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. […]
Friday, Aug. 3, 2012, 12:55 p.m. — Two people were injured Friday at a two-vehicle accident at KY 245 and Withrow Court. Nelson County EMS and the Bardstown Fire Department were called to the scene. EMS transported the drivers of both vehicles to Flaget Memorial Hospital with minor injuries. One victim suffered a cut on […]
Billy Jacob “B.J.” Walker, the four-month-old son of Billy and Annie Mae Walker, died Monday July 30, 2012, at Emerald-Hodgson Hospital in Sewanee, Tenn. He was preceded in death by two aunts, Karen and Mary Schoenmann; and his grandfathers; Billy Walker Sr. and Harold Seibert. He is survived by his parents; Billy and Annie Mae […]
STAFF REPORT Friday, Aug. 3, 2012, 11 a.m. (UPDATED Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012, 6:30 p.m.) — Dallas Armstrong, a Culvertown resident who was a vocal advocate for environmental causes and responsible government, was found dead at his home on Thursday. Initial reports say neighbors had called police regarding the health of an outside pet that […]
Friday, Aug. 3, 2012, 11 a.m. — The Bardstown Fire Department responded Thursday night to a reported large field fire in a wooded area off Poplar Flat Road near Mill Creek Baptist Church. Firefighters confirmed the fire was a controlled burn that had not been properly reported to Nelson County Dispatch. Firefighters responded to the […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, 5 p.m. — Nelson County Attorney John S. Kelley Jr. announced today he will resign as county attorney if his son is elected to the position of district judge in November. His son, John S. “Jack” Kelley V, has filed to run for judge in […]
Wallace Ballard, 86, of Lebanon, died Wednesday, August 1, 2012, at The Village of Lebanon Nursing Center. He was born April 6, 1926, in Marion County to the late Walter and Lida Smith Ballard. He was a retired farmer and former member of Holy Cross Church. He was preceded in death by his wife Mauritia […]
STAFF REPORT Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, 1:15 p.m. UPDATED 5:30 p.m. — One local attorney and a former district judge have filed for the election to fill the unexpired term of District Judge Bob Heaton who died unexpectedly July 16th. John S. “Jack” Kelley of Edgewood Drive filed Tuesday for district judge for the state’s […]
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 Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, 3 p.m. — Bardstown resident Mark Ballard, 46, announced today he has filed as a candidate for the Bardstown City Council. Ballard is currently employed with Harshaw Trane as a Field Project Manager. He has managed the UPS Worldport contract for eight years and has been in the HVAC […]
