynne Curtsinger, 54, of Bloomfield, died Thursday, July 19, 2012, at her home. She was the former Connie Seekings, a native of New York, a self-employed truck driver, a member of the American Kennel Association, and a member of the Willisburg Church of God. She was preceded in death by her father, Norman Seekings. […]
By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Friday, July 20, 2012 – Kentuckians weren’t surprised to hear recently that Abound Solar, a federally subsidized solar-power manufacturer, declared bankruptcy. Why should we be? Unintended consequences always accompany each attempt by our Environmental Protection Agency overlords to force yet another pie-in-the-sky scheme on our communities. Not […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Thursday, July 19, 20122, 11 p.m. — Thursday evening’s intense thunderstorms that passed through the county brought with them heavy lightning that is believed responsible for several fires and power outages. HOBBS LANE. At 9:18 p.m. Thursday, the Bardstown Fire Department responded to a reported tree on fire in […]
STAFF REPORT Thursday, July 19, 2012, 8 p.m. — Nelson County is under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 8:45 p.m. At 756 PM EDT… National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a line of severe thunderstorms capable of producing quarter size hail… and damaging winds in excess of 60 mph. These storms were located along a line extending from […]
Thursday, July 19, 2012, 4:31 p.m. — Two men were arrested just before noon Thursday after Bardstown Police were called to a burglary in progress at 142B Ashberry Drive. Officers were called by a neighbor who witnessed three individuals attempting to break into an apartment. As police arrived, they heard the sound of breaking glass […]
Thursday, July 19, 2012, 1:20 p.m. — The driver of a tractor-trailer rig was injured Thusday morning at about 10:40 when his truck ran off the road and knocked down a utility pole and drive through a fence. The accident happened on KY 49 near 7704 Loretto Road. The driver, 29, was wearing a seat […]
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. […]
Kevin Anthony Bartley, 22, of Bardstown, died Wednesday, July 18, 2012, at Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown. He was born June 14, 1990, in Nelson County and was a former employee of Mitsuba. He was a member of the Abundant Life Church. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandmother, Bernice Durbin. Survivors include […]
Wednesday, July 18, 2012, 11:59 p.m. — The Bardstown Fire Department was called to the 500 block of Stonehouse Road for a reported power line that was sparking in a tree 20 feet from a residence. The call to firefighters came in at 10:20 p.m. Firefighters confirmed a power line was arcing in a tree. […]
