Alex Martin, 81, of Bloomfield, died Saturday Sept. 15, 2012, at Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown. He was an original member of the Northeast Nelson Fire Protection District and former Little League football coach. He was a member of the Chaplin Baptist Church and a farmer. He was also a Navy veteran of the Korean […]
Daniel D. “Dan” Bennett, 58, of Bardstown, died Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012. Bennett was former director of the Bardstown-Nelson County Tourist & Convention Commission, the owner of Bardstown Trolley & Transit where he operated the Heaven Hill Trolley from its inception until approximately two years ago. Bennett was a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University’s journalism […]
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, Sept. 14, 2012, 8:35 p.m. — Nelson County EMS was called to the area of the Kentucky Bourbon Festival beer garden for a 15-year-old girl who had a head injury from an alleged assault. The call came in about 8:10 Friday night from police officers who were out the teenager. The EMS ambulance response […]
Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, 2:10 a.m. — Nelson County EMS was requested to respond to the Kentucky Bourbon Festival Boots ‘n’ Bourbon event at the Guthrie Opportunity Center, 900 Nutter Drive, for a woman who was passed out in the bathroom. A city police officer at the event contacted Nelson County Dispatch to request EMS. […]
Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, 2 a.m. — The Bardstown Fire Department responded to a report of a dumpster fire at Thompson’s Food Mart, 706 North Third St. Firefighters had to access the dumpster from West Halstead Avenue since the dumpster was located behind the business. Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze. The fire was reported at […]
Margaret Riley Muir, 92, of Bardstown, died Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, at Colonial Health and Rehab. She was born in Woodlawn and was a graduate of Nazareth College. She was previously employed as a legal secretary for Fulton, Hubbard and Hubbard and as a court stenographer. She was a member of the First Christian Church […]
Leota Savannah Cissell, 91, of Bardstown, died Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, at her daughter’s residence in Bardstown. She was the former Leota Lynch, a former bakery employee in Louisville and a member of Bardstown Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, John William Cissell Jr.; one grandson, Ricky Cissell; five brothers; and […]
Virginia Chesser, 97, of Chaplin, died Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, at Windsor Gardens in Bardstown. She was the former Virginia Elder and a native of Nelson County. She was a former employee of Cowden Manufacturing in Springfield for 16 years. She was a member of the Chaplin Baptist Church and a homemaker. She was the […]
STAFF REPORT Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012 — Barton 1792 Distillery has announced the purchase of the Warehouse Support Center Building at 1010 Withrow Court in the Bardstown Industrial Park. The 300,000 square foot facility, with the storage capacity of approximately one million cases of spirits, will become the company’s new distribution center. The company will […]
