Wednesday, July 18, 2012, 11:58 p.m. — The Bardstown Fire Department was called to the 300 block of Preakness Drive off Louisville Road for a home that was hit by a lightning strike from thunderstorms that passed through the county Wednesday about 9 p.m. The callers said they smelled smoke but saw no smoke or […]
STAFF REPORT Wednesday, July 18, 2012, 9:13 p.m. — A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for western Nelson County until 6:55 p.m. At 9:09 p.m…. National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm capable of producing penny size hail, heavy lightning and damaging winds near 60 mph. This storm was located near the northwestern […]
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. […]
Wednesday, July 18, 2012, 11:45 a.m. — The Bardstown Fire Department was called out at about 10 a.m. to the Bardstown Alternative School, 6855 Louisville Road, for report of a blown florescent light fixture and a possible electrical problem. On their investigation, firefighters determined there was no electrical problem; a florescent light ballast had gone […]
STAFF REPORT Tuesday, July 17, 2012 4:45 p.m. — Bardstown has been named “The Most Beautiful Small Town in America” by USA Today and Rand McNally. The designation was announced earlier today in Seattle, Wash. Bardtown was one of 650 towns nominated in the nationwide “Best of the Road” contest. A team of judges were […]
STAFF REPORT Tuesday, July 17, 2012, 3:15 p.m. — The Nelson County Justice Center will be closed Thursday for the funeral District Court Judge Robert W. Heaton. All court motions and matters scheduled for Thursday are moved to Friday, July 20, 2012, at 9 a.m., with all Division I cases pending before Judge Charles Simms […]
By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Sunday, July 15, 2012 – There are dysfunctional legislatures … and then there’s dysfunctional thinking by legislators. Recently, the two embraced one another on the TV screen when Pure Politics host Ryan Alessi interviewed Jeff Donohue, who defeated incumbent Rep. Wade Hurt in the May Democratic primary […]
Judge Robert W. “Bob” Heaton, 65, of Bardstown, died Monday, July 16, 2012, at Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown. He was born Dec. 7, 1946, in Louisville/ He was a graduate of St. Louis University, and UK Law School. He was a Nelson County District Judge, a veteran of the U.S. Army National Guard, President […]
Monday, July 16, 2012, 10 a.m. — Nelson District Judge Robert Heaton collapsed while attending 6:30 Mass Monday morning at St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral and later died at Flaget Memorial Hospital. Nelson County EMS was called at 6:48 a.m. to respond to the church for a report of an individual who had collapsed. CPR was started by […]
William Bradley “Brad” Arms, 57, of Bardstown, died Sunday, July 15, 2012, at his residence. He was born July 22, 1954. in Louisville. He graduated from Ballard High School and attended Eastern Kentucky University. He retired from Barton Brands Distillery after 31 years of service. He was a former member of the Nelson County Jaycees, […]
