Charles Marion “Blackberry” Culver, 83, of Bardstown, died Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. He was born June 8, 1929. He enlisted in the Army April 13, 1947, was honorably discharged Oct. 13, 1948. He retired in 1994 from Geoghegan and Mathis Quarry after 43 years as a maintenance welder. He was an avid fisherman, hunter and […]
By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Sunday, Nov. 17, 2012 – Grand Canyon-esque gaps in math scores. Praise for poorly performing schools. Failed top-down policies. So far, the developing story being told by the initial batch of results from Kentucky’s new testing system suggests that our public education system’s performance is – when […]
Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, 11 a.m. — A 19-year-old Bloomfield woman suffered minor injuries Monday morning when the Toyota Camry she was driving was struck from the rear by a fully loaded tanker tractor-trailer rig near the Bloomfield exit of the Bluegrass Parkway. Police and EMS were dispatched to the westbound lanes at the 34 […]
STAFF REPORT Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, 9:51 a.m. — A Harrodsburg man was arrested early Sunday morning after he attempted to flee from police during a traffic stop. According to police, when Bardstown Police Officer Kyler Wright attempted to stop a tan GMC Sierra pickup truck, on Bloomfield Road the vehicle turned onto Susannah and […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012 — A team of students from the Nelson County Area Technical Center recently took top honors at the 13th annual Kentucky Bluegrass Robotics Competition. The competition pitted 15 teams from a dozen school against one another in a “Robot Pentathlon.” Each team’s robot had to […]
Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012, 9 p.m. — One person died Sunday evening in a single-vehicle crash about a mile and a half east of New Hope of KY 52. New Hope Fire, Nelson County EMS, Kentucky State Police and the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office responded to the crash scene. Once EMS arrived they immediately requested […]
George Harold Belden, 78, of Bardstown, died Saturday Nov. 17, 2012, at Flaget Memorial Hospital. He was born March 18, 1934, in Indianapolis. Hr retired from Climax Molybdenum and was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He was preceded in death by one daughter, Linda Lee Gilbertson; one son, Kent Belden; his parents, William […]
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. […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012 – Every time election season arrives, one of the topics that invariably comes up in discussion is the construction of a community facility that includes an indoor pool. “I’ll tell you right now, from the City’s point of view, operating an indoor pool is a […]
Keith Kendall Avis, 67, of Bardstown, died Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012, at Colonial Health and Rehab Center. He was born April 12, 1945, in Nelson County. He was a retired safety specialist for the Kentucky Department of Transportation, a Kentucky Colonel, a member of St. Joseph Parish and attended New Salem Baptist Church. He was […]
